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Stanley Cup Final Game 4 – Boston Bruins v. St. Louis Blues

Boston Bruins v. St. Louis Blues

Game 4 – BOS Leads 2-1

Game Recap:

Coming into Game 4 the St. Louis Blues are looking to erase the bad taste in their mouth from Game 3 when the Boston Bruins came into their home and dismantled them 7-2 to take the 2-1 series lead, and the Blues would deliver early when Ryan O’Reilly would pick up the rebound and wrap it around the net and past Tuukka Rask 43 seconds into the game for the quick 1-0 lead. Then later in the period the Bruins would respond as Charlie Coyle would pick up a Zdeno Chara rebound in front of the net and get it past Jordan Binnington to tie the game at one a piece. However, the game would not remain tied for long as the Blues would continue pushing and it would be Vladimir Tarasenko picking up an Alex Pietrangelo rebound in the slot and wristing it past Rask to reclaim the lead 2-1.

We like that start. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/4VUMRQypvC

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 4, 2019

In the second period we would have a slew of penalties with the first two creating a lot of momentum for the Blues, but no powerplay goals would be scored. However, while the Blues were on their second powerplay opportunity the Bruins would create an offensive opportunity that would see Brandon Carlo score his first of the playoffs when he would one time the rebound past Binnington who had no chance on the play. Going into the second period it would be tied 2-2.

BIG third period coming up. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/c8vUORWwjI

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 4, 2019

In the third period we would see both teams trade powerplay opportunities that would once again see no one take advantage of them, but it would be the Blues half way through the period as Ryan O’Reilly would score his second of the game to break to 2-2 tie and give the Blues the lead back. then with the goalie pulled Brayden Schenn would strip the puck off of the Bruins defender and send the puck into the empty net to ice the game at 4-2, and tie the series at two a piece.

HEY BUDDY – WE'RE BACK. SERIES TIED!!! #WeAllBleedBlue #stlblues pic.twitter.com/S9qjpC5iCd

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 4, 2019

Lineups:

Boston Bruins:

Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari

Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

John Moore — Connor Clifton

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman

Injured: Matt Grzelcyk (upper body) Chris Wagner (concussion protocol), Kevan Miller (lower body)

Starting off Game 4 like this.#NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/7PNqx8Rb05

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 4, 2019

St. Louis Blues:

Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko

Zach Sanford — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron

Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Sammy Blais

Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen

Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

Vince Dunn — Carl Gunnarsson

Jordan Binnington

Jake Allen

Scratched: Robert Bortuzzo, Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Ville Husso

Injured: Robert Thomas (undisclosed)

Starters. #WeAllBleedBlue #stlblues | @maryvilleu pic.twitter.com/sa5lQAlS9E

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 4, 2019

First Period:

Blues Goal – :43 – Ryan O’Reilly (4) from Zach Sanford (2) and Vince Dunn (6)

CAN YOU HEAR US???!!!!!! #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/YTqUT2YmVg

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 4, 2019

Bruins Goal – 13:14 – Charlie Coyle (9) from Zdeno Chara (4)

.@CharlieCoyle_3 ties the game! #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/iuNYoMnD0v

— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 4, 2019

Blues Goal – 15:30 – Vladimir Tarasenko (11) from Alex Pietrangelo (12) and Brayden Schenn (7)

We're just gonna keep on bringin' it. #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/ThwSbNGsZR

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 4, 2019

End of 1st – BOS – 1 STL – 2

Shots 09 13

Faceoffs 15 13

Hits 16 24

PP 0/0 0/0

Second Period:

Bruins Penalty – 5:47 – Charlie Coyle 2 minutes for High Sticking

Blues Penalty – 8:31 – Colton Parayko 2 minutes for Delay of Game

Bruins Penalty – 13:53 – Connor Clifton 2 minutes for Illegal Check to the Head

Bruins SHG – 14:19 – Brandon Carlo (1) from Patrice Bergeron (8) and Brad Marchand (13)

.@1996_Carlo with a shorty to tie the game! #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/vlVJkH8fZO

— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 4, 2019

End of 2nd – BOS – 2 STL – 2

Shots 18 25

Faceoffs 24 25

Hits 29 32

PP 0/1 0/2

Third Period:

Bruins Penalty – 2:08 – Danton Heinen 2 minutes from Tripping

Blues Penalty – 6:42 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for High Sticking

