Monthly Archives: March 2016
QMJHL Roundup: Meier, Huskies sweep first-round series against Voltigeurs
VIDEO: Mason’s sprawling shootout save helps Flyers earn extra point
Every point counts for teams in a playoff race.
Steve Mason ensured his Philadelphia Flyers picked up an extra one in Wednesday's shootout win over the Washington Capitals, out-waiting Evgeny Kuznetsov to make a brilliant, sprawling glove save.
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Woe, Canada: NHL Playoffs will be all-American for only 2nd time
For the first time in 46 years, there will be no Stanley Cup playoff hockey north of the border.
After a Philadelphia win over Washington on Wednesday, the Ottawa Senators were officially eliminated from postseason contention, meaning the NHL's Canadian hockey teams will be preparing for the draft rather than fighting for hockey's greatest prize.
A rare occurrence indeed, as this will mark only the second time in NHL history where every Canadian team will miss the Stanley Cup playoffs, with 1970 being the other.
Don't forget that only Toronto and Montreal represented Canada in the NHL back in those days.
Despite a win for Ottawa in Winnipeg, no Canadian team ranks higher than 21st in the overall standings:
Fittingly, this year's top prospect is American-born Auston Matthews.
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OHL Roundup: Spitfires edge Rangers in OT to even first-round series 2-2
VIDEO: Ovechkin bolsters Richard Trophy bid with vintage goal
Vintage Alex Ovechkin.
The game's premier goal-scorer scored his league-leading 44th of the season, from the exact part of the ice where so many of his goals have come during his career with the Washington Capitals.
And don't miss that ridiculous pass from countryman Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Ovechkin entered Wednesday's game against Philadelphia having scored only three times in 14 games this month, but he now holds a five-goal advantage over Patrick Kane and Jamie Benn in the race for the Maurice Richard Trophy.
He's also moving up the all-time ranks.
Another first-place finish in goals would mark Ovechkin's fourth-straight season winning the award, and sixth overall.
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Chiasson, Smith leads Senators past Jets 2-1; Ottawa still alive in playoff hunt
VIDEO: Senators’ Stone rocked by Jets’ Byfuglien, leaves with chest injury
Mark Stone, meet Dustin Byfuglien.
The Ottawa Senators forward was absolutely rocked by the Jets defenseman on a seemingly clean, yet devastating, body check Wednesday in Winnipeg.
Byfuglien wasn't penalized for the hit, but earned two minutes in the box for slashing in the ensuing melee.
Somehow, Stone was able to return to the bench shortly after leaving for examination. During the second intermission, however, it was announced he sustained a chest injury and wouldn't return.
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VIDEO: Jets’ prospect Lemieux records 2-minute natural hat trick
The son of a Conn Smythe Trophy-winner is lighting up the the OHL playoffs.
Windsor Spitfires forward Brendan Lemieux recorded a natural hat trick in two minutes of play Tuesday against the Kitchener Rangers.
Drafted in the second round in 2014 by Buffalo, the 19-year-old - whose father is Claude Lemieux, winner of the 1995 Conn Smythe Trophy with the New Jersey Devils - was acquired by the Winnipeg Jets as part of last season's Evander Kane trade.
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Coyle addresses Keith’s stick swing: ‘You don’t expect that ever in a game’
Charlie Coyle's nose was no worse for wear following an ugly stick-swinging incident Tuesday, one that he rightfully sees no place for in hockey.
The Minnesota Wild forward briefly left a game against Chicago with a slashed nose after Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith swung a stick at his face.
A day later, and relatively unscathed, he still can't believe it happened.
"I was just stunned that it happened," he told reporters. "You don't expect that ever in a game.
"No matter what happens in a game, you should never swing your stick at someone's face like that. Obviously there's no room for that and I'm sure he wants to take that back."
Meanwhile, Keith has been offered an in-person hearing by the NHL's Department of Player Safety, signaling a suspension of five games or more.
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