Where Goon meets Glitz, from the Ice to the Armchair, balanced and objective hockey analysis and reporting.
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Saskatchewan’s finest: When Prince Albert reigned
The Prince Albert Raiders, a team located in the northernmost major city in Saskatchewan, are occasionally an unassuming franchise. This season, they had one of their more successful runs in recent times, capturing the Eastern Division crown, but having a fairly short lived playoff run, being swept by eventual WHL champions the Medicine Hat Tigers… Read more
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Liam’s CHL Corner: Not much beyond the imagination, but still some entertainment
The road to the Memorial Cup is now completely finished. Let’s examine how it ended and maybe cast some predictions about what might occur at the Big Dance. OHL: London Knights defeat Oshawa Generals in five games Game 3 provided the most excitement as the combined efforts of Easton Cowan (Toronto Maple Leafs), Kasper Halttunen… Read more
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Love, triumph, and betrayal – The history of the Cornwall Royals
As the QMJHL final possibly nears its end tonight, with the Moncton Wildcats entering Game 3 with a commanding 2-0 lead over the Rimouski Océanic, we reflect on a story of another QMJHL success story that took place outside of Quebec’s borders. The Q did not expand into the Maritimes until 1994, with the addition… Read more
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Liam’s CHL Corner: Two splits and one light roasting
Finals season is in full swing now, with every series on the final stage before the Memorial Cup having played two games. In contrast with last year, wherein all three were won by way of sweeps, we have a good amount of competition on our hands. In fact, two are already guaranteed not to be… Read more
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Golden: A retrospective on the CHL’s origins and birth 50 years ago
One may have wondered why I elected to launch a month-long Canadian Hockey League history series this May specifically. By end of day, their question was likely answered if they were attentive to junior hockey-related feeds. Yesterday marked the CHL’s golden anniversary, as the official announcement of its formation was made fifty years prior to… Read more
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Dominant despair: The successful, yet brief and drama-filled history of the Detroit Junior Red Wings
In the present day, the J. Ross Robertson Cup final commences tonight, between two historic franchises by way of a showdown between the juggernaut of contemporary times – the London Knights – and the league’s most decorated team in the form of the Oshawa Generals. This is a rematch of last season’s sweep by the… Read more