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Boston College Finishes the Job: 2024 Hockey East Champions
After an exciting season of Hockey East action, Saturday night at the TD Garden in Boston, MA played host to the conference championship match between bitter rivals Boston University and Boston College. On Friday night, despite being handily outplayed at even strength, the Terriers were able to pull out a 4-1 victory against Maine.… Read more
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NCAA Division III Championship: History Made in Hartford by the Statesmen
The last hurdle in the NCAA D3 men’s hockey tournament was intriguing by way of being both fast-paced and quickly burning, yet also low-event. A game where the puck dropped at 7:00 PM was over before 9:00 due to both the defending champions, the Hobart College Statesmen and the hosts, the Trinity College Bantams, playing… Read more
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SKA Saint Petersburg vs. Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Game 4: Buying some time
In their efforts to stay alive and perhaps give their talisman Alexander Nikishin (Carolina, 69th overall, 2020 NHL Entry Draft) a chance to return and save their postseason run, SKA Saint Petersburg nearly compromised themselves and fell victims to their own mistakes, but also turned Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg’s game against them. This was most evident in… Read more
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NCAA D3: A too good to be true national title matchup
As it was, the stage was set for the D3 equivalent of the Frozen Four with the best teams in the nation up against one another. The four remaining squads were the best teams in the nation by both the USCHO and Pairwise standards. However, it was made all the sweeter by the final round… Read more
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SKA Saint Petersburg vs. Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Games 2-3: Is the SKA season doomed?
Perhaps every observer should have seen it coming, but the absence of SKA Saint Petersburg’s talisman D Alexander Nikishin (CAR, 69th overall, 2020 NHL Entry Draft) has his club in trouble in a manner possibly not anticipated. Still yet to return from his Game 5 injury against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Nikishin’s team is in big… Read more
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SKA Saint Petersburg vs. Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Game 1: Absent Nikishin, SKA endures frustration
SKA Saint Petersburg began their interconference second round playoff matchup with Eastern Conference foes Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg with a setback already working against them. Their marquee blueliner Alexander Nikishin (Carolina Hurricanes, 69th overall, 2020 NHL Entry Draft) was injured in the decisive Game 5 against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod and was ruled out by bench boss Roman… Read more