News Roundup 10/22/24
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The playoffs in the Champions Hockey League are set. 16 teams will face off against each other as the chase for the championship is on. The first games for the round of 16 will take place on November 12 and 13. The return games will be on the 19th and 20th. The round of 16 matches will be:
Tappara Tampere (Liiga) vs. Färjestad Karlstad (SHL)
Lahti Pelicans (Liiga) vs. EC Red Bull Salzburg (ICE Hockey League)
Växjö Lakers (SHL) vs. Fribourg-Gottéron (National League)
Straubing Tigers (DEL) vs. ZSC Lions Zurich (National League)
Pinguins Bremerhaven (DEL) vs. Skellefteå AIK (SHL)
Lausanne HC (National League) vs. Genève-Servette (National League)
Sparta Prague (Extraliga) vs. Oceláři Třinec (Extraliga)
Sheffield Steelers (EIHL) vs. Eisbären Berlin (DEL)
Quick notes: Färjestad finished the regular season undefeated. They are the only team to have done so this season. To pull this off, they defeated Storhamar Hamar 3-0 in the final match.
To get into the playoffs, Pinguins Bremerhaven had to get one point in their final match against SHL champions Skellefteå. They did so, losing in overtime, 3-2.
Tappara Tampere won the CHL in the 2022-23 season but missed the playoffs last year. They needed to win their last match to guarantee a spot in the playoffs but failed to do so. Instead, they lost 2-0 to Lausanne HC. But, as you can see, they made the playoffs anyway due to some help in other games.
The surprise of the season, the Sheffield Steelers, continued surprising everyone as they defeated powerhouse Dynamo Pardubice, 3-2, in a seven-round shootout to make the playoffs for the first time ever. Meanwhile, Dynamo Pardubice has surprisingly missed the playoffs.
North America
ECHL
The ECHL will be expanding again, this time adding a team in Greensboro, North Carolina. They will begin play in the 2025-26 season.
NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Divison 1
Results from October 11:
#9 Wisconsin lost to unranked Lindenwood, 4-2. Jaeden Mercier led in scoring with two goals, while Gavin Morrissey got a goal and an assist. John Evans and David Gagnon both had multiple assists to join the multiple-point club.
#12 Colorado College held off an upset from unranked Northern Michigan, winning 4-3 in overtime. Colorado College had a two-goal lead, but the unranked Wildcats, came back early in the third period to tie it up. The #12 Tigers would retake the lead with less than four minutes left, but with only 43 seconds left in regulation, Matthew Romer would score his second goal of the match, forcing overtime. New York Rangers prospect Noah Laba would score the game-winner just 21 seconds into the extra period.
#15 Omaha upset #14 Massachusetts in overtime, 3-2. Zach Urdahl scored twice for Omaha while Jacob Guevin got two assists.
#19 Minnesota State lost to unranked Merrimack 1-0. Tyler Young scored the sole goal 16:51 into regulation. Max Lundgren made 27 saves to get the shutout victory.
In other ranked matches: #5 Minnesota beat Air Force 7-1, #17 Western Michigan beat Ferris State 4-1, #16 St. Cloud State beat Bemidji State 4-3, #10 Michigan beat Arizona State 4-1, #20 Notre Dame beat St. Lawrence 4-1, and #2 Boston College beat #4 Michigan State 3-0.
Results from October 12:
#4 Michigan State would get revenge against #2 Boston College, winning 4-3. Minnesota Wild prospect Charlie Stramel scored twice for the #4 Spartans with Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Isaac Howard assisting on both.
#9 Wisconsin held off unranked Lindenwood in overtime, 3-2. Lindenwood had a 2-0 lead 39 minutes into the match, but Wisconsin would slowly chip away at it, and eventually forcing overtime with just over five and a half minutes to go in regulation thanks to New York Islanders prospect Quinn Finley getting his second goal. It would be Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Daniel Laatsch to score the game-winner in overtime.
#10 Michigan settled for a tie with unranked Arizona State. The #10 Wolverines had a 3-1 lead with just over five minutes to go in regulation, but in the span of fifteen seconds, the Sun Devils tied the game up and forced overtime. Eventually, it would go to a shootout that ASU would win, but it does nothing for the record. It will go down as a tie.
