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MCLA Trailblazers @ Salem State Vikings: Surging Spoilers
Prior to tonight’s game was a bittersweet night for MCLA, as they were ruled out of playoff contention after their loss to Plymouth State on Saturday night but they would seize the opportunity to spoil Salem State’s playoff hopes. Freshman goaltender Mat Gover would continue where left off against Plymouth State and continue to dominate… Read more
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Mike Sullivan’s path to 800 career NHL games behind the bench and the Beanpot HOF
Current Pittsburgh Penguins bench boss Mike Sullivan has certainly racked up the accolades as of late. Last night (2/6/2024), he coached his squad to a 3-0 victory over a very good Winnipeg Jets team in his 800th game as a NHL head coach (which, at present, places him at 44th ever, just two behind Art… Read more
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New York’s All-Stars finish comeback of the year
Coming into Sunday’s matinee matchup, the bottom two ranked teams, New York(11 points) and Ottawa(10 points)would play each other for the first time. Special teams would be an interesting matchup, coming in Ottawa was the number one ranked powerplay and New York sat at number two. New York would start Corinne Schroeder in net with… Read more
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PWHL Montreal @ PWHL Boston: Erin Ambrose Paves the Way
On Sunday, February 4th, the PWHL Montreal versus PWHL Boston series made its debut in Lowell, Massachusetts. The first matchup back on January 13th ended with a “controversial” disallowed goal in overtime that led to a 3-2 OT victory for Boston. Since that match, both teams had been sporting a 3-1 record, including a… Read more
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Hockey East Recap: Boston Rolls into the Bean Pot on Winning Streaks
The first weekend of February was filled with highs-and-lows for every program that played two games in as many days. In a strange turn of events, the teams that only had one game over the weekend happened to walk away with a favorable result (Except UMass Lowell because that’s who they are this season).… Read more
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Plymouth State Panthers @ MCLA Trailblazers: A demonstration of heart
You really have to have won a lot of small battles and shown some strong will/had results to show for it to have positive reflections on a game wherein you were out-shot by 55 and ultimately were defeated by multiple goals, but that is precisely what the MCLA Trailblazers did against the strongest team in… Read more