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PWHL Montreal @ New York: Levy monumental against Montreal
Heading into Wednesday night’s game, Montreal was 2-0 against New York this season, winning 5-2 on January 10th and 3-2 on January 16th. New York would start New York native Abigail Levy in search of their first home win and Montreal would start Ann-Renee Desbiens. The spotlight was on Alex Carpenter. Could she continue her… Read more
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PWHL Ottawa @ PWHL Boston: Gabbie Hughes finds her Touch
Finally, after a month-plus long wait, the January 8th showdown between PWHL Ottawa and PWHL Boston got underway on February 19th. Both teams are trending in very different directions than they were at the start of the year. Coming into the game, Ottawa was riding a 5-game losing streak, while Boston held a 3-game… Read more
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Hockey East recap: Do We Have 6 National Championship Contenders here?
This past week of Hockey East action was a roller coaster of emotions for all but a handful of programs. On Monday night in the Beanpot final, the Northeastern Huskies shocked Boston University in overtime, courtesy of Gunnarwolfe Fontaine, to extend their winning streak to six games and rope themselves back into the top-25… Read more
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PWHL New York @Boston: Carpenter Wins the War of Attrition
Saturday’s game was the second showdown between PWHL New York and Boston at the Tsongas Center. The first matchup ended in favor of New York 4-1, Jade Downie-Landry scored a hat trick and Corinne Schroeder stopped 32 of 33 shots, while Soderberg gave up 3 off 13 shots and was replaced by Frankel. This time… Read more
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KHL roundup: Sochi upend Torpedo in two-game home series, SKA extend win streak to five
HC Sochi were able to get a lot out of Mikhail Berdin the past week, the netminder posted a combined statline of 72/75 (.960 SV%) in two home matchups against Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, including a very impressive 41/42 in the back-end of that mini-series taking plays on Wed, Feb 14th and Fri, Feb 16th. Ultimately,… Read more
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PWHL Minnesota @ PWHL Montreal: Depth Scoring finds a way…and the league’s first blunder?
For the third time this season, PWHL fans were treated to a showdown between the league’s top two teams in PWHL Minnesota and PWHL Montreal. Despite all the overtime games played this season, these two teams handled their business in 60 minutes, and that was the outcome once again. Both clubs had won 3… Read more