Blues Goal – 10:38 – Ryan O’Reilly (5) from Alex Pietrangelo (13) and Carl Gunnarsson (2)

GO CRAZY, ENTERPRISE CENTER!!!!! #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/w950t2Ux06

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 4, 2019

Blues ENG – 18:31 – Brayden Schenn (4) from unassisted

Make that 4-2. pic.twitter.com/duNkEOHg1I

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 4, 2019

Blues Penalty – 19:34 – Jay Bouwmeester 2 minutes for Elbowing

Bruuins Penalty – 13:34 – Torey Krug 2 minutes for Slashing

End of 3rd – BOS – 2 STL – 4

Shots 23 38

Faceoffs 31 34

Hits 41 44

PP 0/2 0/3

Next Up:

Game 5 – Series Tied 2-2

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June 3, 2019
NWHL News and Notes – June 3rd, 2019

Today in the NWHL we had a couple more signings announced for the 2019-20 season.

First up, the Connecticut Whale have re-signed defender Taylor Marchin to a one year deal.

Marchin’s salary for the 2019-20 season was not disclosed.

Then next up the Boston Pride has signed the 12th overall pick of the 2017 NWHL Draft Lexie Laing to a one year deal.

Laing’s salary was also not disclosed.

Both players will partake in the 50 percent cut of revenue from league sponsorship and media deals. Plus they will also receive 15 percent of revenue from apparel sold with their name on it.

TXHT will continue to provide NWHL coverage as more signings are announced.

*Graphics courtesy of the NWHL.

June 3, 2019
Stanley Cup Final Game 3 – Boston Bruins v. St. Louis Blues

Boston Bruins v. St. Louis Blues

Game 3 – Series Tied 1-1

Game Recap:

Heading into the Game 3 the St. Louis Bues come home with the momentum in the corner after taking Game 2 in boston to even the series with the Bruins. The game would start off physically, and would see the Blues start with five straight shots, but when they had the chance to take the lead while on the powerplay they failed to do so. The Bruins on the other hand would not let their opportunity be squandered as Patrice Bergeron would redirect a Torey Krug point shot past Jordan Binnington to take the 1-0 lead. That goal would open the flood gates as the Bruins would score two more this period starting with Marcus Johansson feeding Charlie Coyle a one timer to make it a two goal lead. Then Sean Kuraly would shoot one right through the five hole of Binnington to make it 3-0. However, the Blues would challenge as it seemed Joakim Nordstrom was in the Blues’s zone before the puck was, but after review it was shown that Joel Edmundson pushed the puck back into the zone thus nullifying the offsides call.

Not the start we wanted. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/9exRmRnYQi

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 2, 2019

Going into the second period the Bruins would strike again in the first minute of the period as David Pastrnak would collect the rebound in front of the net and backhand it past Binnington to make it 4-0. However, the Blues would finally get on the board as Ivan Barbashev would net his second of the playoffs to cut the lead to three, but the Bruins would respond again on their third powerplay as Torey Krug would shoot one past Binnington to get their four goal lead back and would force Craig Berube to put Jake Allen in net for the Blues as the Bruins lead 5-1 going into the second intermission.

Two down. #NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/l3sWprYIHW

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 2, 2019

In the third period things would get very chippy as we would see three penalties called in the first 91 seconds. Then Zdeno Chara would take an ill advised roughing call which would lead to a Colton Parayko powerplay goal to cut the Bruins lead to three. Then late in the period Noel Acciari would score on the empty net to ice the game, but Alex Pietrangelo would take a stupid slashing penalty and the Bruins would go a perfect 4 for 4 on the powerplay when Marcus Johansson would score on the powerplay off of the one timer from Torey Krug. Boston would win the game 7-2 to take the 2-1 series lead.

