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  • November 5th, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Monday, November 5th, 2018 and these are your news and notes…

    There were three contests last night.

     

     

    Brayden Point had a stellar game in netting the game-tying goal with less than 30 seconds left in regulation and recorded an assist on Yanni Gourde’s game-winning goal in the overtime frame to move the Tampa Bay Lightning to a record of 10-3-1.  Tampa Bay is now the second team so far this season to have won at least 10 games with Nashville winning 11 games so far.

    Tampa Bay has won each of their first seven contests against foes from the Eastern Conference for the first time in franchise history.

    The League record for this mark is 12 contests.

     

     

    The New York Rangers scored two goals in 19 seconds and G Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves to give the Rangers their third consecutive win.  This was the fifth time the Rangers would score two goals in the first minute of the contest and the first since March 24, 1982, when they did it against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

    For Lundqvist, he earned his 435th career win and moved within two wins of tying Jacques Plante for 437 career wins.

     

     

    Cam Fowler in this contest recorded his first career hat-trick, scoring the game-winner just 39 seconds into overtime. Fowler became only the seventh defenceman in NHL history to complete the hat trick with an overtime winner.

    These goals would move him into a second-place tie with Francois Beauchemin on the franchise all-time list among defencemen.

    More news, notes, and stats…

    Today’s schedule of games:

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    In NHL news, the Three Stars of the Week were announced…

    -FanDuel and the NHL announced earlier today that the two have entered an agreement for FanDuel to become the official daily fantasy partner and an official betting partner of the NHL.

    -In reference to the note in Saturday’s news and notes, Winnipeg’s Brendan Lemieux had his hearing today in regards to the illegal check to the head in Friday’s contest to Florida Panthers F Vincent Trochek.

    Lemieux was suspended for two games by the NHL’s Department of Player Safety hearing today.

    -Tonight the Pittsburgh Penguins will host their Hockey Fights Cancer Awareness night.

    -In Wednesday’s contest when the Washington Capitals face-off against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Capitals C Nicklas Backstrom will be honoured for achieving the 600 career assists plateau.

    -In Women’s Hockey, the Four Nations tournament kicks off tomorrow.

    You can watch TXHT Live TOMORROW at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • October 22nd, 2018 News and Notes

     

    These are your news and notes for Monday, October 22nd, 2018:

     

    In the NHL yesterday there were three contests…

    • First, the Tampa Bay Lightning registered a franchise-record 55 shots on goal to defeat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-3. Tampa Bay is 5-1-1 on the season thus far and is 6-0-1 in the last seven contests against Chicago.Tampa Bay recorded 33 shots on goal during the second period, the highest total in a period since the 1997-98 season.

      Brayden Point had his first game-winner of the season and the 15th of his career in 157 games played. There are only three other players who have more since debuting in the NHL in the 2016-17 season.

    • Johnny Gaudreau registered his 300th NHL point in his 320th game last night as the Calgary Flames went on to rout the New York Rangers 4-1.Gaudreau would score twice to reach the milestone and helped lead the Flames to a record of 5-3-0 on the season. Calgary won at Madison Square Garden for the first time since the 2008-09 season.

      Gaudreau, a fourth round pick in the 2011 NHL Draft, became the fourth player from that draft class to reach this milestone as well. He also became the sixth player to reach 300 career points.

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    • The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-2, after a pre-game ceremony for the retirement of Paul Kariya’s number at Honda Center. There is more on Paul Kariya’s number retirement in the NHL news section.

     

    Yesterday’s results:

    • Tampa Bay 6, CHICAGO 3
    • Calgary 4, NY RANGERS 1
    • Buffalo 4, ANAHEIM 2

     

    In the NWHL yesterday…

    The Minnesota Whitecaps went on to defeat the Metropolitan Riveters 6-2. This would also mark a season-sweep of the Riveters in the second half of games in New Jersey.

    Whitecaps G Amanda Leveille registered 26 shots and continued to dominate the Riveters all game. Leveille is 4-0-0 against Metropolitan this season and 9-4-0 in 13 matchups all time against the Riveters.

    The Whitecaps trio of Allie Thunstrom, Katie McGovern, and Joanna Curtis all made the scoresheet.

    The only possible time that the Riveters will face the Whitecaps again is if there is a potential playoff matchup.

    Minnesota would jump out to a 3-0 lead before the Riveters would notch their first goal of the game with less than 2:30 left in the second period, as the Whitecaps were dominating the Riveters throughout the first 30 minutes of the game. The Whitecaps would also find a recipe of success in this contest by shooting and scoring.

    Four different scores for the Whitecaps would define the dominance in this contest.

    The Riveters look to bounce back from back-to-back losses on Saturday when the Riveters visit the Boston Pride at Warrior Ice Arena.

