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  • March 8th, 2019  —  News and Notes

    March 8th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Friday, March 8th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

    There were 11 NHL contests yesterday


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    Yesterday’s Results (Home team in CAPS):

    BOSTON 4, Florida 3

    The Boston Bruins would sneak past the Florida Panthers with a 4-3 win last night.  Boston’s Patrice Bergeron would score twice in the contest and Brad Marchand would have a three assist night.  With Boston’s win, they would go on to extend their point streak to 18 contests.

     

    Boston’s goaltender Tuukka Rask would go on to have a 22 save performance in the contest.

     


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    PITTSBURGH 3, Columbus 0

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would go on to shutout the Columbus Blue Jackets last night with the 3-0 win.


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    NY Islanders 4, OTTAWA 2

    The New York Islanders would go on to double up the Ottawa Senators with the 4-2 win and Valtteri Filppula would go on to have two goals in the contest for the Islanders.

    With the win, the Islanders would go on to get the sweep in the home-and-home series against the Senators.

     

     

    DETROIT 3, NY Rangers 2 (SO)

    Detroit’s Andreas Athanasiou would score a goal in the contest and would get what would be the only goal in the shootout frame to seal the win for the Red Wings in the contest. 

     

     

    For the Rangers, Pavel Buchnevich would score what would be the two goals in the contest.

    Minnesota 3, TAMPA BAY 0

    The Minnesota Wild would cool off the white-hot Tampa Bay Lightning with the 3-0 win.  Minnesota’s Jason Zucker would score the only goals in the contest.

     

     

    With the lone goals scored by Zucker, he would be only the second player in franchise history and the 23rd in League history to not only have at least three goals that were the only goals in the contest but the team would also register a shutout as well.

     

     

    CHICAGO 5, Buffalo 4 (SO)

    The Chicago Blackhawks would go on to register the 5-4 shootout win against the Buffalo Sabres.

     

     

    Chicago’s Artem Anisimov would go on to have two goals in the contest, while Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane would both go on to have two assists in the contest.

     

     

    DALLAS 4, Colorado 0

    The Dallas Stars would go on to shutout the Colorado Avalanche in Dallas last night and Alexander Radulov would go on to register a hat trick in the contest, sealing the hat trick in the contest with 2:58 left in the third period with his empty net goal.

     

     

    EDMONTON 3, Vancouver 2

    The Edmonton Oilers would go on to sneak past the Vancouver Canucks with the 3-2 win last night.

    Edmonton’s Alex Chiasson, Zack Kassian, and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins would go on to score the goals for the Oilers in the contest.

    Vancouver’s Jay Beagle would go on to snap his scoreless streak in the contest with his third goal on the season late in the second period.  Alexander Edler would also go on to register a goal in the third period but that would not be enough to tie up the game.

     

    ARIZONA 2, Calgary 0

     

    The Arizona Coyotes would go on to blank the Calgary Flames last night and with the win, the Coyotes would move to a record of 33-29-5.

     

     

    Calgary Flames infographic from last night’s contest

     


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    St. Louis 4, LOS ANGELES 0

     

     

     

    The St. Louis Blues would go on to record their fifth shutout in the past twelve contests and the NHL-best ninth shutout on the season as they would go on to blank the Los Angeles Kings by the score of 4-0.

     

    SAN JOSE 5, Montreal 2

     

    San Jose Sharks defenceman Brent Burns would go on to record his 60th assist on the season, and joins three other players to have at least 60 assists at the age of 33 or older.

     

     

     


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    For the Montreal Canadiens, Andrew Shaw and Artturi Lehkonen would score the only goals, despite out shooting the Sharks in this contest.

     


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    Tonight’s NHL schedule of contests…


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    Last night in the 2019 NWHL’s Isobel Cup Playoffs Play-in game, the Metropolitan Riveters would take on the Connecticut Whale and would come out with the 5-2 win.

