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2026 LEC Play-Off Primer
The inaugural LEC Hockey gave a new platform for some of New England’s top and middle tier programs to both flex their muscles and spread their wings. The success of the top teams is reason for optimism that the LEC will develop its core members over the next several years to shed some of the… Read more
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2026 MASCAC Playoffs Primer
What a whirlwind 2025 and 2026 have been. Just a year ago, we were talking about the inevitable collision course between Plymouth State and Anna Maria for a MASCAC title before MCLA and Fitchburg State had other ideas. With Plymouth and UMass Dartmouth moving onto the LEC, nature has healed for the conference, as familiar… Read more
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2026 LEC Playoffs Primer
The 2025-26 regular season was the first of its kind for the Little East Conference in Ice Hockey, and it provided plenty of thrills for programs and fans alike. Parity was tantamount between the conference’s top seven teams, which made every regular season an exciting watch. As we turn the corner into the postseason,… Read more
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Prospects to Know: Who is… Daxon Rudolph?
I apologize for the delay in getting this article out. Other responsibilities have had most of my Black Stitch Hockey activities shelves for the timebeing. However, this week had a permitting enough schedule to get this long-promised analysis out. This draft eligible blueliner has had himself in conversation to go fairly high and challenging marks… Read more
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2025-2026 PWHL Midseason Production Report
The time has finally come as the 2025-2026 PWHL regular season has reached its mid point. As no one will play until after the Olympic break, I have all of the data to generate a balanced production model based on the Bader system from Hockeyprospecting.com. Simply, after a series of calculations, every player is plotted on… Read more
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Boston Fleet Def New York Sirens: More Than A Game
This piece is about more than the last game before the Milan Olympics between the Boston Fleet and the New York Sirens. In the context of hockey and PWHL history, this wasn’t an especially memorable game, except for Alina Müller’s first shootout goal. For the author, this was the most memorable hockey game of my… Read more