#15 Omaha upset #5 Minnesota in overtime, winning 2-1. Jacob Guevin scored the game-winner in overtime. Meanwhile, in net, Simon Latkoczy made 52 saves to get the upset win.
In other ranked matches: #14 Massachusetts beat Air Force 5-1, #8 Quinnipiac beat Penn State 3-2, #12 Colorado College beat Northern Michigan 6-1, #3 Boston University beat Union 4-1, #18 Northeastern beat Stonehill 5-1, #20 Notre Dame beat Clarkson 5-2, #17 Western Michigan beat Ferris State 5-1, #16 St. Cloud State beat Bemidji State 3-2, #19 Minnesota State beat Merrimack 4-1, and #6 North Dakota beat #13 Providence 5-2.
Results from October 17:
#17 Western Michigan beat Bowling Green 6-2. Winnipeg Jets prospect Zach Nehring along with Liam Valente both had two goals and one assist for the #17 Broncos.
Results from October 18:
#9 Maine upset #7 Quinnipiac, 2-1. Despite thirteen penalties being committed, there was only one power-play goal, and that was the game-winner scored by Tyler Borgula.
#12 Omaha lost to Augustana, 2-1. Augustana scored both of their goals in the third period, erasing the 1-0 Omaha had going into the final frame. Zach Urdahl scored the sole goal for Omaha.
#15 Massachusetts lost 4-3 to Sacred Heart. The unranked Pioneers had a 4-1 lead halfway through the third period, but the Minutemen scored twice in eight minutes to reduce the deficit.
#16 Wisconsin lost 2-1 to Ohio State in overtime with Max Montes scoring both for the Buckeyes. Ryland Mosley scored the sole goal for Wisconsin.
In other ranked matches: #3 Boston University beat Connecticut 4-2, #6 Minnesota beat Minnesota Duluth 7-5, #14 Providence beat Arizona State 4-1, #2 Boston College beat AIC 5-0, #5 North Dakota beat #20 Minnesota State 3-2, #10 Michigan beat #13 St. Cloud State 3-0, #18 Notre Dame beat Alaska 4-1, and #1 Denver beat #19 Northeastern 5-2.
Results from October 19:
#5 North Dakota got shutout by #20 Minnesota State, 3-0. Adam Eisele scored and had an assist. Alex Tracy made 27 saves to get the shutout victory.
#9 Maine would once again upset #7 Quinnipiac, this time 6-5 in overtime. Colorado Avalanche prospect, and Cale Makar’s younger brother, Taylor Makar, had a goal and an assist for Maine. Meanwhile, Harrison Scott had the most points in the match with four (all being primary assists).
#10 Michigan fell to #13 St. Cloud State, 4-0. Tyson Gross had both a goal and an assist. Isak Posch made 24 saves to get the shutout victory.
#12 Omaha would get shut out by Augustana, 4-0. Fourteen penalties were committed, Omaha committing eight of them, but only one power-play goal was scored (by Brett Meerman). Josh Kotai made 33 saves to get the shutout victory.
#16 Wisconsin would once again lose to Ohio State 2-1, but this time in regulation. Max Montes would only score once this time for the Buckeyes.
#18 Notre Dame would get shut out by Alaska, 1-0. Broten Sabo scored the sole goal. There were a total of 22 penalties in the match, five players getting penalized at once at the end of the match, four of them getting assessed with 10-minute majors. Nicholas Grabko made 37 saves to get the shutout victory.
In other ranked matches: #6 Minnesota beat Minnesota Duluth 5-1, #14 Providence beat Arizona State 2-1, #15 Massachusetts beat Sacred Heart 6-1, and #1 Denver beat #19 Northeastern 5-2.
NCAA Women’s Ice Hockey Division 1
Results from October 8:
#8 St. Lawrence beat Syracuse 4-2. Aly McLeod had a goal and an assist for the #8 Saints.
#10 Quinnipiac beat Providence 1-0. Maddy Samoskevich scored the sole goal of the match. Felicia Frank made 23 saves to get the shutout victory.
Results from October 11:
#4 Ohio State upset #2 Minnesota 4-3. Both Jocelyn Amos and Kiara Zanon scored a goal and had an assist for the #4 Buckeyes.
