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MCLA Trailblazers: Hockey Returns to North Adams
After 21 years, it’s nice to say that there will be college hockey in the town of North Adams, Massachusetts this winter. The Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Trailblazers, or MCLA for short, will be competing in the MASCAC with an almost entirely freshman team under first-year head coach Jeremiah Ketts. Ketts is coming… Read more
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HC Sochi vs. Severstal Cherepovets: Guess Who Scored a Big Goal Again?
Continuing their impressive recent form in the first few months of the 2023-24 KHL season, HC Sochi found themselves in the win column in a home game against Severstal Cherepovets on Thursday, October 5th, emerging with a 4-3 victory. Not everything about Sochi’s performance was outstanding through the first couple of frames, as they did… Read more
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SKA Saint Petersburg updates: Some big news in the personnel department and a defeat in Belarus to Dinamo Minsk
SKA Saint Petersburg went into the Belarusian capital seeking a bounce back victory after their road defeat to HC Sochi, which was owed largely to the performance of Philadelphia Flyers prospect (#7 overall, 2023 NHL Entry Draft) and loaned player from their roster Matvei Michkov (1 goal, 2 assists) and his line. Unfortunately, they were… Read more
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HC Sochi 5-4 SKA Saint Petersburg: The most poetic game and result one could ask for
We know how the stage was set for this game. On Monday, October 2nd, 2023, HC Sochi returned home from a brief three-game road trip which saw them defeat Spartak Moscow 3-2 and fall in devastating fashion to two-time defending Gagarin Cup/three-time consecutive finalists CSKA Moscow 7-1 (continuing the long-lasting trend of CSKA defeating Sochi,… Read more
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University of Vermont Catamounts: Without Expectations, There Can Be No Disappointment
The University of Vermont Catamounts had another terrible year in 2022-23 after two abysmal years in 2020-21 and 2021-22. The team has gradually improved in that span, going from winning one game in 2020-21 to winning 11 in 2022-23 under Todd Woodcroft; however, just as his tenure behind the bench was middling, so was his… Read more
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Prospects to Know: Who is… Malcolm Spence?
Continuing along the path of 2025 NHL Entry Draft prospects, which we most recently did in our latest installment by way of the analysis of Boston College commit/US NTDP product James Hagens and previously delved into with OHL exceptional status player/Saginaw Spirit star forward Michael Misa, we have a player from Misa’s past. This left-winger… Read more