Reset, refocus, and get ready for Monday. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/1ahXml53m5

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 2, 2019

Lineups:

Boston Bruins:

Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari

Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

John Moore — Connor Clifton

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman

Injured: Matt Grzelcyk (upper body) Chris Wagner (upper body), Kevan Miller (lower body)

We'll start off Game 3 like this.#NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/vc2UCHBp0Y

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 2, 2019

St. Louis Blues:

Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko

Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron

Patrick Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robby Fabbri

Zach Sanford — Ivan Barbashev — Alexander Steen

Carl Gunnarsson — Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

Joel Edmundson — Robert Bortuzzo

Jordan Binnington

Jake Allen

Scratched: Michael Del Zotto, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn , Ville Husso

Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body), Robert Thomas (undisclosed)

Suspended: Oskar Sundqvist

Starters. #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue @MaryvilleU pic.twitter.com/DBF5ZfFiWv

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 2, 2019

First Period:

Bruins Penalty – 1:02 – Jake DeBrusk 2 minutes for Kneeing

Blues Penalty – 10:26 – David Perron 2 minutes for Interference

Bruins PPG – 10:47 – Patrice Bergeron (9) from Torey Krug (12) and Jake DeBrusk (6)

Bergeron tips home a 1-0 lead on the PP! #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/vaWL3aCiCP

— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 2, 2019

Bruins Penalty – 14:22 – Connor Clifton 2 minutes for Roughing

Blues Penalty – 14:22 – Ivan Barbashev 2 minutes Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Bruins Goal – 17:40 – Charlie Coyle (8) from Marcus Johansson (7) and Danton Heinen (6)

.@mjohansson90 with the feed and @CharlieCoyle_3 with the finish! #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/Pitax2WCTt

— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 2, 2019

Bruins Goal – 19:50 – Sean Kuraly (4) from Joakim Nordstrom (4)

🚀@kurals9 | #NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/Jff5NiSBd7

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 2, 2019

Blues Penalty – 19:50 – Bench (David Perron) 2 minutes for Delay of Game

End of 1st – BOS – 3 STL – 0

Shots 12 08

Faceoffs 12 08

Hits 16 14

PP 1/1 0/1

Bergy's first-period goal was the 100th point of his postseason career, tying Johnny Bucyk and Rick Middleton for fourth in #NHLBruins history. Congrats, Patrice! pic.twitter.com/POmc5oKMJ8

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) June 2, 2019

Second Period:

Bruins PPG – :41 – David Pastrnak (8) from Torey Krug (13) and Patrice Bergeron (6)

Early in the second and @pastrnak96 makes it 4-0. 🍝🍝 #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/2tk4S5IYn9

— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 2, 2019

Bruins Penalty – 7:37 – Charlie McAvoy 2 minutes for Slashing

Bruins Penalty – 7:37 – Zdeno Chara 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Blues Penalty – 7:37 – Pat Maroon 2 minutes for Unsportsmanlike Conduct

Blues Goal – 11:05 – Ivan Barbashev (3) from Zach Sanford (1) and Alexander Steen (3)

A big shift by the fourth line again and Ivan Barbashev finishes it with his third goal of the playoffs. #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/uz3o1ntRlr

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 2, 2019

Blues Penalty – 11:41 – Colton Parayko 2 minutes for High Sticking

Bruins PPG – 12:12 – Torey Krug (2) from Brad Marchand (12 and Patrice Bergeron (7)

.@ToreyKrug restores the @NHLBruins 4-goal lead! #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/7zho7w2RV9

— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) June 2, 2019

Jake Allen is coming in. #stlblues

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 2, 2019

End of 2nd – BOS – 5 STL – 1

Shots 20 18

Faceoffs 21 17

Hits 25 27

PP 3/3 0/2

Third Period:

Blues Penalty – :54 – David Perron 2 minutes for Roughing

Bruins Penalty – :54 – Connor Clifton 2 minutes for Cross Checking

Bruins Penalty – 1:31 – Brandon Carlo 2 minutes for Interference

Bruins Penalty – 5:18 – Zdeno Chara 2 minutes for Roughing

Blues PPG – 5:24 – Colton Parayko (2) from Ryan O’Reilly (13) and Tyler Bozak (7)

Not over yet. #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/1WhQcVDtwE

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 2, 2019

Bruins Penalty – 6:04 – Jake DeBrusk 2 minutes for Delay of Game

Bruins ENG – 18:12 – Noel Acciari (2) from Joakim Nordstrom (5)

Blues Penalty – 18:12 – Alex Pietrangelo 2 minutes for Slashing

Bruins PPG – 1:35 – Marcus Johansson (4) from Torey Krug (14) and Connor Clifton (3)

End of 3rd – BOS – 7 STL – 2

Shots 24 29

Faceoffs 30 24

Hits 29 35

PP 4/4 1/5

Next Up:

Game 4 – BOS Leads 2-1

"This is our time. We're not going to let history hold us back." #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue #StanleyCup pic.twitter.com/xr4n9PT9xc

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) June 2, 2019

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June 1, 2019
AwesomeMania – Takeover or Nothing *NSFW*

Welcome to AwesomeMania!!