    The contest would be fast-paced in the first period, with the game being tied a 2-2.  The second period in the contest would be filled with penalties and neither team would take advantage of the extra skater.  The third period would start out slow until Riveters Audra Richards would end up scoring what would be the game winner at the 2:35 mark.  There would not be another goal scored until toward the end of the period when Alexa Grushow would score her second goal in the contest and then with 16 seconds left, Audra Richards would score an empty net goal.

    The Metropolitan Riveters will now take on the Minnesota Whitecaps on Sunday 2:30 p.m., ET/1:30 p.m., CT.

    TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your full recap of the contest between the Connecticut Whale and Metropolitan Riveters at the following page.

  • March 6th, 2019 —  News and Notes

    March 6th, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Wednesday, March 6th, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were 10 contests in NHL action yesterday…


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    BOSTON 4, Carolina 3 (OT)

     

    The Carolina Hurricanes would take on the Boston Bruins last night and the Hurricanes would don the Hartford Whalers throwbacks for the final time this season.

     

     

    The Boston Bruins would go on to defeat the Hurricanes in the contest with the 4-3 win in the overtime frame, thanks to David Krejci’s goal.  That goal would be his 16th on the season.

     

    Columbus 2, NEW JERSEY 1 (SO)

     

    The Columbus Blue Jackets would get a very important win last night against the New Jersey Devils with a 2-1 win, picking it up in the shootout frame.

     

     

    NY ISLANDERS 5, Ottawa 4 (SO)

     

    The New York Islanders would take on the Ottawa Senators and would come away with the 5-4 win in the shootout frame and with the win, Islanders head coach Barry Trotz would notch his 800th win.

     

    PITTSBURGH 3, Florida 2 (OT)

     

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would face off against the Florida Panthers last night in downtown Pittsburgh, and the Penguins would escape with the 3-2 win in overtime.

     


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    Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby would have one goal and two assists to reach the career mark of 1,200 points for his career.

    In this contest, Pittsburgh’s Matt Cullen would become the 20th player in League history to play in at least 1,500 games.

     

    Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby would reach the 1,200 career point mark last night, tying Dino Ciccarelli for 47th place on the NHL’s all-time list in the contest.  He would reach the mark in 927 games, the 12th fastest in NHL history.

     

     

     

    TAMPA BAY 5, Winnipeg 2

    The Tampa Bay Lightning would go on to host the Winnipeg Jets last night and would go on to crush the Jets with the decisive 5-2 win in Tampa last night.

     

    NASHVILLE 5, Minnesota 4 (SO)

    The Nashville Predators would face off against the Minnesota Wild and would get the win tanks to the lone shootout goal in the contest by Nashville’s Ryan Johansen.  There would also be four different goal scorers in this contest for the Predators.

     

    DALLAS 1, NY Rangers 0

    In a penalty-filled contest last night, the Dallas Stars would defeat the NY Rangers last night by the score of 1-0.  The lone goal of the contest came from Stars John Klingberg, early in the second period.

    Dallas goaltender Ben Bishop would go on to have 28 saves in the contest and would earn his fourth shutout on the season.

     

    COLORADO 4, Detroit 3 (OT)

     

    After trailing twice in the third period, the Colorado Avalanche would come back and defeat the Detroit Red Wings with a 4-3 win in the overtime frame.

     

     

    Colorado’s Mikko Rantanen would go on to have one goal and two assists in the contest and Nathan MacKinnon would go on to net the game-winner in the overtime frame to clinch the win for the Avalanche.

     

    Anaheim 3, ARIZONA 1

     

    The Anaheim Ducks would snap the Arizona Coyotes six game win streak with the 3-1 last night in Glendale, Arizona.

     

    In this contest, Ryan Kesler would play in his 1,000th NHL game.

     

    Montreal 3, LOS ANGELES 1

     

    In this contest, the Montreal Canadiens would score the first three goals in the contest, which would help guide the Canadiens to a 3-1 win last night over the Los Angeles Kings in downtown Los Angeles last night.

     

     

     

    Tonight’s NHL schedule of games…

     


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    TXHT’s Steve Gardiner has your preview of the contest between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vancouver Canucks at the following page.

