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Hockey East Recap: The Eagles Are Alone at the Top
The last weekend of January was a rowdy one in the Hockey East conference. Despite 4 intraconference showdowns taking place over the weekend, the whole country was only talking about one: #1 Boston University against #2 Boston College. This was a historic first for both programs as they have never met before as the… Read more
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Fitchburg State @ MCLA: Game gets away, but more promise and progress shown amidst a disappointing result
This game was a tale of two halves, in the simplest terms. Aside from the quick outpouring of goals by the FSU Falcons in the second period which ended up being the deciding sequence, the entire outlook just seemed different at a point. It was difficult for the MCLA Trailblazers to get meaningful penetration or… Read more
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PWHL Minnesota @ PWHL Boston: All the Stars Are Closer
Saturday evening’s contest between PWHL Minnesota and PWHL Boston was an intense and enjoyable affair. The two teams’ seasons opened against one another at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA earlier in January with Minnesota winning the contest 3-2. In the second go ‘round Minnesota went with Maddie Rooney in goal, and Boston with… Read more
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Natalie Spooner Scores Two Goals, Toronto gets their first home win!
On Friday night, the 5th and 6th ranked PWHL hockey teams would face off for a third time. New York won opening night 4-0 January 1st and Toronto would win the 2nd game 3-2 January 5th. The first period in the third matchup would remain scoreless, Toronto would outshoot New York 9 to 6. 16:31… Read more
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Vanisova’s two points and Chuli’s lockdown debut launch Montreal to number one!
Heading into Wednesday night, the top two teams in the PWHL, Minnesota( 4-0-1) and Montreal (3-1-1), would play each other a second time. The first matchup was Minnesota’s home opener where Grace Zumwinkle stole the show and scored a natural hat trick to defeat Montreal 3-0. Both teams thus far have demonstrated consistent star power… Read more
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KHL updates: SKA regains impressive form, clean up with back-to-back dominant victories; Sochi puts together impressive run with Michkov featuring on clutch plays in consecutive games
Despite the setback they experienced in a hard fought OT loss against Dinamo Minsk and their standout, potentially soon-to-be Philadelphia-bound netminder Alexei Kolosov, SKA Saint Petersburg were undeterred in their next two games. On Wednesday, they soundly defeated Barys Astana 7-0 in a game where six players had multi-point nights and Nikita Serebryakov still managed… Read more