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This week’s episode was recorded on Tuesday, May 30th, 2019

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May 30, 2019
Stanley Cup Final Game 2 – St. Louis Blues v. Boston Bruins

St. Louis Blues v. Boston Bruins

Game 2 – BOS Leads 1-0

Game Recap:

Going into Game 2 the St. Louis Blues are looking to take away the home ice advantage from the Boston Bruins and they came out hot until Sammy Blais would be called for goalie interference, and the Bruins would take advantage as Charlie Coyle would score on their first shot of the game to take the 1-0 lead. Then the Blues would respond as Robert Bortuzzo with an off angle shot that would beat Tuukka Rask to tie the game at one, but 40 seconds later Joakim Nordstrom would get the puck past Jordan Bnnington on a hard push to take back the lead. However, the Blues would not stay down as Jaden Schwartz and Vladimir Tarasenko would get a 2 on 1 break after Brad Marchand mad a bad play to cause the odd man rush, and on the broken play in front of the net Tarasenko would bat the puck past Rask to tie the game again as we enter the first intermission tied at two.

All tied up after 1 thanks to goals from Bortuzzo and Tarasenko! #stlblues pic.twitter.com/LGn0SGsSe7

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 30, 2019

In the second period we had ourselves a penalty palooza as both teams would make multiple trips to the box, but neither team would be able to capitalize on them. The Blues would out shoot the Bruins 14-6, but the score would remain 2-2.

BIG third period coming up. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/BOwncDMZUk

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 30, 2019

In third period it felt like both teams were playing it safe as they passed away opportunities. Also the ice was getting chippy as the puck was bouncing quite a bit, but there were still atleast two, maybe three, good scoring chances in the period.

Next goal wins. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/dCscxJn1AC

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 30, 2019

Going into overtime, it would be the Blues who would swarm the Bruins early, and with Torey Krug and Brandon Carlo tired, it would be Carlo taking a penalty, but while the penalty was delayed, the Blues would take advantage with the extra taker with the goalie pulled as Carl Gunnarsson would bomb it from the point for his first career playoff goal as the Blues even the series at one with a 3-2 win.

BLUES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #WEALLBLEEDBLUE #STLBLUES pic.twitter.com/04uQuNzlw9

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 30, 2019

Lineups:

St. Louis Blues:

Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko

Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron

Patrick Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robby Fabbri

Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen

Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

Carl Gunnarsson — Robert Bortuzzo

Jordan Binnington

Jake Allen

Scratched: Michael Del Zotto, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Ville Husso

Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body), Robert Thomas (undisclosed)

Starters. #WeAllBleedBlue #stlblues | @maryvilleu pic.twitter.com/hSgXECPHDf

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 30, 2019

Boston Bruins:

Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari

Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: John Moore, Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman

Injured: Chris Wagner (upper body), Kevan Miller (lower body)

Lining up like this for Game 2.#NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/Uo5Wl68jbs

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) May 30, 2019

First Period:

Blues Penalty – 3:55 – Sammy Blais 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

Bruins PPG – 4:44 – Charlie Coyle (7) from Jake DeBrusk (5) and David Pastrnak (9)

You know where he's from, right?@CharlieCoyle_3 | #NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/mccmv6sreP

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) May 30, 2019

Blues Goal – 9:37 – Robert Bortuzzo (2) from Tyler Bozak (6) and Carl Gunnarsson (1)

AND THE GAME IS TIED!!!! #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/GgNf1BTUGZ

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 30, 2019

Bruins Goal – 10:17 – Joakim Nordstrom (3) from Sean Kuraly (5)

There they go again.

