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Prospects to Know: Who is… Cole Reschny?
Over the weekend, I watched both games that the Spokane Chiefs and Victoria Royals played against one another on Friday and Saturday (the latter team being the host to this mini-series, who came from behind to win in overtime both times in front of their home crowd). My primary intention was to get a better… Read more
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MCLA @ Albertus Magnus: Exhibition Match in Review
MCLA played their 2nd and final exhibition match before the start of the 2023-24 season at the Albertus Magnus Falcons on October 22nd. The team ended up falling 6-0, but the final score did not tell the entire story of the game, as it never truly does. The Trailblazers played a very rugged and… Read more
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Hockey East Recap: UNH Stirs My Cold, Dead Hockey Heart
We have rolled into our third weekend of the Hockey East season, and the fireworks continue. As has been the trend so far this season, we have seen shocking defeats and stunning upsets in games involving the conference’s best and brightest. The consistent headlines of the year so far are Boston University’s goaltending is… Read more
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SKA Saint Petersburg vs. HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk: Home team’s defense, goaltending, and two goals created by the same pair spell doom for SKA
On the first outing of their four-game road trip, SKA Saint Petersburg peppered the home squad, HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk, with shots in their matchup on 10/21/2023. In fact, they had 36 shots on net to Neftekhimik’s 24, in addition to having an overall possession edge via their 33 to 23 advantage at the faceoff dot.… Read more
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MCLA @ Nichols College: Exhibition Match in Review
MCLA got their return season underway with a visiting exhibition match at Nichols College. Nichols was a great opponent to get their feet under them against, as they are coming off a 9-16-0 season in the very competitive CCC. The experience and competitive history for the program stood out with their fast, heavy-hitting start… Read more
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HC Sochi vs. Barys Astana: Michkov scores after All-Star selection, nothing else good happened today
There isn’t really much to say about HC Sochi’s 5-3 defeat to Barys Astana today (October 20th). They had scoring opportunities (plentiful ones, at that) and out-shot Barys Astana 33 to 28 (in addition to having 12 of their shots blocked, in contrast with blocking 8 shots by Barys) and beat the visitors 33 to… Read more