In other ranked matches: #13 Northeastern beat Boston University 4-0, #9 Connecticut beat New Hampshire 5-1, #5 Clarkson beat Robert Morris 4-0, #8 St. Lawrence beat #15 Mercyhurst 3-0, #7 Colgate beat RIT 5-1, #12 Penn State beat Union 4-2, and #11 St. Cloud State beat Bemidji State 1-0.
Results from October 12:
#2 Minnesota and #4 Ohio State would tie, 1-1, in their second and final match of the weekend. Jordyn Petrie scored the sole goal for the Buckeyes while Josefin Bouveng scored the only goal for Minnesota.
#7 Colgate lost to RIT, 4-2. Elyssa Biederman struck first, giving the #7 Raiders an early lead in the first period. It wouldn’t be until halfway through the match that RIT responded, thanks to Kylie Aquaro, who got her first point of the night. She would later get an assist. Almost twenty minutes later and almost halfway through the third period, RIT took a 2-0 lead. The Raiders would respond just over two minutes later, but in the span of almost four minutes, RIT would score twice more to ensure the win.
#13 Northeastern got shut out by Boston University, 4-0. The first two goals came 5-on-5 while the last two were empty net goals. Sydney Healey got an assist and a goal to lead the match in points. Callie Shanahan made 25 saves to get the shutout victory.
In other ranked matches: #9 Connecticut beat New Hampshire 2-0, #8 St. Lawrence beat #15 Mercyhurst 2-1, #5 Clarkson beat Robert Morris 3-0, #12 Penn State beat Union 5-3, #11 St. Cloud State beat Bemidji State 2-0, and #1 Wisconsin beat #3 Minnesota Duluth 5-1.
Results from October 13:
#1 Wisconsin beat #3 Minnesota Duluth 7-3. Maggie Scannell scored twice for the #1 Badgers while Olivia Mobley scored twice for the #3 Bulldogs. Caroline Harvey led the match in points, scoring once and getting two assists for the Badgers.
Results from October 15:
#10 Quinnipiac fell to Providence, 3-2. Quinnipiac had a 2-0 lead halfway through the match, but Reichen Kirchmair scored and got an assist to help her unranked team score three unanswered goals to pull off the upset.
Results from October 17:
#9 Colgate beat Post 6-1. Kaia Malachino scored twice for the #9 Raiders while Kristýna Kaltounkova got a goal and an assist. Jodie Rose scored the sole goal for Post.
Results from October 18:
#6 Cornell got shutout by Mercyhurst in a 0-0 tie. Annelies Bergmann made 34 saves for Cornell while Jorden Mattison made 41 saves for Mercyhurst.
#7 St. Lawrence got shutout by Vermont, 1-0. Lara Beecher scored the sole goal of the match. Jane Gervais made 36 saves to get the shutout victory.
#14 Northeastern tied Holy Cross 4-4. It was a back-and-forth match with the unranked Crusaders scoring the sole goal of the first period and Northeastern scoring both goals in the second. The third period is when defense was nowhere to be found. Shortly after the halfway point of the period, Holy Cross had retaken the lead, 4-2. But, in the span of a minute and a half, the #14 Huskies would tie it up. Taze Thompson of Northeastern led the match in points with three (1G, 2A), while Emily Crovo led Holy Cross with a goal and an assist.
In other ranked matches: #8 Connecticut beat Providence 3-2, #10 Quinnipiac beat Syracuse 4-0, #12 Penn State beat Dartmouth 2-0, #14 Princeton beat Robert Morris 7-1, #9 Colgate beat Post 8-1, #1 Wisconsin beat #3 Minnesota 5-0, #2 Ohio State beat #11 St. Cloud State 5-1, and #5 Minnesota Duluth beat St. Thomas 3-0.
Results from October 19:
#2 Ohio State would tie with #11 St. Cloud State, 3-3. Four of the game’s six goals were on the power play. There were a total of 17 penalties, with both teams getting a 5-minute major for roughing in separate instances. Ohio State had a 2-0 lead, but the Huskies would score twice in the second period to make it 2-2 going into the third. Late in the third period, a little less than three minutes to go, Ohio State would once again take the lead. Unfortunately for them, with just 1:03 left in regulation, the Huskies would force overtime. Jocelyn Amos led the Buckeyes with a goal and an assist while Dayle Ross led the Huskies with a goal and an assist.
#6 Cornell fell to Mercyhurst 2-1. Mercyhurst already had a 2-0 lead before Cornell scored their sole goal late in the third period.
