Monthly Archives: March 2016
OHL Roundup: Foegele scores four times, Kingston takes 2-0 series lead on Oshawa
Garteig, Jonzzon lead Quinnipiac past RIT in NCAA hockey
Denver routs Boston U. 7-2 in NCAA West semifinals
Co-champions declared in Nova Scotia provincials after 7 overtimes
Nova Scotia crowned co-champions Saturday night.
The province's female Peewee AA championship ended in a 1-1 tie after seven overtime periods failed to declare a winner, according to the Canadian Press. The TASA Ducks and Pictou County Selects - featuring Nova Scotia's best 10- and 11-year-old female players - are both winners.
Peter Twohig, Hockey Nova Scotia's regional director for females, said Saturday's events were unprecedented.
"The game went on, and went on, and went on," he said. "I’ve seen a lot of triple-overtime games, but I've never seen anything like I watched (Saturday).
"It was amazing to me to watch throughout overtime. They were playing with heart and determination. They’re really exceptional athletes."
The game began at 11:30 a.m. local time, and was called five hours later when "it was getting clear to me a lot of the girls were at their limit - their physical limit, and also their psychological limit too," Twohig said.
After 10 periods of hockey, a shootout wouldn't have been fair, and it was thought another game would be scheduled. But the teams and coaches huddled together and came up with a better idea: co-champions.
"We've always had a provincial champion. And in my mind, we have a champion this year - we just have champions," Garth Isenor, president of Hockey Nova Scotia said.
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Bruins snap season-long slide, create space in East playoff race
Ducks scores four straight goals, beat Senators in overtime 4-3
Panthers retake Atlantic lead with win over Lightning
TAMPA, Fla. - Jaromir Jagr had a goal and an assist, Roberto Luongo made 33 saves and the Florida Panthers took over first place in the Atlantic Division by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Saturday night.
Vincent Trocheck, Jiri Hudler, Jonathan Huberdeau and Jussi Jokinen also scored for the Panthers, who have a two-point lead over the Lightning.
Tampa Bay got goals from Tyler Johnson and Steven Stamkos.
The Lightning were without right wing Nikita Kucherov, who took a shot off his foot in a 7-4 win over the New York Islanders on Friday night. Right wing Ryan Callahan, defenseman Anton Stralman and center Valtteri Filppula also sat for Tampa Bay with injuries.
The Panthers' 28th-ranked road power play converted its first opportunity when Jagr beat Andrei Vasilevskiy from the right circle for a 2-1 lead with 1:58 left in the first.
Jagr's goal was his 25th this season and 747th overall, which is the third most in NHL history. Gordie Howe is second with 801.
Related: Jagr becomes 2nd in history to score 25 goals in 18 seasons
Florida went up 3-1 at 15:53 of the second when Alex Petrovic's shot hit Hudler and then went off Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman.
Luongo made strong in-close saves on Cedric Paquette and Mike Blunden during the second.
Huberdeau made it 4-1 at 4:02 of the third.
Stamkos got his 36th goal on the power play with 3:12 to play before Jokinen added an empty-netter.
Less than a minute after Johnson was denied on a re-direction by Luongo, Trocheck got the Panthers even at 1 and extended his goal-scoring streak to four straight games at 13:36 of the first.
Johnson opened the scoring 5:52 into the game on Tampa Bay's first power play against Florida, which has the NHL's second best road penalty-killing unit.
Florida went 1 for 4 on the power play, while Tampa Bay scored twice on five chances.
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Jake Allen backstops Blues to 4th straight shutout
The St. Louis Blues remain impenetrable.
Jake Allen made 32 saves in a 4-0 victory over the Washington Capitals on Saturday night, giving St. Louis its fourth consecutive shutout.
The Blues haven't allowed a goal since March 16, when they gave up six in a loss to the Edmonton Oilers.
"It's always fun to get shutouts," Allen added, "but it's all about wins. Shutouts are the bonus part. We've got four bonuses lately."
Brian Elliott has recorded three straight shutouts since returning from injury on March 19.
Washington failed to clinch the Presidents' Trophy, awarded to the team with the best record in the league.
The Blues host the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday and the Boston Bruins on Friday.
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Coyotes ‘will never’ trade Ekman-Larsson for 1st overall pick
With Arizona native Auston Matthews widely expected to be the first overall pick in the upcoming NHL Draft, many have speculated his hometown Coyotes would deal All-Star defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson in order to bring the American home.
But when asked about the speculation Saturday, team executives were quick to shut that notion down.
"That will never happen," Maloney said, per Coyotes senior director of news content Dave Vest, adding that the team's most pressing need this offseason is "another impact defenseman." Ekman-Larsson was drafted sixth overall by Maloney in 2009.
"We're not trading Oliver for a draft pick," echoed team president Anthony LeBlanc.
The Swedish blue-liner currently leads the Coyotes in points for a second consecutive season, recording 20 goals and 31 assists in 68 games entering Saturday.
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