@Jo92No | @kurals9 | #NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/zbJu5hvrI8

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) May 30, 2019

Blues Goal – 14:55 – Vladimir Tarasenko (10) from Jaden Schwartz (6)

Yep, that's an eight-game playoff point streak for Vladimir Tarasenko. #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/1CAYk1sMFd

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 30, 2019

Blues Penalty – 17:57 – Oskar Sundqvist 2 minutes for Boarding

End of 1st – STL – 2 BOS – 2

Shots 10 08

Faceoffs 10 07

Hits 18 09

PP 0/0 1/2

Second Period:

Bruins Penalty – 3:34 – Connor Clifton 2 minutes for Interference

Blues Penalty – 12:19 – Joel Edmundson 2 minutes for Tripping

Bruins Penalty – 15:39 – Connor Clifton double minor for High Sticking

Blues Penalty – 17:56 – Jaden Schwartz 2 minutes for Goalie Interference

End of 2nd – STL – 2 BOS – 2

Shots 24 14

Faceoffs 22 17

Hits 33 19

PP 0/2 1/4

Third Period:

Blues Penalty – 13:22 – Brayden Schenn 2 minutes for Slashing

End of 3rd – STL – 2 BOS – 2

Shots 33 23

Faceoffs 28 27

Hits 45 31

PP 0/2 1/5

OT:

Blues Goal – 3:51 – Carl Gunnarsson (1) from Ryan O’Reilly (12) and Oskar Sundqvist (5)

NO. 4 WINS IT IN BOSTON!!!! #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/dVuNzfZlvR

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 30, 2019

End of OT – STL – 3 BOS – 2

Shots 37 23

Faceoffs 28 28

Hits 49 31

PP 0/2 1/5

Next Up:

Game 3 – Series Tied 1-1

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May 29, 2019
NWHL News and Notes – May 29th, 2019

Today the NWHL has announced that the Boston Pride has signed defender Lexi Bender to a one year contract.

Bender will make $13,000 in salary, and she will also partake in the 50 percent cut of revenue from league sponsorship and media deals. Plus she will also receive 15 percent of revenue from apparel sold with her name on it.

TXHT will continue to provide NWHL coverage as more signings are announced.

*Graphics courtesy of the NWHL.

May 29, 2019
NWHL News and Notes – May 28th, 2019

Today the National Women’s Hockey League has announced two more signings for the 2019-20 season.

First signjng to be announced was that the Boston Pride have signed 2018 NWHL Draft pick Jenna Rheault to a one year contract.

Rheault will be making $7500 this season in salary.

Next up the NWHL announced that the Metropolitan Riveters have signed their 2018 NWHL Draft pick Cailey Hutchison to a one year deal.

Hutchison’s salary was not disclosed for the 2019-20 season.

Both players will partake in the 50 percent cut of revenue from league sponsorship and media deals. Plus they will also receive 15 percent of revenue from apparel sold with their name on it.

Then later this afternoon the NWHL announced that the Buffalo Beauts have hired Mandy Cronin as their new General Manager.

Cronin is one of the co-founders of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League, and also the founder of M-Power Hockey. As part of her duties as GM, Cronin will collaborate with the league in the hiring of coaches, construction of a roster, and overall management of the team and Beauts’ staff.

TXHT will continue to provide NWHL coverage as more signings are announced.

*Graphics courtesy of the NWHL.

May 28, 2019
Stanley Cup Final Game 1 – St. Louis Blues v. Boston Bruins

St. Louis Blues v. Boston Bruins

Game 1

Game Recap:

The time has finally come for the Stanley Cup Final to begin and with both the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues getting some time to lick their wounds from the past three rounds, are ready to play for the holy grail itself. To start the game both teams would get physical right out of the gate that would also feature two really good scoring opportunities for the Bruins. However, it would be the Blues after a failed powerplay that would score the first goal of the Final as Brayden Schenn would take advantage of the Blues aggressive play and wrist the puck past Tuukka Rask to make it 1-0 for the Blues. The Blues would give the Bruins two powerplay opportunities which saw Marcus Johansson come close to tying the game, only to hit the post instead. The Blues are doing a good job of breaking out of their zone and entering into the Bruins zone, while on the other side of the coin, the Bruins have been doing a good job of creating odd man rushes and creating scoring chances off of them.

So far, so good. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/iR4SHX1fP0

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 28, 2019

Heading into the second Schenn would strike again this time intercepting a poorly made pass by Charlie McAvoy, and then passing it to Vladimir Tarasenko in the slot to score his 9th of the playoffs and a 2-0 lead exactly one minute into the period. However, the Bruins would respond as Sean Kuraly would throw the puck to the net and Connor Clifton would deflect the puck into the open net to cut the deficit to one. Later in the period the Blues would shoot themselves in the foot as they gave the Bruins two more powerplay opportunities, and the second one was really dumb penalty that Oskar Sundqvist took that leads to McAvoy taking the puck in from the neutral zone and wristing it past Jordan Binnington to tie the game at two. The Blues looked sloppy and undisciplined, while the Bruins looked like they were a well oiled machine outshooting the Blues 18-3.

