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Montréal Victoire Late Season Preview: The End in Mind
At the IIHF break, the Montréal Victoire are the only team who are safe as it pertains to qualifying for the PWHL playoffs. Of course, the Victoire are still playing to secure home ice advantage throughout the league’s final gauntlet, but with an 8-point lead on the 3rd place Boston Fleet, it is almost… Read more
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Liam’s CHL Corner: The long-awaited (by select few) round one roundup, pt. I – The O
Full disclosure: I am finding myself not up to the task of dealing with the tedium of putting out one comprehensive article for all three CHL member leagues’ first rounds on the Road to the Memorial Cup, at least this time. As a result, each league will be getting a separate article and all three… Read more
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Minnesota Frost Late Season Preview: A Clear Path
At the IIHF break, the Minnesota Frost find themselves on the outside of a playoff spot, trailing the Ottawa Charge by 1-point. The Frost have had a rollercoaster ride of a season that has seen some great highs (February 8th, 4-0 win at Montréal) but also crushing lows (February 13th, 8-3 Loss at Ottawa)… Read more
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Boston Fleet Late Season Preview: Fighting Themselves
As we have approached the late season IIHF break in the PWHL, with 3 games remaining for all six clubs, the time has come for a breakdown of the remaining teams, and their outlook for the rest of the season. This will include a look at each team’s statistical play, trends, and an overall… Read more
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SKA Saint Petersburg vs. Dynamo Moscow, Game 6: The End?
Game 6: Sunday, April 6th – SKA Arena SKA 2-5 Dynamo Moscow In a vacuum, this turn of events was fairly surprising on SKA’s part, but it seems to represent how their season and particularly this playoff series in which they were overmatched played out. They were the better team territorially by a significant margin… Read more
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The little giants: The history of the Acadie–Bathurst Titan, a success story from the CHL’s smallest market
Upon relocation to Bathurst, Nova Scotia from Laval, Quebec in 1998, the QMJHL franchise known as the Acadie-Bathurst Titan had some gigantic skates to fill. In its previous home, the team had developed the likes of Mario Lemieux, Vincent Damphousse, and Mike Bossy, won four President’s Cups, and made it to one Memorial Cup final.… Read more