     

     

     

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    With the 2019 NWHL Isobel Cup Playoffs kicking off tomorrow with the play-in game between the Connecticut Whale and the Metropolitan Riveters, TXHT’s Christopher Vasilas has your preview of the contest at the following page.

     

  • Whale And Riveters Set For Playoff Rematch

    Whale And Riveters Set For Playoff Rematch

    The first playoff game for the NWHL this year will take place on Thurday March 7th at 7p EST. It features the two teams that finished fourth and fifth in the season standings. Finishing fourth place, and the host of this playoff match up, is the Metropolitan Riveters. Unfortunately, finishing last in the standing is the Connecticut Whale. The game will take place at the RJW Barnabas Health Hockey House.

    Last year these two teams met in the Isobel Cup semi final game which saw the Riveters win that game, and would go on to win the championship that year, beating the Buffalo Beauts in the finals.

    A quick look back at that game, the goalie match up last year was Katie Fitzgerald for the Riveters, and Sydney Rossman for the Whale. The Riveters jumped out to a quick lead, after a minute into the game, the goal coming from Rebecca Russo. This got the crowd going and the Riveters dominated play. However at the end of the first period, the Riveters only had a 1-0 lead.

    In the second period, it was more of the same, dominance from the Riveters and eventually a breakthrough for them, as Erika Lawler would net a goal a little over halfway through the second period.

    Unfortunately in the third period, the wheels came off from the Whale. About halfway through, when the Whale were on the power play, Madison Packer got a breakaway and scored while short handed. This really deflated any possible notion of a Whale comeback, because shortly after, the Riveters would get two more goals in quick fashion. Goals coming from Bray Ketchum and Kelly Nash. Rossman would depart from the game after the Ketchum goal and Keira Goin would finish the game. It ended with the final score being 5-0 in favor of the home team.

    Boxscore for this game can be found here:

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    Fast forward a year later and both teams are again meeting in the playoffs. Perfect time for some revenge? Possibly. We do know that the Riveters will be starting Katie Fitzgerald on Thursday, info provided from Mike Murphy.

    How have the Whale fared against the Riveters this season? Decently. Their record against them is 2-1-1 and they are also 1-0-1 against them in Newark, NJ.

    The last time that the Whale and the Riveters matched up was on January 6th, a 6-3 victory for the Riveters. However it was Maria Sorokina in net for the Riveters, and the previous loss to the Riveters was back on November 25th, a shootout loss with Kimberly Sass in net.

    Why bring that up? Well, the last time the Whale faced off against the Riveters with Katie Fitzgerald in net was all the way back on December 2nd, which was a 4-0 victory for the Whale in Pittsburgh; and the first game that these two teams squared off against each other was all the way back on November 18th, a 2-1 victory for the Whale with, you guessed it, Katie Fitzgerald in net. So this year, the Whale are a perfect 2-0 against Katie Fitzgerald.

    Will the Whale continue to be the kryptonite against Katie Fitzgerald? Or will Fitzgerald go on another spectacular run in the playoffs like she did last year, posting two shutouts?

    The game can be watched here:

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    3 Players to Watch

    Audra Richards: The Minnesota native and Riveters rookie has had an incredible year for them, scoring 8 goals! 6 of her 8 goals have come against the Whale, including a hat trick! She is the only player in the NWHL to record a hat trick this season!

    Katerina Mrázová: The Czech international, and Whale rookie has put up some stellar numbers this year, she leads the team in points with 12 (6g, 6a). 6 of her 12 points on the year have come against the Riveters (4g, 2a).

    Shannon Doyle: The Whale blue liner has had a great year this season. She is one of the most consistent players for them. Against the Riveters, she has 2 goals and 2 assists for 4 points. Both of her goals against the Riveters have been incredible, they include a game winner in the final minute and a sick deke against Katie Fitzgerald.

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  • Whale Swept In Final Back To Back Of The Regular Season

    Whale Swept In Final Back To Back Of The Regular Season

    The Connecticut Whale played their last two games of the regular season at home at Terry Conners Rink. The first game was against the Buffalo Beauts and the second game was against the Minnesota Whitecaps.

