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January 19th and 20th provided a slate of 9 contests involving Hockey East teams. At the time of writing, two intraconference showdowns featuring Merrimack at 2nd ranked Boston College and UConn at 17th ranked UNH have not been played yet, and barring any substantial upsets by the visitors won’t be a point of focus… Read more

After a long start to 2024, the MCLA Trailblazers collected their first MASCAC win on home ice against Framingham State on Saturday, January 20th. It wasn’t an easy win for the team, nor was it pretty, but it was enough for the first time since November 21st for the men in North Adams, Massachusetts.… Read more

Another classic geographic rivalry was renewed on Saturday afternoon at the Tsongas Center in Lowell, Massachusetts when PWHL New York faced off against PWHL Boston for the first time. Despite an overwhelming offensive presence from Boston, outshooting New York 33-19, New York collected the regulation win by a score of 4-1. Emma Soderberg… Read more

On Wednesday, January 17th, SKA Saint Petersburg put on a performance wherein they effectively never let their foot off the gas pedal against Amur Khabarovsk. They tallied 2 goals in each period to come away with a 6-2 victory. Alexander Nikishin (Hurricanes), Vasily Glotov, and Sergei Tolchinsky all had two point nights. Between the pipes,… Read more

Wednesday night had a marquee matchup between two of the last remaining PWHL teams that have yet to lose a game in overtime. The exciting PWHL Minnesota team visited upstart PWHL Ottawa, and both teams treated us to another exciting contest. Minnesota’s resolve was tested early by ending up 2 goals behind the home… Read more

Wednesday night (1/17) marked the first time Boston and Toronto would play each other in the PWHL. Toronto, hungry for a win after three consecutive losses, would stick with netminder Kristen Campbell and Emma Soderberg would get her first start in Boston. Hannah Miller would score the first goal of the game for Toronto,… Read more