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KHL updates: SKA go undefeated, Sochi make history and undergo some changes with perhaps more on the horizon
SKA Saint Petersburg: Game 16: Tuesday, October 15th SKA 3-2 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (SO) Game 17: Thursday, October 17th SKA 5-4 CSKA Moscow (OT) Game 18: Monday, October 21st SKA 8-1 Vityaz Moscow Region The club made you worry a bit in the matchup against the club affectionately known in our circles as “The Team with… Read more
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Prospects to Know: Who is… Ivar Stenberg?
The profile I composed on Viggo Björck earlier this year remains one of my most enduring and popular articles I have published on this site. It will likely eventually have a followup to provide updates on Björck’s progress, since it has remained so relevant. In the meantime, I have found it increasingly appropriate to provide… Read more
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MCLA Trailblazers Preview: Only One Way
The 2023-24 season marked the return of hockey in North Adams, Massachusetts at MCLA. At the onset of the season, there was tremendous optimism for a group of mostly Freshmen players cultivated across much of the North American Tier 3 junior hockey landscape who were to be coached by former Johnson & Wales star… Read more
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KHL updates: Goaltender, Kuznetsov returns headlines SKA’s week, Sochi is one of the teams of all-time
SKA Saint Petersburg: Game 13: Monday, October 7th SKA 4-3 (OT) Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Game 14: Thursday, October 10th SKA 2-4 Dinamo Minsk Game 15: Saturday, October 12th SKA 5-2 Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Last week kicked off with a “Probably shouldn’t have won this one” performance for SKA against Loko, wherein G Artemi Pleshkov faced 48 shots… Read more
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KHL updates: Demidov sees role decreased yet again during SKA’s continuing struggle, Zavragin is an absolute standout for HC Sochi
SKA Saint Petersburg: Game 11: Thursday, October 3rd – SKA 3-0 Dinamo Minsk Game 12: Saturday, October 5th – Severstal Cherepovets 4-3 SKA After the embarrassment to Kunlun Red Star on Sunday, the 29th, SKA’s three game road trip commenced with a visit to Belarus. Head coach Roman Rotenberg seemed to keep Ivan Demidov in… Read more
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My first ever in-person impressions of Matvei Michkov’s game
I had a sense going into this one that we were gonna see a tough outing from Philadelphia’s group as a whole despite them and Boston probably deploying rosters that were close in strength for this matchup. How it played out was that the team as a whole, particularly the blue line core save for… Read more