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  • October 25th, 2018: News and Notes

     

    These are your news and notes for Thursday, October 25th, 2018.

    There were four contests in the NHL last night…

    • The Toronto Maple Leafs took on the Winnipeg Jets in the first of two match-ups this season.Six different first-rounders all scored in the contest and Toronto went on to defeat the Jets 4-2. Toronto’s scores were Kasperi Kapanen (2014), Tyler Ennis (2008), Nazem Kadri (2009), and John Tavares (2009) all found the back of the net and lifted Toronto to a 5-0-0 record in road games this season and ended Winnipeg’s point streak of home games at 15, dating back to March 2 of last season.

      23 players drafted in the first round of the 2014 NHL Draft have played at least in one contest thus far on the season.

    • The Florida Panthers and team captain Aleksander Barkov registered an assist on a game-tying goal and assisting on Mike Hoffman’s overtime game-winner as the Panthers would defeat the New York Islanders 3-2. Hoffman has scored a goal in each of the last three contests for the Panthers.This contest marked the third consecutive day in which a team has mounted back from a multi-goal deficit in the third period and go on to win.

      Florida has also had 17 of these occurrences happen in franchise history, including this contest.

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    • The Tampa Bay Lightning would go on to shutout the Colorado Avalanche on the lone goal from Nikita Kucherov and Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy registerd 22 saves.Vasilevskiy now sits one road shutout shy of tying Ben Bishop for the franchise record at 10.

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    • Vancouver Canucks Bo Horvat scored the two lone goals in regulation and Markus Granlund netted the only goal of the shootout to give the Canucks a 3-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights.

      This would be Horvat’s first multi-goal game on the season and the fourth in his career.

    Yesterday’s results (Home team is in CAPS):

    • Florida 3, NY ISLANDERS 2 (OT)
    • Toronto 4, WINNIPEG 2
    • Tampa Bay 1, COLORADO 0
    • Vancouver 3, VEGAS 2 (SO)

    There are ten contests in the NHL tonight…

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    For other news, stats, and notes on tonight’s contests:

    In NHL news…

    • The NHL’s Department of Player Safety announced yesterday that Ottawa Senators D Mark Borowiecki has been suspended one game for elbowing Boston D Urho Vaakanainen.
    • It was also announced yesterday New Jersey Devils C Brian Boyle’s cancer has gone into remission after having a blood test taken on Monday.
    • Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada released his “31 Thoughts” article today. Main piece is on goalie equipment.
    • NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman upheld the 20-game suspension of Tom Wilson earlier today.

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      TXHT will have your analysis on the ruling of the appeal tomorrow.

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  • 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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  • Whale Score But Fall To The Pride

    Whale Score But Fall To The Pride

     

    Connecticut Whale played the Boston Pride yesterday at the Warrior Ice Arena in Boston. I got to listen to the third period while Michael and I were on our way home from covering the Riveters home opener against the Whitecaps in the Prudential Center. The Whale played better in this game than their two previous games, but ultimately had the same result. However, there are some positives to be taking from this game; for starters, they scored. The third game in the season and they were able to put the biscuit in the basket. Second, their puck movement in the offensive zone was good; they have always been really good at this. Thirdly, their neutral zone play and some aspects of their defensive zone play were fantastic, as they did a really good job mucking it up, making it difficult for the Pride.

     

    3 Notable Players for the Whale

    Meeri Räisänen: I wonder if I’ll need to keep count of how many times I will put her on this list. She again played spectacularly for the Whale, unfortunately in a losing effort, but she was good today for 28 saves.

    Emily Fluke: The captain of the Whale was once again, leading by example. In front of many family and friends, I’m sure, she got the Whale’s second goal of the game making sure that the game was tied heading into the third.

    Katerina Mrázová: After celebrating her birthday on the 19th, she played splendidly. She ended up getting the Whale their first goal of the year, and added an assist on Emily Fluke’s tying goal in the second. She also followed that up with a significant offensive chance while on the penalty kill.