#8 Connecticut would get shut out by Harvard, 1-0. Jenna MacDonald scored the sole goal of the match, just 52 seconds into the third period. Emily Davidson made 34 saves to get the shutout victory.
In other ranked matches: #13 Northeastern beat Holy Cross 4-2, #7 St. Lawrence beat Vermont 5-0, #10 Quinnipiac beat Syracuse 4-1, #12 Penn State beat Dartmouth 4-1, #14 Princeton beat Robert Morris 11-1, #1 Wisconsin beat #3 Minnesota 4-3, and #5 Minnesota Duluth beat St. Thomas 2-0.
National Hockey League
Macklin Celebrini only took 7:01 in his first NHL game to score his first goal. That is the second-fastest to score a first NHL goal by a first-overall pick. The fastest was Mario Lemieux, just 2:59 into his first game. Celebrini would follow the goal up shortly with an assist.
Unfortunately for him and the Sharks, that’s where the good news ended. He is now out week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
Sidney Crosby and Evengi Malkin have been busy hitting milestones. On the 11th, Malkin got his 800th assist, making him the 34th player to do so and the 3rd active player to do so. The other two active players who have achieved that milestone were also playing in that game: Sidney Crosby and Patrick Kane. Then, on the 16th, Crosby got two assists to get 1,600 points and Malkin scored his 500th goal. Crosby is the fifth fastest to the 1,600-point milestone, just behind Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux, Marcel Dionne, and Jaromir Jagr.
Florida Panthers Captain Aleksander Barkov is out 2-3 weeks with a lower-body injury.
Here’s something you probably haven’t seen: a team pulling the goalie in the first period. That’s exactly what the Winnipeg Jets (who as of writing, are the only remaining undefeated team in the league) did against the Minnesota Wild. There were 2.9 seconds left, there was a faceoff in the Wild zone, and the Jets had Hellebuyck sitting on the bench for it. The gambit paid off as the Jets would score thanks to Mark Scheifele.
New Jersey Devils goaltender Jake Allen is the first goaltender in NHL history to beat 33 different franchises.
Alex Ovechkin has become the sixth player in NHL history to have 700 goals and assists. The only others to do this are Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Jaromir Jagr, Marcel Dionne, and Phil Esposito.
Filip Gustavsson scored a goalie goal against the St. Louis Blues on the 15th. He is the 15th goaltender to score a goal in NHL history.
Matvei Michkov scored not only his first but also his second NHL goal on the 16th. He scored both in a span of just under five minutes in the first period in a match against the Edmonton Oilers.
The Dallas Stars and goaltender Jake Oettinger have agreed to an eight-year contract extension worth $8.25 million a year.
Utah HC defender Sean Durzi will miss 4-5 months after undergoing surgery.
Professional Women’s Hockey League
The season calendar has finally been released. The regular season will begin November 30 with two matches: Boston at Toronto and Ottawa at Montreal. The regular season will end May 3 with two matches: Minnesota at Boston and Ottawa at Toronto.
Forward Abigail Boreen has signed a three-year contract with the Montréal Victoire. She was selected in the third round of the 2024 PWHL draft.
Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League
Forward Zachary Morin, who had been playing for the Youngstown Phantoms in the USHL, has left the club and joined the Saint John Sea Dogs of the QMJHL. This is a significant move considering that Morin is considered to be one of the top prospects in the upcoming 2025 NHL draft.
International
Alps Hockey League
The Hockey Unterland Cavaliers, who had been at the bottom of the league, were the ones who put an end to the “Sisak Express”. KHL Sisak, the newest club in the league, had been on a winning streak, but that ended on the 12th when they would lose 5-4 in overtime.
On the 17th, the two top teams in the league, EC Adler Stadtwerke Kitzbühel (who was in the top position) and the Red Bull Hockey Juniors (who were second in the league by one point) faced off against each other. In the end, Kitzbühel would win in a blowout, 6-1, to create some padding between them and Red Bull.
Auroraliiga
HPK defeated league leaders Tampere twice in a row. First, they won in Tampere 3-2 in overtime, then won at home, 5-2. Barbora Juříčková was the team’s top scorer in those two matches with two goals and three assists. One of those goals was the game-winner in overtime in the first match.
blossom-ic DFEL
The league’s newest team, Hokiklub Budapest, took on the defending champions, ECDC Memmingen Indians in a back-to-back series. In game one, Memmingen would win 3-1. They had two goals in the first 26 minutes and it took nine more minutes for Budapest to respond. The next day, the same score was the result: 3-1, but there was a different winner. Budapest did get revenge. Memmingen’s sole goal was a short-handed one by Nara Elia.