All tied up after 2. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/BKyX396Lfc

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 28, 2019

In the third period the Bruins would continue with their dominating play, and a little over five minutes into the period it would be Sean Kuraly tucking the puck past Binnington to give the Bruins their first lead of the game at 3-2. Then with the goalie pulled late in the third, Brad Marchand would get the empty net goal to seal the deal and give the Bruins the 4-2 victory over the Blues to take the 1-0 series lead.

#NHLBRUINS WIN GAME 1!!! 🙌

4-2 over St. Louis. @kurals9 with the winner early in the third! pic.twitter.com/bRJNvXXegv

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) May 28, 2019

The Blues became very undisciplined after the first period and really got away from their game after Tarasenko scored to make it 2-0. The Bruins were able to take over the game after that point and really control the tempo and score four unanswered goals to take Game 1.

Bruins take Game 1. #stlblues pic.twitter.com/aBs2AzlCmn

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 28, 2019

Lineups:

St. Louis Blues:

Jaden Schwartz — Brayden Schenn — Vladimir Tarasenko

Sammy Blais — Ryan O’Reilly — David Perron

Pat Maroon — Tyler Bozak — Robert Thomas

Ivan Barbashev — Oskar Sundqvist — Alexander Steen

Joel Edmundson — Alex Pietrangelo

Jay Bouwmeester — Colton Parayko

Carl Gunnarsson — Robert Bortuzzo

Jordan Binnington

Jake Allen

Scratched: Robby Fabbri, Michael Del Zotto, Zach Sanford, Mackenzie MacEachern, Chris Thorburn, Ville Husso

Injured: Vince Dunn (upper body)

#StanleyCup Final. Game 1. Starters.#stlblues | @maryvilleu pic.twitter.com/yWE247Lmqd

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 28, 2019

Boston Bruins:

Brad Marchand — Patrice Bergeron — David Pastrnak

Jake DeBrusk — David Krejci — David Backes

Marcus Johansson — Charlie Coyle — Danton Heinen

Joakim Nordstrom — Sean Kuraly — Noel Acciari

Zdeno Chara — Charlie McAvoy

Torey Krug — Brandon Carlo

Matt Grzelcyk — Connor Clifton

Tuukka Rask

Jaroslav Halak

Scratched: John Moore, Steven Kampfer, Karson Kuhlman

Injured: Chris Wagner (upper body), Kevan Miller (lower body)

Starting off the #StanleyCup Final like this.#NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/w6UdSVtyvP

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) May 28, 2019

First Period:

Bruins Penalty – 3:37 – Sean Kuraly 2 minutes for Tripping

Blues Goal – 7:23 – Brayden Schenn (3) from Jaden Schwartz (5) and Jay Boumeester (6)

And the first goal of the #StanleyCup Final goes to No. 10. #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/6D5K6DolQ8

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 28, 2019

Blues Penalty – 13:15 – David Perron 2 minutes for Tripping

Blues Penalty – 17:45 – Robert Thomas 2 minutes for Hooking

End of 1st – STL – 1 BOS – 0

Shots 08 08

Faceoffs 08 06

Hits 12 11

PP 0/1 0/2

Second Period:

Blues Goal – 1:00 – Vladimir Tarasenko (9) from Brayden Schenn (6)

Turnover. GOAL!!!! #stlblues #WeAllBleedBlue pic.twitter.com/8T8RzUCg4u

— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) May 28, 2019

Bruins Goal – 2:16 – Connor Clifton (2) from Sean Kuraly (4) and Joakim Nordstrom (3)

Cliffy Hockey.@connorcliff28 | #NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/nGBidLTgYM

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) May 28, 2019

Blues Penalty – 5:25 – Joel Edmundson 2 minutes for High Sticking

Blues Penalty – 11:04 – Oskar Sundqvist 2 minutes for Cross Checking

Bruins PPG – 12:41 – Charlie McAvoy (2) from unassisted

.@CMcAvoy44 evens it up.#NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/T5TG9nb9Qn

