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SKA Saint Petersburg vs. HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk: Offensive surge, quiet day on the schedule help SKA move up in Western Conference standings
There weren’t a lot of games on tap for the KHL on Saturday, November 11th, but the few there were sure were solid matchups. Lada Togliatti (the cinderella first place team in the Eastern Conference, having been re-admitted to the KHL this season after having been expelled to the VHL as a cost-cutting measure, their… Read more
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KHL updates: SKA bring streaking Traktor to a halt in OT thriller at home, HC Sochi take two losses in road trip to Belarus
There was no shortage of excitement in SKA Saint Petersburg’s matchup against Traktor Chelyabinsk at home in the Ice Palace on Thursday, November 9th. Though SKA conceded first just over 4.5 minutes in on a goal by Traktor F Anton Burdasov (assisted by F Vitali Kravtsov and D Ilya Nikolayev), SKA LW Vladimir Alistrov would… Read more
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MCLA @ UMass Dartmouth Recap: “We’re on to Plymouth State”
Tonight’s game between the MCLA Trailblazers and UMass Dartmouth Corsairs did not go how MCLA had imagined, I am sure. I will keep this brief, because this page is about building guys up and not breaking them down, and there wasn’t much to take joy from tonight in a 4-1 loss. On the… Read more
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HC Sochi vs. Salavat Yulaev Ufa: Interconference matchup basically serves as a nothing burger for Sochi
There was not a lot of action in the 2023-24 KHL season on Tuesday, November 7th, as only three games were played. Barys Astana and CSKA Moscow were both shutout at home by Ak Bars Kazan and Traktor Chelyabinsk, respectively, by scores of 3-0 and 4-0 (with the latter result being particularly historic as it… Read more
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SKA Saint Petersburg vs. Spartak Moscow: Last less than a second heartbreak for the visitors in nation’s capital
Marking a return from his one-game suspension, Roman Rotenberg brought his team into the Russian capital with aspirations of getting at least a point against a difficult opponent in Spartak Moscow as his crop look to stay competitive in a tight race for the last KHL Western Conference playoff spot, and it looked for a… Read more
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Damien’s Deliberations: MCLA Makes a Statement in Nashua
Saturday night, The MCLA Trailblazers beat the Rivier University Raiders 4-3 in a barnburner. It was a historic night for MCLA where they registered their first win in 20 years. To me, the game was more than just a historic night, more than a comeback, more than a win. It was a statement. It was… Read more