     

    1st Game

    In the first game on Saturday, the Whale were defeated by the Buffalo Beauts. The Beauts jumped out to an early 3-0 lead by the end of the first period. Goals for the Beauts came from Annika Zalewski, Taylor Accursi, and Juliana Iafallo. Emily Pfalzer assisted on two of the goals in the first period.

    In the second period, there would be more Beauts dominance against the Whale, and late in the second period, the Beauts would get another breakthrough, the goal coming from Corinne Buie.

    In the third period, the Beauts would add another goal, it came from former Whale forward Kelly Babstock. It would be her fourth goal on the year and her first coming against her old squad. However, the Whale would spring to life a minute after the goal. Beauts forward Corinne Buie would take a slashing minor and on the ensuing power play, Whale defender Shannon Doyle scored. For Shannon Doyle, it was her fifth point in six games (one goal and four assists). Five minutes later, the Whale would add another goal from Rachael Ade.

    Unfortunately, that would be as close as the Whale would come to a comeback. The Beauts held on to take the game by a score of 5-2. Shenae Lundberg was the goalie of record for the Whale and she made 25 saves on 30 shots.

    3 Stars

    Shannon Doyle: Scoring on the powerplay, she now has three goals and five assists on the year, and now has eight points in her last eleven games.

    Rachael Ade: She now has two goals in her last three games as of Saturday. She pushes her totals to two goals and one assist for three points on the year.

    Katerina Mrázová: She added two primary assists assists adding to her points lead.

     

    2nd Game

    On Sunday, the Whale played their final home game of the regular season, against the Minnesota Whitecaps.

    In the first period, there were good back and forth action between the two teams. Unfortunately, a little over halfway through the first period, Whale forward Vanessa Gagnon went down with an apparent leg injury. Stunned by the situation, the Whitecaps would get a goal from Allie Thunstrom.

    In the second period, the Whitecaps would jump out to a 2-0 leas when Lauren Barnes beat Erin O’Neil. The Whale would get a goal back which was provided by their captain Emily Fluke. Mrázová came around the net and sent the puck across the crease and Fluke was there to put the puck home.

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    Before the end of the second period, the Whitecaps would add to their lead with Lauren Barnes notching her second goal of the period and her second of the game.

    In the third period, there was a lot of great back and forth action, with great goaltending being supplied by both goalies Amanda Leveille and Erin O’Neil. However the Whale wouldn’t be able to make a comeback as Kendall Coyne Schofield would add an empty net goal. The Whitecaps would win the game by the final score of 4-1.

    3 Stars

    Erin O’Neil: The goalie of record for the Whale, she kept them in the game. She made 30 saves on 33 shots.

    Katerina Mrázová: Getting her third point over the weekend on an assist from the Emily Fluke goal, it pushes her point totals on the year to six goals and six assists for twelve points on the year.

    Emily Fluke: She notched her third goal of the year, which combined with her eight assists, gives her a point total of eleven. It is good for second on the team in points, finishing up an impressive sophomore campaign for her.

     

    Playoffs:

    The Whale will square off against the Metropolitan Riveters in the playoffs again; as it will be a rematch of last years semi-final matchup. The game will be at the RWJ Barnabas Health Hockey House this Thursday March 7th at 7p EST.

     

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  • Game Recap – 3/3/2019 – Liberty University v. Washington Pride

    Game Recap – 3/3/2019 – Liberty University v. Washington Pride

    Liberty University Flames v. Washington Pride

     

    Game Recap:

    In Women’s Hockey action this morning in Rockville, MD it was the Washington Pride hosting the Liberty University Flames at Rockville Ice Arena for the second game of their back to back series before going into their respective playoff runs.

     

    To start the game Cailey McLaughlin would be called for interference, and the Flames would capitalize on the powerplay as Shannon Fehr would score to give the Flames the early 1-0 lead. Then after killing and Emily John tripping penalty, the Flames would score as Alex Smibert would make it 2-0. Then with less than two minutes left in the period Aislyn Stretch would score to give the Flames a commanding 3-0 lead despite being out shot 14-5 by the Pride in the period.