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) May 28, 2019

End of 2nd – STL – 2 BOS – 2

Shots 11 26

Faceoffs 19 17

Hits 21 21

PP 0/1 1/4

Third Period:

Bruins Goal – 5:21 – Sean Kuraly (3) from Noel Acciari (2) and Zdeno Chara (3)

.@kurals9 loves himself a big game.#NHLBruins pic.twitter.com/NDS2lbK9AZ

— Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) May 28, 2019

Bruins Penalty – 6:55 – David Krejci 2 minutes for Illegal Check to the Head

Blues Penalty – 13:28 – Sammy Blais 2 minutes for Interference

Bruins ENG – 18:11 – Brad Marchand (8) from unassisted

End of 3rd – STL – 2 BOS – 4

Shots 19 38

Faceoffs 26 31

Hits 33 32

PP 0/2 1/5

Next Up:

Game 2 – BOS Leads 1-0

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May 27, 2019
TXHT Stanley Cup Finals Previews

#TXHT‘s coverage of the #StanleyCup Finals begins tonight, but first here are some previews to read before the start of Game 1.

#NHLBruins Preview by @TheLindenbaum75 https://txhthockey.com/2019/05/27/stanley-cup-finals-preview-the-boston-bruins/ …

#STLBlues Preview by @aweisen123 https://txhthockey.com/2019/05/27/stanley-cup-finals-preview-the-st-louis-blues/ …

May 27, 2019
Stanley Cup Finals Preview – The Boston Bruins

It has finally come, the rematch of 49 years ago has arrived. the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals is etched in history of Bobby Orr flying through the sky after scoring the game winning goal for the Boston Bruins over the St. Louis Blues. Now it is time for these two to face eachother again.

For the Boston Bruins this will be their third appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals this decade as they won the Stanley Cup in 2011 over the Vancouver Canucks, and then lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in 2013. The Bruins will look to close the decade with their second Stanley Cup victory over the Blues.

How Did They Get Here?

The Bruins in the first round went to a full seven game series with their long time rivals the Toronto Maple Leafs. Then in the second round the Bruins were able to best the Columbus Blue Jackets in six games, and in the Conference Finals they would sweep the Carolina Hurricanes in four games.

Offense:

In the regular season the Bruins averaged 3.134 Goals Forward, while in the playoffs they have been lead by their top offensive players with Brad Marchand has been leading the way with 7 goals, 11 assists for 18 points. Plus the Bruins have been getting contributions from David Pastrnak (7g, 8a, 15p), David Krejci (4g, 10a, 14p), Patrice Bergeron (8g, 5a, 13p), and trade deadline pickup Charlie Coyle (6g, 6a, 12p). The Bruins top guys have been shut down in the first two rounds of the playoffs, but once they got heated up or found a way to break through the system the other teams utilized, there was nothing that could stop them.

Defense:

On defense the Bruins allowed 2.585 Goals Against per game, and are lead by their captain Zdeno Chara (1g, 2a, 3p) with a +11. Also the Bruins defense has been contributing offensively this postseason led by Torey Krug with 1 goal, and 11 assists for 12 points. Plus the Bruins have been getting contributions from their young defenders in Charlie McAvoy (1g, 6a, 7p +9), and Matt Grzelcyk (3g, 4a, 7p -2), and from their top forwards as well as both Bergeron and Coyle are +8 and +9 respectively.

Goaltending:

For the Bruins they have been getting solid goaltending from Tuukka Rask in all 17 games that they have played this postseason. Rask is 12-5 with a 1.84 GAA and a .942 Save Percentage. Rask has also recorded two shutouts this postseason.

Special Teams:

Powerplay – 50.7% (10th in Regular Season)

Penalty Kill – 79.9% (16th in Regular Season)

The Bruins are atop the league this postseason scoring on 34% of their powerplay opportunities. Also the Bruins are third during the postseason with a 86.3% on the penalty kill.

Final Thoughts:

It’s going to be interesting to see how the Bruins come out of the gate in Game 1 as they will have been off for 11 days at that point. While they have been doing scrimmages to stay fresh, it’s not the same as the real deal. Also there is the storyline now of the sweeps. Starting with the New York Islanders sweeping the Pittsburgh Penguins, then getting swept by the Hurricanes, and then the Bruins sweeping Carolina. Does that mean St. Louis is going to sweep the Bruins? Probably not, but there’s still a chance for it to happen.

Prediction: Blues in 6

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