     

    Box Score

    You can check out the box score to the game here:

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    Quote of the Day

    While Michael was conducting interviews with the Riveter players, I heard Madison Packer say this, “It’s not how you start, its how you finish.” She is absolutely right in this regard. It is still very early in the season, and there are positives to take away from the game. Things will get better for the Whale as the season goes on, I truly believe that. The Whale have some time off before their next game which is on Sunday November 18th against the Metropolitan Riveters in the Barnabas Health Hockey House at 2p.

     

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  • News and Notes: October 21st, 2018

     

    These are your news and notes for Sunday, October 21st, 2018

     

    There were 13 contests in the NHL yesterday…

    • In the Vegas Golden Knights 90th regular-season game, Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury registered 17 saves to give Vegas their third consecutive win. Fleury also won his 408th game to surpass Glenn Hall for 10th place all-time.

      Vegas defeated the Anaheim Ducks 3-1.

    • Colorado’s trio of Nathan MacKinnon (3 pts), Gabriel Landeskog (2 pts) and Mikko Rantanen (1 pt) found the score sheet to continue their starts to the season. Colorado improved to 5-1-2 in 2018-19 and has a record of 3-0-2 in their last five contests.MacKinnon and Ratanen are the 21st set of teammates in League history to begin a simultaneous set of point streaks of at least eight games.

      MacKinnon also became the seventh player to have eight goals in the first eight games in franchise history.

    • Carolina Hurricanes Sebastian Aho registered an assist on a Carolina goal with 2:33 left in regulation to extend his point-scoring streak to eight games and only Ron Francis has a point-streak longer than this. Francis started a streak in 11 games during the 1984-85 season.
    • The Toronto Maple Leafs took on the St. Louis Blues and TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your recap of that contest here.

     

    Yesterday’s results (Home team is in CAPS):

    • PHILADELPHIA 5, New Jersey 2
    • Colorado 3, CAROLINA 1
    • Buffalo 5, LOS ANGELES 1
    • WINNIPEG 5, Arizona 3
    • St. Louis 4, TORONTO 1
    • OTTAWA 4, Montreal 3 (OT)
    • Detroit 4, FLORIDA 3 (OT)
    • Chicago 4, COLUMBUS 1
    • MINNESOTA 5, Tampa Bay 4 (OT)
    • Nashville 3, EDMONTON 0
    • VANCOUVER 2, Boston 1 (OT)
    • VEGAS 3, Anaheim 1
    • SAN JOSE 4, NY Islanders 1

     

    Today’s NHL Schedule:

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    There were two NWHL contests yesterday.

    First, the Metropolitan Riveters took on the Minnesota Whitecaps at Prudential Center. Minnesota would defeat the Riveters 5-3.

    Before the contest, the Riveters raised their 2017-18 Isobel Cup Championship banner.

    Once the game started a goaltending duel was renewed between Amanda Leveille and Katie Fitzgerald. Leville finished the contest with 24 saves and Fitzgerald registered 17 saves. Minnesota is now 3-0-0 on the season where Metropolitan is 0-4-0.

    Minnesota opened up the scoring late in the first period with Chelsey Brodt Rosenthal at 18:13. Madison Packer would score about a minute later in the contest.

    The Whitecaps took the lead again in the second period when Amy Menke registered her first NWHL goal at 12:31 and Packer would score again 5:15 later. Toward the end of the second, Meghan Pezon scored to give Minnesota a 3-2 lead that would be carried into the third period.

    2:33 into the third, Audra Richards would score her first NWHL goal to tie the game 3-3. About seven minutes later, Minnesota’s Amanda Boulier would score to give the Whitecaps their fourth one-goal lead of the game.

    In the final period, the Riveters would outshoot the Whitecaps 15-4 but Leveille was able to hold off further scoring from Metropolitan.

    For a full recap from this contest, please check out this article .

    TXHT was live from the Minnesota Whitecaps at Metropolitan Riveters yesterday afternoon and has your recap of the contest here.