     

    In the second period we would see the Flames go shorthanded and then Shannon Fehr would score her second of the game 12 seconds into the penalty kill as Flames would grow their lead to four. But the Pride would not go down without a fight as they would capitalize on the same powerplay they were just scored on as Mollie Dalby would get the Pride on the board. Then Dalby would not be done as she would net her second of the game to cut the Flames lead to two, and then Katelynn Brightbill would score with about three minutes left int he period to send the the game into the second intermission with the Flames up 4 to 3.

     

    The third period would feature a lot of back and forth action as well as some coincidental minors with Deena Birney of the Flames being called for holding and Alison Curry being called for tripping, but it would be a goal from Caitlyn Daihut with 64 seconds left to tie the game at four a piece.

     

    The game would be declared a tie, but overtime and a shootout would take place as agreed to by both teams prior to the game.

     

    First Period:

    Pride Penalty – 4:59 – #8 Cailey McLaughlin 2 minutes for Interference

    Liberty PPG – 5:29 – #19 Shannon Fehr from #95 CJ Tipping and #17 Alex Smibert

    Liberty Penalty – 8:23 – #4 Emily John 2 minutes for Tripping

    Liberty Goal – 10:59 – #17 Alex Smibert from #16 Danica Polson

    Pride Penalty – 16:34 – #26 Kayelynn Heflin 2 minutes for Roughing

    Liberty Goal – 18:38 – #9 Aislyn Stretch from #11 Deena Birney

     

    End of 1st – LU – 3       WAS – 0

    Shots             05                14

    PP                 1/2                 0/1

     

    Second Period:

    Pride Penalty – :53 – #14 Julia Blitz 2 minutes for Roughing

    Liberty Penalty – 4:14 – #16 Danica Polson 2 minutes for Roughing

    Liberty SHG – 4:26 – #19 Shannon Fehr (2) from unassisted

    Pride PPG – 5:33 – #9 Mollie Dalbey from #11 Rachel Ziff and #15 Lily Wildman

    Pride Goal – 8:08 – #9 Mollie Dalby (2) from unassisted

    Pride Goal – 16:57 – #12 Katelynn Brightbill from #9 Mollie Dalby and #15 Lily Wildman (2)

     

    End of 2nd – LU – 4        WAS – 3

    Shots               21                 29

    PP                   1/3                 1/2

     

    Third Period:

    Liberty Penalty – 10:52 – #11 Deena Birney 2 minutes for Holding

    Pride Penalty – 10:52 – #6 Allison Curry 2 minutes for Tripping

    Pride Goal – 18:56 – #20 Caitlyn Daihut from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – LU – 4         WAS – 4

    Shots              30                   42

    PP                 1/3                    1/2

     

    Next Up:

    The Washington Pride head up to Burlington, VT for the JWHL Playoffs.

  • Game Recap – 3/2/2019 – Liberty University v. Washington Pride

    Game Recap – 3/2/2019 – Liberty University v. Washington Pride

    Liberty University Flames v. Washington Pride

     

    Game Recap:

    In Women’s Hockey action tonight in Rockville, MD it was the Washington Pride hosting the Liberty University Flames at Rockville Ice Arena for Senior’s Night. Getting right into the game it wouldn’t take long for us to get some action as Alison Curry of the Pride would be called for Hooking, however, the Flames would not be able to take advantage of the early powerplay and then would take one themselves as Lexi Palmert would be called for tripping. The Pride could not capitalize on the opportunity, and not long after the penalty expired Rachel Gibson would score to give the Flames a 1-0 lead. After that things would get a bit chippy between both teams as the Flames would take back to back tripping penalties, but after failing to cash in their opportunities on the powerplay the Pride would then take back to back penalties for hooking and roughing respectively to end the period.