    For Minnesota, they look to extend their 4-0-0 start when they have a back-to-back slate of games next weekend when they face off against the Buffalo Beauts at TRIA Rink.

    For more coverage of the contest between the Whitecaps and Riveters, please go here

     

     

     

     

    Tonight’s NHL games:

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  • News and Notes: October 15th, 2018

     

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, these are your news and notes for Monday, October 15th, 2018.

     

    There were three contests in the NHL yesterday.

    • Kyle Palmieri recorded two goals, his third consecutive multi-goal outing, to lift the New Jersey Devils over the San Jose Sharks with a 3-2 victory. In addition, Palmieri became the fourth player to record multi-goal games in each of his team’s first three games to kick off the regular-season campaign.

      Also in this contest, Joe Pavelski became the fifth player in NHL history to record at least 700 career points for a player drafted after the 200th overall pick.

     

    Sunday’s results

    • New Jersey 3, San Jose 2
    • Anaheim 3, St. Louis 2
    • Winnipeg 3, Carolina 1

     

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    In NHL news:

    The Three Stars of the Week were announced earlier today:

    • The NHL Department of Player Safety had a phone hearing with Florida Panthers D Mike Matheson for his interference/unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Vancouver Canucks F Elias Pettersson earlier today. With this hearing, the NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Matheson has been suspended for two games.

     

    In NWHL news:

    • The NWHL announced the Player of the Week is Lexi Bender. Bender was dominant on both sides of the ice, recording two assists in Boston’s 5-1 win over the Metropolitan Riveters. She carried plays amongst her units in almost every shift on the ice.

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    • The Metropolitan Riveters will raise their 2017-18 Isobel Cup championship banner before their contest on Saturday against the Minnesota Whitecaps at 2 p.m. ET.

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  • News and Notes: October 11th, 2018

     

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls…

    These are your news and notes for Thursday, October 11th, 2018…

    There were three contests in the NHL last night.

    • The Washington Capitals faced off against the Vegas Golden Knights in a rematch of last season’s Stanley Cup Final. Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin would both find the scoring sheet and lead Washington to a 5-2 victory over Vegas at Capital One Arena.Ovechkin would net career goals 610 and 611 to pass Bobby Hull for 17th place on the NHL’s career goal scoring list. This would also be Ovechkin’s first multi-goal game on the season and the 121st time he has multi-goal games in his NHL career.

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      For TXHT’s coverage of last night’s game between the Vegas Golden Knights and Washington Capitals, please check out this article.

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    • The Philadelphia Flyers went on to defeat the Ottawa Senators 7-4. Jakub Voracek had a five point contest (two goals and three assists) to establish a career high. He joined Mike Richards and Claude Giroux as the only players in the last ten years to register five points in a regular season game.

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      For the Ottawa Senators, rookie Brady Tkachuk scored his first two goals of his NHL career and became the quickest among his family to score his first NHL goal.

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    • The Arizona Coyotes went on to defeat the Anahiem Ducks 3-2 in a shootout. This gave Arizona their first win of the season.Coyotes goalie Antti Raanta registered 23 saves and would deny three shooters in the shootout. Raanta now owns a .922 career save percentage which is go for third-highest among goalie who have appeared in at least 100 games.

    Tonight’s schedule:

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    TXHT has your previews of Washington Capitals at New Jersey and Toronto Maple Leafs at Detroit Red Wings

    In NHL news….

    Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada released his “31 Thoughts Podcast” aricle today.

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    Elliotte Friedman also released his “31 Thoughts” article yesterday as well.

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    In NWHL news…

    Today marks the third anniversary of the debut of the NWHL.

    You can watch TXHT Live next Tuesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • News and Notes: October 9th, 2018

     

    These are your news and notes for Tuesday, October 9th, 2018…

    In the NHL, there were four contests yesterday.

    • The Boston Bruins played host to the Ottawa Senators and went on to victory in a 6-3 rout at TD Garden. Patrice Bergeron went on to net a hat trick, the fourth in his career, and David Pastrnak collected four points (two goals and two assists) in the contest.

    Bergeron also became the fifth player in franchise history to net a hat trick in a Bruins home opener and the first since Cam Neely in the 1994-95 and 1995-96 seasons. Bergeron only needs to net seven more goals from becoming the sixth player in franchise history to register 300 career goals.

    Bergeron also registered the third fastest goal in team history for a home opener, scoring just 30 seconds into the game.

    • Robin Lehner and the New York Islanders went on to defeat the San Jose Sharks 4-0. Lehner would stop all 35 shots that he faced in the contest to lift the Islanders to their first home win of the season. Lehner would also become the first goaltender in franchise history to record a shutout in a team debut.
    • Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres went on to defeat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2. Eichel would register two goals in the contest and Sabres goalie Carter Hutton would record 35 saves.The Sabres, however, would be outshot 37-17 in a limited-mistake free contest. Eichel would register four shots on six shot attempts in this contest.
    • The Anaheim Ducks held their 25th home opener and went on to defeat the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 in a shootout at Honda Center.This game also marked 25 years to the day when they also opened up their first season against the Detroit Red Wings.

