Today is Monday, November 26th, 2018, and these are your news and notes.
There were four contests yesterday in the NHL and one contest in the NWHL…
The Calgary Flames would register three shorthanded goals against the Arizona Coyotes in their 6-1 win last night.
The three shorthanded goals are tied for the most in franchise history.
Three shorthanded goals in one game in @NHLFlames / Atlanta franchise history:
Oct. 17, 1997 vs. COL
Mar. 9, 1991 at STL
Nov. 25, 2018 at ARI
#CGYvsARI #NHLStats: https://t.co/JsY4WZ8iph pic.twitter.com/rks6TXFp62— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 25, 2018
There are eight players with at least 15 goals this season. Only one campaign since 1998-99 has seen more through 361 games (2005-06: 9). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/K4RjkDKiWd
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 26, 2018
Brayden Point would end the game with two goals. He has 10 for the month of November and is tied for third place with 17 goals on the season.
Brayden Point ended the game with two goals, bringing his totals to 10 in November and 17 on the season – tied with @ovi8 and @pastrnak96 for third in the League. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/pIoLVV7jHu
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 26, 2018
Nashville’s Austin Watson would register a hat trick in the contest over the Anaheim Ducks, with Nick Bonino and Craig Smith registering the other two goals from the Nashville Predators.
Hats are flying! 🧢🧢🧢#Preds | #ANAvsNSH pic.twitter.com/cKhTX1x9OA
— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) November 26, 2018
Los Angeles’ Matt Luff would be the fifth different rookie to have a four-goal streak or more in franchise history in the Los Angeles Kings 5-2 win last night.
Matt Luff became the fifth different @LAKings rookie to post a goal streak of four or more games (7 such instances). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/Kez03o1BxQ
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 26, 2018
Kings captain Anze Kopitar would factor on three of the teams’ goals for the 53rd time in his career and the first on the season.
Captain @AnzeKopitar factored on three @LAKings goals for his 53rd game with three or more points and first of the season. #NHLStats #EDMvsLAK pic.twitter.com/En4E8RDTrb
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 26, 2018
Kings Dustin Brown would also register a hat trick in the game as well.
HAT TRICK @DustinBrown23!!! 🎩🎩🎩 pic.twitter.com/anN7jKPA4I
— NHL (@NHL) November 26, 2018
There are five games on the NHL schedule today:
In the lone National Women’s Hockey League contest from the weekend, the Metropolitan Riveters faced off against the Connecticut Whale.
Audra Richards of the Metropolitan Riveters would net a hat trick as the Riveters would go on to defeat the Whale 4-3 in a shootout.
RECAP: WHAT. A. GAME. @audra_21 nets a hat trick as the @Riveters win in the shootout, 4-3, in an epic back-and-forth battle with the @CTWhale_NWHL.
📝https://t.co/GeSXxXB31f
📸 @TroyParla pic.twitter.com/rryElDAHGy— PHF (@PHF) November 25, 2018
Riveters’ Amanda Kessel would score in the shootout to help out with the victory.
Amanda Kessel scores in the shootout and Kimberly Sass makes all three saves as the @Riveters beat the @CTWhale_NWHL, 4-3! #METvsCTW #HockeyTwitter pic.twitter.com/z9TQb88YIK
— PHF (@PHF) November 25, 2018
TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your recap of the match-up between the Riveters and the Whale at the following page.
NWHL Game Recap – 11/25/2018 – Connecticut Whale v. Metropolitan Riveters
In NHL News today:
In a very shocking and surprising announcement, the Philadelphia Flyers announced that Executive Vice President and General Manager Ron Hextall has been fired.
Flyers President Paul Holmgren and Comcast Spectacor Chairman and CEO Dave Scott will have a press conference at 11:00am tomorrow (November 27th).
OFFICIAL: The Flyers organization has decided to relieve Ron Hextall of his duties as Executive Vice President and General Manager. https://t.co/W1tKRlqG5d pic.twitter.com/iiAvQlaZoH
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) November 26, 2018
Whoa, for those waiting for something in PHI to happen, it just did. https://t.co/xdMwmfKU3Z
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) November 26, 2018
TXHT has your thoughts and coverage on the news of Hextall’s firing at the following page.
Flyers Fire Ron Hextall as GM in a Very Shocking Move
The Winnipeg Jets announced that they will wear their Heritage jerseys for two games this season. The jerseys will be available for purchase on Friday and will be worn on December 31st at the Edmonton Oilers and then again on the Winnipeg Jets Alumni Night on February 26th, 2019 when the Minnesota Wild visit Winnipeg.
#NHLJets will wear @adidashockey adizero Authentic Pro Heritage jerseys (available Friday) on Alumni Night. It will be the second of two appearances of the Heritage jersey this season, the other being at the Dec. 31 away game vs. the Oilers.
DETAILS ➡ https://t.co/V9mRfSF21S pic.twitter.com/PGGRvGNoeD
— Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) November 26, 2018
The NHL announced their Three Stars of the Week ending on November 25.
Patrik Laine (@NHLJets), Marc-Andre Fleury (@GoldenKnights) and Nikita Kucherov (@TBLightning) named the NHL’s “Three Stars” for the week ending Nov. 25.
Details: https://t.co/sKMDk5136D pic.twitter.com/HRs9pTt60h
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 26, 2018
⭐ @PatrikLaine29 led the NHL with 11 goals in 4 GP last week, incl. 5 vs. STL on Nov. 24. At 20 years, 219 days, he became the third different player in NHL history to post a 5-goal game prior to his 21st birthday, joining Wayne Gretzky (2x) and Don Murdoch. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/1dZX5EY0LK
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 26, 2018
⭐⭐ Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 81 of the 83 shots he faced last week, incl. back-to-back shutouts Nov. 23-24. He leads the NHL with 5 shutouts this season – only 10 goaltenders since 1967-68 have collected as many through their team’s opening 25 games of a campaign. #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/dggSSGBE8G
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 26, 2018
⭐⭐⭐ @86Kucherov shared the NHL lead with 7 assists last week and ranked second with 9 points. He recorded consecutive three-point performances vs. FLA on Nov. 21 (1-2—3) and vs. CHI on Nov. 23 (0-3—3). #NHLStats pic.twitter.com/h6OFhW87hQ
— NHL Public Relations (@NHLPR) November 26, 2018
In NWHL news, Audra Richards was named the VEDA NWHL Player of the Week. Richards registered the first NWHL hat-trick of the season in the Metropolitan Riveters 4-3 shootout win yesterday.
The first hatty 🎩 of the season warrants @EcnVeda NWHL Player of the Week honors! @audra_21had all three of the @Riveters' regulation goals in a 4-3 win over the @CTWhale_NWHL yesterday!
READ: https://t.co/49Da2P1ejQ
📸 @TroyParla pic.twitter.com/XQg140pNo4— PHF (@PHF) November 26, 2018
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