     

    Then in the second period the Pride would not do themselves any favors as Alexa Crist would go off for body checking (great hit too should we add. Good solid, clean hit), but the Flames still would not be able to capitalize on the powerplay. Shortly after Crist’s penalty expired the Pride would get a great sequence leading to Katelyn Brightbill scoring to tie the game at one a piece. After that goal the Flames would do a parade to  the penalty box with three straight penalties including a too many woman on the ice penalty. Unfortunately for the Pride they would not be able to cash in on any of those chances including the brief 5 on 3 that they had.

     

    For the third period with a fresh sheet of ice the Pride would get the jump on the Flames as Julia Blitz would rifle a shot to give the Pride a 2-1 lead. Then Kayelynn Heflin would be penalized for interference, but the Flames could not capitalize on the powerplay, but would score not long after to tie the game at two with Gibson’s second goal of the game. Then the choppiness would come back into this game as Deena Birney of the Flames and Mikaela Langbacka of the Pride would be involved in scuffle that would send Birney off for two minutes for cross checking, but Langbacka would get two for boarding and a ten minute misconduct thus ending her night. Then Danica Polson would score for the Flames to regain the lead, and then some more rough stuff would take place as Grace Macholz of the Flames and Curry from the Pride would both get two minutes each for roughing. However, Macholz would not let that penalty hold her down as she would come out and net the fourth goal of the game for the Flames to cement the victory at 4-2.

     

    The next time these two team will face off against one another will be tomorrow March 3rd at 920a at Rockville Ice Arena.

     

    First Period:

    Pride Penalty – :58 – #6 Alison Curry 2 minutes for Hooking

    Liberty Penalty – 6:17 – #57 Lexi Palmert 2 minutes for Tripping

    Liberty Goal – 10:37 – #65 Rachel Gibson from #95 CJ Tippings

    Liberty Penalty – 11:14 – #97 Tiana Lisle 2 minutes for Tripping

    Liberty Penalty – 13:01 – #4 Emily John 2 minutes for Tripping

    Pride Penalty – 16:43 – #26 Kayelinn Heflin 2 minutes for Hooking

    Pride Penalty – 19:09 – #16 Meagan Byrum 2 minutes for Roughing

     

    End of 1st – LU – 1       WAS – 0

    Shots              10                08

    PP                 0/2                 0/3

     

    Second Period:

    Pride Penalty – 6:53 – #27 Alexa Crist 2 minutes for Body Checking

    Pride Goal – 10:41 – #12 Katelyn Brightbill from #14 Julia Blitz and #9 Mollie Dalby

    Liberty Penalty – 13:29 – #11 Deena Birney 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Liberty Penalty – 14:56 – Bench (#57 Lexi Palmert) 2 minutes for Too Many Women

    Liberty Penalty – 18:30 – Aislyn Stretch 2 minutes for Slashing

     

    End of 2nd – LU – 1        WAS – 1

    Shots               20                 19

    PP                   0/4                  0/5

     

    Third Period:

    Pride Goal – 2:21 – #14 Julia Blitz from #12 Katelyn Brightbill and #15 Lily Wildman

    Pride Penalty – 5:21 – Kayelynn Heflin 2 minutes for Interference

    Liberty Goal – 8:48 – #65 Rachel Gibson (2) from #95 CJ Tippings (2)

    Liberty Penalty – 11:48 – #11 Deena Birney 2 minutes for Cross Checking

    Pride Penalty – 11:48 – #10 Mikaela Langbacka 2 minutes for Boarding (served by #2 Madeline Craven)

    Pride Penalty – 11:48 – #10 Mikaela Langbacka 10 minute Misconduct

    Liberty Goal – 13:06 – Danica Polson from unassisted

    Liberty Penalty – 13:28 – #98 Grace Macholz 2 minutes for Roughing

    Pride Penalty – 13:28 – #6 Alison Curry 2 minutes for Roughing

    Liberty Goal – 17:41 – #98 Grace Macholz from unassisted

     

    End of 3rd – LU – 4         WAS – 2

    Shots              34                   32

    PP                 0/4                    0/6

     

    Next Up:

    Liberty University Flames v. Washington Pride 3/3/2019 920a at Rockville Ice Arena

  • March 2nd, 2019 —  News and Notes

    March 2nd, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Saturday, March 2nd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were eight contests in NHL action last night.

