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Minnesota Frost: Shadow Monarchs
The Minnesota Frost repeated as Walter Cup Champions, becoming only the 5th North American professional hockey team to win a championship with a points percentage below 0.500 (their 2024 roster was the 4th team to accomplish this feat). Their championship run was fueled by heroics from Lee Stecklein, Sophie Jaques, Taylor Heise, and Claire Thompson, Read more
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Boston Fleet: Don’t Forget 5.3.25
It would be an understatement to say that the Boston Fleet did not live up to expectations during the 2024-2025 season. In an ironic twist of fate, the Fleet’s regular season points percentage increased from 0.486 to 0.489, but despite a three-way tie with Ottawa Charge and Minnesota Frost, the Fleet missed the postseason because Read more
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The all-time greats: The history of the CHL and OHL’s most decorated franchise, the Oshawa Generals
After a long hiatus, the CHL history series has returned, with a bit of a more expansive take this time around. I will provide some background on the formation of the franchise that this entry will cover, as well as some details on their transformations over the years. Most importantly, however, this article will provide Read more
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The unbeatable Albertans: When Medicine Hat captured all the glory in consecutive seasons
With the CHL to NCAA pipeline officially in full swing as many high caliber prospects from the Canadian Hockey League have opted to take the American collegiate path and discourse on the topic is now at its zenith, now is the time to actualize a plan I have had for a long time now. The Read more
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Exceptionally high value selections in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft
This is being published at a belated point in time because of the chaotic nature of draft weekend for me. Unlike last year’s “Diamonds in the rough” article which exclusively focused on day two, this installment will include round one selections to account for the fact that this draft had inferior depth. That said, the Read more
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Peterka Heads Out West: Analyzing the Buffalo/Utah Deal
After months of speculation, the Buffalo Sabres have finally pulled the trigger on trading a blossoming young star player in JJ Peterka. The young German star (based on PPG in 2024-2025) was traded to the Utah Mammoth in exchange for Josh Doan and Michael Kesselring. Following the completion of the trade, Peterka, who was Read more