Deutsche Eishockey Liga
ERC Ingolstadt’s Mathew Bodie was given an eight-game suspension after spitting after a fight with a Grizzlys Wolfsburg player. He could’ve been suspended for up to 32 games, but the league decided the minimum eight games was enough.
Speaking of ERC Ingolstadt, their nine-game win streak came to an end on the 18th when they lost to the Nürnberg Ice Tigers, 6-2.
EHC Red Bull Munich fired head coach Toni Söderholm and Max Kaltenhauser will take over as interim head coach. Kaltenhauser had been serving as an assistant coach.
Elite Ice Hockey League
While the Sheffield Steelers are shocking the world over in the Champions Hockey League, it’s been less rosy for them in their domestic league. They lost to the Manchester Storm 4-3 in a shootout and then lost to the Coventry Blaze, 4-2. That said, in their most recent game (as of writing this), they did beat Glasgow 6-3.
The Blaze’s victory over the Steelers was the first time since September 2018 that they have beaten the Steelers at home and in regulation.
Speaking of the Coventry Blaze, they are the only remaining undefeated team in the league (as of writing this).
Meanwhile, the Cardiff Devils remain the top team in the league, and as of writing, are six points clear of any competition.
But, things aren’t as great in the Challenge Cup for the Devils, as they lost to the Nottingham Panthers, who are now four points above any competition in Challenge Cup Group A standings.
European Women’s Hockey League
MAC Budapest is no longer undefeated after losing 8-4 to the Sabres St. Pölten.
ICE Hockey League
The top two teams in the league, HCB Südtirol Alperia, and the Moser Medical Graz99ers, faced off against each other last week. In the end, it was HCB Südtirol Alperia who won, 3-2, and have taken possession of the top spot in the standings.
International Ice Hockey Federation
At age 46, Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana of Thailand made her professional hockey debut. This happened during an exhibition match between Thailand and China to celebrate the 6th cycle birthday anniversary of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. The final score was 6-6. Before the match, Her Majesty was presented with an honorary award by the IIHF for being the first IIHF Women’s Global Ambassador. She was given a certificate, pin, and trophy.
In another step towards 3x3 hockey being recognized as an Olympic sport, it has been announced that the IIHF will host a women’s 3x3 tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The tournament will take place between November 7-13. The ice rink will be smaller, using a 26x18m rink instead of the traditional 60x30m one. The countries that will be participating are: Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Iran. Brazil will have two teams in the tournament.
Kontinental Hockey League
KHL World Games have returned this season and it’s been announced that on December 22, a match between Dinamo Minsk and Spartak will take place in Uzbekistan.
Evgeny Kuznetsov returned sooner than he expected, only being out for a few weeks. Unfortunately for him, his return was overshadowed by Dinamo and Vadim Shipachyov, who was also returning from injury. Shipachyov scored for his team and Dinamo would win 4-2.
For the first time ever, Kunlun has won in Cherepovets, doing so by a score of 3-0. This was also their first win over the Cherepovets based team since 2017.
SKA forward Sergei Plotnikov became the fourth player in KHL history to reach 900 games played in the league. Meanwhile, Sergei Shirokov reached his 1,000th game in Russia’s top league, but not 1,000 in the KHL. He started before the KHL began and spent some time in North America. While Shirokov hasn’t played 1,000 KHL games, Vadim Shipachyov reached the 1,000 KHL milestone a few days later. He is the second player to ever do it. The first was Evgeny Biryukov who did so last season. Shipachyov has played in every season of the KHL’s existence (starting in 2008-09).
The most recent SKA vs. CSKA match was a classic. SKA took a 2-0 lead not even 15 minutes in (Kuznetsov with the primary assist on both goals), but it took less than nine minutes for CSKA to tie the match up. SKA would once again take a two-goal lead, going up 4-2 with Arseny Gritsyuk scoring the first and assisting on the second. Once again, CSKA would tie the match, forcing overtime. Just two and a half minutes into overtime, though, Carolina Hurricanes prospect, Alexander Nikishin, would score the game-winner for SKA. Final score: 5-4.