     

    BUFFALO 4, Pittsburgh 3 (OT)

    The Pittsburgh Penguins would face off against the Buffalo Sabres and would come out of this contest with a point, falling to the Buffalo Sabres by the score of 4-3 in the overtime frame.

     

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    Philadelphia 6, NEW JERSEY 3

    The Philadelphia Flyers would double up the New Jersey Devils last night with the 6-3 win and this would also mark the first win as a Philadelphia Flyer for Cam Talbot.

     

     

    Washington 3, NY ISLANDERS 1

    The Washington Capitals would visit the New York Islanders last night and would come away with two crucial points in the division standings.  Washington would go on to defeat the Islanders by the score of 3-1.

    Alex Ovechkin would register his 45th goal on the season for the 10th time in his career and now holds the League record for most 45 goals in a season.

    TXHT has your full complete coverage of the contest at the following page.

     

    Montreal 4, NY RANGERS 2

    The Montreal Canadiens would visit the New York Rangers and they would come out of New York with the 4-2 win last night with Montreal’s Joel Arima registered hat trick in the contest.

     

    CAROLINA 5, St. Louis 2

    The Carolina Hurricanes would come away from this contest against the St. Louis Blues with a 5-2 in Raleigh last night.

    Carolina’s Sebastian Aho would score his fourth SHG (shorthanded goal) on the season and would move into a tie with three others for the League lead.

     

    WINNIPEG 5, Nashville 3

    There would be five different goal scorers for the Winnipeg Jets in their 5-3 win over the Nashville Predators last night.  With the win for the Jets, they leapt ahead of the Predators for the Central Division lead.

     

    Vegas 3, ANAHEIM 0

    Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury would come away with a shutout win for Vegas in their 3-0 win over the Anaheim Ducks last night.

     

    SAN JOSE 4, Colorado 3

    The San Jose Sharks would squeak by the Colorado Avalanche with the 4-3 win, with San Jose’s Marcus Sorensen scoring two goals in the contest.  On the three Avalanche goals, Gabriel Landeskog would have an assist on all three goals.

    *Image is the property of the San Jose Sharks Twitter page.

     

    There are 10 contests in NHL action today

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    For more news, notes, information, and statistics, please check out the NHL’s Morning Skate at the following page.

     

    The final games on the NWHL Regular Season begin tonight with the Minnesota Whitecaps visiting the Boston Pride at 7:30 p.m., ET.  The game can be seen on NWHL.zone.

    TXHT will have coverage of the contest tomorrow.

  • Washington Pride Hockey Takes Over Rockville Ice Arena This Weekend!

    Washington Pride Hockey Takes Over Rockville Ice Arena This Weekend!

    This weekend at Rockville Ice Arena in Rockville, MD the Washington Pride 19’s take on Liberty University in weekend Women’s Hockey action before heading to Burlington, VT for the JWHL Playoffs.

     

    For the first game of the back to back between these two teams will take place this Saturday, March 2nd at 520p on Rink 1. Then the second game will take place Sunday, March 3rd at 920a also on Rink 1.

     

    Also TXHT’s own Michael Lindenbaum will be the PA Announcer for both games.

  • TXHT Podcast – 2/20/2019 – Kaleigh Fratkin

    TXHT Podcast – 2/20/2019 – Kaleigh Fratkin

    The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans!

     

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    This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by Kaleigh Fratkin of the Boston Pride.

     

    Michael and Kaleigh talk about Fratkin’s childhood growing up in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, how she got into hockey, who her favorite NHL team was, and so much more.

     

    Plus Michael and Kaleigh take a look back at her career that started at Boston University all the way to where she is now with the Boston Pride in the NWHL. They both also discuss the upcoming playoffs in the NWHL.

     

    This week’s episode was recorded on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019

    Opening Music: “Human Chess” by Crimson Orchid

     

    Have a question you want answered on the show? Ask us! Comment on here or on one of our Social Media outlets, and we’ll answer it.

