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Ottawa Charge Late Season Preview: War of Attrition
The Ottawa Charge, despite a major improvement over last season, find themselves in a remarkably similar situation with their playoff fate, which will likely not be sealed until the final weekend of the season again. With a record of 11-1-4-11, the Charge have taken advantage of the PWHL’s 3-point system to hold a playoff… Read more
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New York Sirens Late Season Preview: Hope Leaves
The New York Sirens had hoped for a different fate in 2024-2025 than what they had experienced in 2023-2024, but unfortunately it appears that the team will need to go back to the drawing board in the summer of 2025. With a 7-4-4-12 record with a 0.407 points percentage at the start of the… Read more
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Liam’s CHL Corner: “My mental health is not good!” The first round that was for the Dub
Let us wrap up round one with the WHL. Eastern Conference: (1) Medicine Hat Tigers defeat (8) Swift Current Broncos in five games This series tightened up as it went along. Predictably, Medicine Hat took the first two games by a combined 10-3 score, with LW/C Gavin McKenna (2026 NHL Entry Draft) of course having… Read more
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LIAM’S CHL CORNER: THE LONG-AWAITED (BY SELECT FEW) ROUND ONE ROUNDUP, PT. II – THE Q
Congrats, QMJHL! You get a real spotlight today. The WHL recap will be composed and published before action starts up for them tonight. Eastern Conference: (1) Moncton Wildcats defeat (8) Québec Remparts in four games This was yet another “more competitive than meets the eye” series across the CHL’s “Eastern” leagues. The Jean Rougeau Trophy… Read more
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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