Alleged rapist Michael McLeod has had his contract terminated by Barys Astana. It’s due to them getting a new president who wants to focus on Kazakhstan-born talent (the franchise is located in Kazakhstan, not Russia, the KHL is a European and Asian league, not just Russian) instead of imported talent.
On the legal side of things, Michal Kristof, who is under a legal contract with Sochi, left the team to go play for SCL Tigers in the Swiss National League. As pointed out by the KHL in a statement, this is a blatantly illegal move:
“The IIHF’s international transfer regulations state that all IIHF members, their leagues and clubs must respect valid player contracts playing for all organizations, regardless of whether they are IIHF members (section 8.1 of the IIHF transfer regulations). Thus, all IIHF members – leagues and clubs – must respect player contracts with the KHL, even though the KHL is not an IIHF member.”
Metal Ligaen
A lot of player movement has happened since the last article. Here’s a brief recap of what happened:
Defender Oliver Dahlmann signed a 2-year contract with Rungsted Seier Capital.
Forward Søren Dietz-Larsen asked to be released from his contract with SønderjyskE.
Forward Cam Brown signed a short-term contract with SønderjyskE that lasts until the new year.
Forward Otto Kröger’s short-term contract with SønderjyskE has been canceled.
Blake Bennett and the Odense Bulldogs have mutually parted ways after some disagreement with each other.
Forward Luka Burzan signed a contract with the Odense Bulldogs that will last through the rest of the season.
Forward Marcus Almquist and the Herning Blue Fox came to a mutual agreement to terminate their contract. He would then go and sign a contract with Rødovre.
The Frederikshavn White Hawks lost 8-1 to the Odense Bulldogs on the 14th. Odense had a 4-0 lead going into the second period. This match clearly lit a fire underneath the White Hawks as they would go on to defeat Rungsted in overtime, 3-2, in their next match. They nearly lost, though, as they had a 2-0 lead but allowed Rungsted to score twice in the final four minutes of regulation.
Rungsted and Rødovre are rivals but now they are teaming together to stop fan unrest. In the last few matches, there’s been a good amount of trouble outside the actual play on the ice. Using DeepL Translator, which may not be entirely accurate, an article from the league’s website says this: “Not least at the recent game in Rødovre, there were unpleasant disturbances with pyrotechnics being thrown, fights and trouble.” They have watched videos and have had discussions with each other and imposed punishment on the fans who caused the unrest. They will continue to work together to ensure fans behave during these matches.
National League
Andres Ambühl of HC Davos has now played in 1,270 total games, counting regular season and playoff games. This is the most in NL history. The previous record was held by Beat Gerber.
Swedish Hockey League
Timrå goaltender Jacob Johansson’s shutout streak came to an end after 189 minutes and 24 seconds. It was the sixth-longest streak in the SHL since 2006 (before 2006 there aren’t any reliable records).
Rögle’s losing streak ended at six games after defeating HV71 by a score of 4-3 in overtime. Nashville Predators prospect Felix Nilsson scored the game-winner in overtime while Lucas Ekeståhl-Jonsson led the way with a goal and three assists.
As of writing, Luleå has taken over as league leader. They did so by defeating MoDo by a score of 5-0. After that, they mounted a comeback to beat Växjö 3-2 in overtime.
Swedish Women's Hockey League
As of writing, the SDHL has a new league leader: Luleå. They achieved this when they beat Linköping 2-0. Previously Frölunda had been the league leader, though Frölunda does have a game in hand.
Speaking of Frölunda: they were on an eight-game winning streak but had it snapped by MoDo when they lost 4-3.
What I’m Reading
Biggest concern thus far in Detroit Red Wings Yzerplan (Octopus Thrower)
Do We Still Need The Rivalry Series? (The Ice Garden)
Ducks celebrate Emma Melin as their ’21st Duck’ at home opener (Orange County Register)
LGBTQ+ North American players welcomed for inclusive Canada Cup hockey tournament (NHL)
Opinion: Let’s not retire Johnny Gaudreau’s number (The Cannon)
Red Wings Must Embrace Their Prospects, Not Free Agents (The Hockey Writers)
Sports teams continue to penalize themselves with outdated nicknames and marketing (CBC)
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