  • Game Recap – 2/18/2019 – Boston Pride vs. Metropolitan Riveters

    Game Recap – 2/18/2019 – Boston Pride vs. Metropolitan Riveters

    Boston Pride (9-4-0 18pts) v. Metropolitan Riveters (3-10-0 6pts)

     

    Game Recap:

    The Boston Pride and the Metropolitan Riveters face off for a President’s Day matinee, which is also their makeup game from January 20th when it was postponed due to a snow storm, and it would be the Pride to strike early as Mary Parker would knock in a rebound from a Kaleigh Fratkin point shot three minutes into the game. The Pride would keep on pushing the game in their favor as McKenna Brand would score on the wraparound to give the Pride a 2-0 lead. The Riveters would generate some offense, but it has been all Boston so far. Then to add on to their lead, Czech forward Denisa Krizova would score her fourth of the season to give the Pride a 3-0 lead.

     

    In what would be considered an “even” back and forth period, it would be the Pride who would be dominant over the Riveters. Katie Burt stood on her head making miraculous save after save, and then in the minutes of the second period the Riveters would take a bench minor for too many women on the ice to which the Pride made them pay for quickly as Gigi Marvin would score seconds into the powerplay, and then 23 seconds later score her second of the game giving the Pride a 5-0 lead over the Riveters.

     

    To start the third period, the Riveters would switch their goalie as Maria Sorokina would come in to replace Kimberly Sass, but it would not matter as less than three minutes into the third period Mary Parker would score her second of the game from a tight angle. Then it would be Rockville, MD native Haley Skarupa getting feed a pass in the slot and she would just skate in unopposed to make it 7-0 for the Pride with her 5th of the season. The Pride would not let up however as Jillian Dempsey would score an NWHL record 34th career goal as the Pride would go up 8-0. The Riveters would end the Katie Burt’s shutout bid as Amanda Kessel would not quit as she would score her second goal of the season to get the Riveters on the board.

     

    First Period:

    Pride Goal – 3:00 – Mary Parker (1) from Emily Field (3) and Kaleigh Fratkin (4)

    Pride Goal – 7:39 – McKenna Brand (6) from Jordan Smelker (4)

    Pride Goal – 11:14 – Denisa Krizova (4) from Mallory Souliotis (2) and Kaleigh Fratkin (5)

     

    End of 1st – BOS – 3       MET – 0

    Shots              12                07

    Faceoffs         08                06

    PP                 0/0                 0/0

     

    Riveters Penalty – 18:51 – Bench (Rebecca Morse) 2 minutes for Too Many Women

    Pride PPG – 19:04 – Gigi Marvin (7) from Kaleigh Fratkin (6) and Mallory Souliotis (3)

    Pride Goal – 19:27 – Gigi Marvin (8) from Amanda Pelkey (5) and Lexi Bender (6)

     

    End of 2nd – BOS – 5        MET – 0

    Shots               20                 20

    Faceoffs          19                 10

    PP                   1/1                  0/0

     

    Third Period:

    Riveters Goalie Change – Kimberly Sass pulled for Maria Sorokina

    Pride Goal – 2:37 – Mary Parker (2) from Kaleigh Fratkin (7) and Jordan Smelker (5)

    Pride Goal – 5:19 – Haley Skarupa (5) from Gigi Marvin (5)

    Pride Goal – 8:00 – Jillian Dempsey (10) from McKenna Brand (8) and Denisa Krizova (7)

    Riveters Goal – 9:58 – Amanda Kessel (2) from Miye D’Oench (5) from Madison Packer (5)

    Pride Penalty – 17:24 – Amanda Pelkey 2 minutes for Tripping

    Pride Penalty – 19:25 – Kaleigh Fratkin 2 minutes for Tripping

     

    End of 3rd – BOS – 8         MET – 1

    Shots              28                   33

    Faceoffs        31                    14

    PP                 1/1                    0/2

     

    Next Up:

    Boston (10-4-0 20pts) @ Connecticut (2-9-2 6pts)

    Metropolitan (3-11-0 6pts) @ Buffalo (9-4-0 18pts)