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No challenge too great: Medicine Hat wins back-to-back champion vs. champion games to earn final berth
2025 Memorial Cup round robin, game 4 – Monday, May 26th: Moncton Wildcats 1-3 Medicine Hat Tigers Medicine Hat were a strong possession team in this game and made the most of their power play opportunities even if it didn’t always translate to goals. They were aggressive when it came to getting pucks on net… Read more
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History doesn’t repeat, but it does rhyme: London emerges victorious against old foe Rimouski
The London Knights and Rimouski Océanic’s paths have only crossed once – or, in an official sense, twice – before this year. 20 years ago, at the 2005 Memorial Cup, London’s “Team of the Century” squad featuring the likes of Corey Perry, Marc Methot, Rob Schremp, Dave Bolland, and Dan Girardi defeated a powerful Rimouski… Read more
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From the ashes of controversy and tragedy: The Windsor Spitfires mini-dynasty
For a few years in the mid-2000s, the Windsor Spitfires OHL franchise was mired in bad headlines, some being organizational faults but one being a nightmare that no one would wish upon anyone. In 2005, the team’s then-head coach Moe Mantha was suspended for a combined 40 games due to a fight between players Steve… Read more
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The redemption path begins: London opens strong
The second game of the Memorial Cup round robin was a champion vs. champion matchup, as the OHL’s back-to-back conquerors the London Knights took on the undisputed kings of the QMJHL, the Moncton Wildcats. The heart break that happened to London in last year’s Memorial Cup final is one of the prevailing narratives of the… Read more
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The beginning of the end: Medicine Hat gets solid competition from hosts Rimouski
The grand finale to the Canadian Hockey League season kicked off last night with the opening round robin contest between the WHL champion Medicine Hat Tigers and Memorial Cup host team Rimouski Océanic. The latter, despite coming up short in the Gilles-Courteau Trophy final against the Moncton Wildcats, would prove their mettle in this matchup… Read more
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As good as it gets: The story of the Kamloops Blazers dynasty
The Kamloops Blazers franchise has somewhat faded from its previous main character status in the Western Hockey League. They have won their fair share of B.C. Division titles the last decade and a half, but true postseason success has evaded them this century. That said, what they accomplished in their fairly lengthy window of top-level… Read more