    • The other contest in the NWHL pitted the Boston Pride against the Connecticut Whale. Boston defeated Connecticut 4-2. Boston improved to 2-0-0 on the young season. Connecticut fell to 0-3-0.Boston jumped to an early 2-0 lead but then Connecticut stormed back to tit the game at 2-2. Boston’s McKenna Brand netted the game-winner and Gigi Marvin scored the empty-netter to seal the win for Boston.

      Connecticut’s Katerina Mrázová had a hand in both of the Whale’s goals, finishing with one goal and one assist.

      Meeri Räisänen was solid in goal again netting 28 saves for Connecticut.

      For the Pride, Emily Field scored her second goal of the game just 35 seconds into this contest. Defender Lauren Kelly scored the second goal of the contest for the Pride on a power-play goal five minutes into the second period.

      Pride G Katie Burt registered 13 saves on 15 shots on goal in the contest.

      For a full recap of this contest, please go here.

    • Later today, the Minnesota Whitecaps face off against the Metropolitan Riveters at Barnabas Health Hockey House at 3 p.m.

     

    Coming up next weekend on the NWHL schedule:

    • Saturday October 27th: Buffalo Beauts at Minnesota Whitecaps
    • Saturday October 27th: Metropolitan Riveters at Boston Pride
    • Sunday October 28th: Buffalo Beauts at Minnesota Whitecaps

     

    In NHL news:

    • The Anaheim Ducks will retire Paul Kariya’s number in a pre-game ceremony tonight.
    • Newsday reports that former NY Islanders owner Charles Wang passed away.

     

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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 14th, 2018

     

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, there are your news and notes for Sunday, October 14th, 2018.

     

    There were 14 games on the NHL schedule and then there were 2 games on the NWHL Schedule.

    First in NHL action…

    • Auston Matthews and the Toronto Maple Leafs went on to defeat the Washington Capitals 4-2 at Capital One Arena. In the contest, Auston Matthews went on to extend his consecutive point game streak to 16 contests with 28 points. Matthews also became the sixth player to register multiple points in the first six games of the season.TXHT has your game recaps of Toronto versus Washington here.
    • In his fifth game of NHL action, Rasmus Dahlin registered his first NHL goal and became the youngest defenceman to register a goal. With his goal, Dahlin joined Phil Housley as one of 11 defenceman to register a game winning goal before their 19th birthday.
    • Connor McDavid collected two points on Saturday to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 2-1 victory over the New York Rangers. McDavid has factored in all of Edmonton’s five goals on the season thus far. There are only four other players that have factored on more than five goals to start off a season.
    • Justin Williams registered the game-tying goal and assisted on the game-winner in overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes over the Minnesota Wild. This would be Williams second game where he registered three points for the season. Carolina would also register 57 shots on goal, the third-highest in franchise history. The record is 65 shots, which occured on March 15, 1984.
    • The Montreal Canadiens went on to defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins for their first home win of the season.

     

    TXHT and Last Word on Hcokey’s contributor Armand Kilsvitch has your recap of this contest here

     

    Yesterday’s results:

    • Edmonton 2, NY Rangers 1
    • Vegas 1, Philadelphia 0
    • Ottawa 5, Los Angeles 1
    • Boston 8, Detroit 2
    • Carolina 5, Minnesota 4 (OT)
    • Tampa Bay 8, Columbus 2
    • Vancouver 3, Florida 2
    • Toronto 4, Washington 2
    • Montreal 4, Pittsburgh 3 (SO)
    • Nashville 5, NY Islanders 2
    • Dallas 5, Anaheim 3
    • Chicago 4, St. Louis 3 (OT)
    • Buffalo 3, Arizona 0
    • Calgary 3, Colorado 2 (OT)

     

    Today there are three games on the NHL slate…

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    In NWHL action yesterday…

    • The Boston Pride went on to defeat the Metropolitan Riveters 5-1 last night. The defending Isobel Cup champions struck first but the Pride went on to score five unanswered goals. Amanda Kessel scored the lone goal for the Riveters. Boston’s McKenna Brand registered her first professional goal just a minute into the second period. Both teams traded penalties but neither team would take advantage the power-play chances.During the third period, Boston would explode with four goals. Dana Trivigno netted the game winner off of a pass from Hayley Skarupa. The duo would team up again but this time Trivigno set up a Skarupa goal to give Boston the 3-1 lead.

