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Walter Cup Finals: Game 1 PWHL Minnesota @ Boston – Marquee barn burner, Healy nets game winner in crazy 2nd
Game 1 of the Walter Cup Finals in the inaugural PWHL season between Minnesota and Boston started at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA at 5:15 PM. Both starting goalies were phenomenal in the first round, as Minnesota’s Maddie Rooney posted a .979 SV% and a 0.45 GAA while Boston’s netminder Aerin “The Green Monster” Frankel… Read more
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The junior and professional careers of NHL alumni who tasted Memorial Cup glory
Despite not being a “pro” trophy, capturing the Memorial Cup is among the most difficult accomplishments in ice hockey. After a long and arduous season + postseason in the Canadian Hockey League, an additional tournament being held where only three qualifying champions plus a host get a shot at it entails a hefty task. Consider… Read more
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Walter Cup playoffs: Semifinals Game 5 PWHL Minnesota @ Toronto – Heise is the north star rising, brilliance between pipes by Rooney a defining factor
The Toronto-Minnesota series came down to Game 5 at a sold out Coca-Cola Coliseum on Friday night to advance to play Boston for the Walter Cup. The first period looked different than the last several games, as there was a lot more space on the ice. Toronto dominated the first period with their forecheck and… Read more
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WHL playoffs: A historic first for both Moose Jaw and the CHL
History was made twice over in the same night as a conclusion to the playoff rounds for the CHL’s constituent leagues. By completing the four game sweep against the Portland Winterhawks in the Ed Chynoweth Cup Final on May 15th, 2024, the Moose Jaw Warriors captured their first ever WHL championship title in their forty-year… Read more
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Walter Cup playoffs: PWHL – Toronto @ Minnesota: Old time hockey in a double OT thriller where line 3 gets it done
Entering Game 4 in Minnesota, Toronto would receive the unfortunate news that Natalie Spooner’s season was over with a knee injury. Rebecca Leslie would slot in on line two next to Blayre Turnbull and Hannah Miller. Jesse Compher registered the first shot on goal 2:15 into the first period, as Toronto and Minnesota played low event… Read more
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OHL playoffs: Eagles become vultures and Knights become kings
For the fifth time ever, all within the era begun by the acquisition of the club by Dale Hunter, brother Mark, and co-investor/fellow NHL alumnus Basil McRae, the London Knights have won the J. Ross Robertson Cup. There was only some Sturm und drang in this finals series against the most accomplished club in the… Read more