      With the defeat over the Red Wings, Anaheim is 3-0-0 thus far in the 2018-19 season and match their best start over three games in team history. The last time the Ducks won three straight to open a season, it ended with a Stanley Cup victory in 2007.

      There were two players on the ice last night who were not born yet when Anaheim began NHL play in 1993-94, 21-year-old Troy Terry and 19-year-old Max Comtois.

      This was an exciting home opener for the Ducks who came out to their white Mighty Ducks of Anaheim jerseys for pregame warmups.

      The Ducks would later sport their new third jersey during game play.

    In NHL action today…

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    For TXHT’s preview of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Dallas Stars, please read Steve Gardiner’s article here.

    In other NHL news, the Pittsburgh Penguins released their third jerseys today. These thirds are a slightly modified version of the home jersey worn during the 1984-85 season.

    In NWHL news…

    • The Minnesota Whitecaps announced that Winny Brodt Brown has been named captain and that Lee Stecklein and Hannah Brandt will be the assistant captains.

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  • News and Notes: October 3rd, 2018

     

    These are your News and Notes for Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018…

    There were no preseason contests yesterday.

    Today is the first day of the regular season in the NHL and there are four contests taking place.

    • The Washington Capitals will raise their Stanley Cup Championship banner tonight in a pre-game ceremony when they take on the Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena. TXHT has the preview of the game here.
    • The Montreal Canadiens take on the Toronto Maple Leafs, which will mark the official debut of John Tavares. Tavares joined the Maple Leafs as a free agent over the summer. For TXHT’s preview of this match-up, please check out Steve Gardiner’s game preview

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    • The Calgary Flames face off against the Vancouver Canucks. For the Canucks this marks the first season without Henrik and Daniel Sedin, who retired last season, since the 1999-2000 season.
    • The Anaheim Ducks face off against the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center. For the Sharks this will mark the official debut of Erik Karlsson, who joined the team after a trade

    In NHL news today:

    • The Buffalo Sabres announced that Jack Eichel has been named team captain.
    • The Washington Capitals announced that Jayson Megna has been placed on waivers.
    • Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julian announced that Karl Alzner and Tomas Plekanec will be healthy scratches tonight. This will end Karl Alzner’s consecutive-games played streak at 622, which is the fourth longest activer streak in the NHL and the 12th longest in NHL history.
    • The NHL announced all 31 teams opening night 23-man rosters earlier today
    • Former NWHL player and United States captain Meghan Duggan married three-time Canadian women’s gold medalist Gillian Apps two weeks ago. Duggan played for the Boston Pride and the Buffalo Beauts. Gillian Apps would play in the CWHL with the Brampton Thunder (now Markham Thunder).
    • Washington Capitals RW Tom Wilson has been suspended 20 games for his hit on Oskar Sundqvist. For more coverage on the Tom Wilson suspension and the effects of the suspension, check out TXHT’s coverage here.You can watch TXHT Live every Wednesday at 8p EST on both Twitch and Facebook Live.

  • 2018-19 Anaheim Ducks Preview

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    Last Season: 44-25-13 101 pts (2nd in Pacific division; lost in Western Conference First Round)

    Key Additions: D Luke Schenn, D Andrej Suster, F Carter Rowney, F Brian Gibbons, and G Jared Coreau

    Key Departures: RW Jared Boll, F J.T. Brown, D Francois Beauchemin, D Kevin Bieska

    Top Questions Facing the Ducks:

    1. How will Anaheim’s offense fare this season?

    While youngsters Rickard Rakell and Ondrej Kase are now showing their potential, on e has to wonder about the veterans on the team. Corey Perry is not producing like he used to, and there is a strong chance that Ryan Kesler may not play at all this season due to his chronic hip issues. For Perry, his goals per season has been declining since he had 34 in 2015-16. If the Ducks are to be successful this season they will need Perry to regain his scoring touch. One must also wonder how Ryan Getzlaf will perform this season. Getzlaf only played 56 games this past season due to a broken orbital bone, but he ended the season strong and if fully healthy could have a good campaign again this season.

    2. How will John Gibson improve this season?

    For the Ducks, they have the goalie of the future in net with John Gibson, but can he stay healthy in which he had issues with last season despite putting up career highs in games played (60) and wins (31). If Gibson can stay healthy, he can build upon those numbers and prove that the Ducks were justified to put their faith in him being the future. Also Ryan Miller is now 38 years old, and is coming off of offseason wrist surgery, which shouldn’t affect him going into this season. Miller is a solid goaltender is well suited if the Ducks need to go to him in a pinch.