      Pride D Lexi Bender assisted on the team’s final two goals with Jillian Dempsey and Emily Field scoring the fourth and fifth goals, respectively.

      Boston G Katie Burt registered 17 saves in the contest and Riveters G Katie Fitzgerald registered 33 saves off of 38 shots.

      Boston will return to Warrior Ice Arena hosting the Connecticut Whale on October 20th. The Metropolitan Riveters will look to get a win when they face off against the Minnesota Whitecaps at Prudential Center on October 20th.

    Boston Pride wins in season opener

    • The Buffalo Beauts would shut out the Connecticut Whale, winning 7-0 at HarborCenter yesterday afternoon. This would be the first time that the Beauts have recorded consecutive shutouts in team history.Beauts rookie D Savannah Harmon opened up the scoring in the contest with a goal 9:06 off of a pass from Dani Cameranesi. This would be Harmon’s first goal of her career. Annika Zalewski would score her first professional goal 42 seconds later.

      The second period would be very quiet between the two teams until midway through the frame when Buffalo F Maddie Elia would jam the puck between Merri Räisänen’s pads that would trickle over the goal line.

      When the second period would come to a close, Buffalo had registered 24 shots and the Whale would register 13 shots.

      Buffalo would open up the scoring more in the third period with Zalewski, Hayley Scamurra, rookie Julianna Iafoll, and Corinne Buie all scoring goals.

      With this win, Beauts G Shannon Szabados recorded her first NWHL shutout as well as her first NWHL win.

      Buffalo will next play a set of games against the Minnesota Whitecaps on October 27th and 28th. The Whale looks to get their first win of the season next Saturday night, October 20th, when they take on the Boston Pride.

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    In NHL news…

    • Duncan Keith played in his 1,000th NHL game yesterday.
    • The NHL Department of Player Safety announced the Florida’s Mike Matheison will have a hearing for his interference/unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Vancouver’s Elias Pettersson tomorrow.

     

    In the NWHL…

    • Metropolitan Riveters F Madison Parker was released from a Boston area hospital and that she did not suffer a serious injury from yesterday’s game. Updates on her status will continue to be updated, per the NWHL.

     

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  • NWHL 2018-19 Boston Pride Preview

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    Last Season: 4-8-4  12pts  (3rd in the NWHL, eliminated by the Buffalo Beauts in the Semi Finals)

     

    Goal Leader: Jillian Dempsey – 7 goals

    Assist Leader: Jillian Dempsey – 8 assists

    Points Leader: Jillian Dempsey – 15 points

    +/- Leader: Alyssa Gagliardi – +3

     

    Key Departures: None

     

    Key Additions: Amanda Pelkey, Gigi Marvin, Haley Skarupa*, and Paul Mara (Coach)

    *Skarupa started last season with the Pride, but left to join the 2018 US Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic Team.

     

    Top Questions Facing the Pride:

    1. Can the Boston Pride rebound to Championship form?

    Last season was a step back for the Boston Pride as they entered the season missing a good portion of their roster as they went to play for the US Women’s Ice Hockey Olympic Team. As a result the Pride would suffer the most as a result. This season the Pride get back Rockville, MD native Haley Skarupa, and defender Gigi Marvin from the US Women’s team which will give the Pride a boost to their team. This season the Pride will be looking to get back to their Championship ways.

     

    2. How will all of the other new pieces fit into the Pride’s equation?

    Last season Jillian Dempsey lead the team in every scoring category, but it was evident she couldn’t do it all on her own. This season she gets back Skarupa, plus the addition of players like Amanda Pelkey and McKenna Brand, the Pride are hopeful that they helped with getting some scoring depth.

     

    For more information on the NWHL go to NWHL.zone.

     

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