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The Laval Rocket were the top team in their division, top team in the conference, and best regular-season team in the AHL. But a four-game sweep in the Conference Final left a little bit of a cloud over the end of the season. It was a bitter pill to swallow for a team that rarely lost more than two games in a row this year, but sometimes that is just the way things go. However…

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The Montreal Canadiens have their first Calder Memorial Trophy winner since Ken Dryden as Lane Hutson was announced as the 2024-25 Rookie of the Year on Tuesday. Hutson had 165/191 first place votes and those who voted for either Dustin Wolf or Macklin Celebrini all put him in second spot. Hutson had a margin of victory of almost 700 points, more than the gap between second and fourth.

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There’s been a festering undercurrent surround the NHL’s post-season for a long time now. Hockey fans are extremely tribal in the belief that no sport can compare to the intensity of the National Hockey League’s playoffs. While the intensity is palpable from the first round to the Stanley Cup Final, and emotions ride high for highly engaged fans, the fact of the matter is that the quality of…

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FLA leads 2-1 Start time: 8:00 PM EDT / 5:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English) TVA Sports (French) In the U.S.: TNT, truTV Streaming: Max, Sportsnet+ Game 3 looked a bit too much like some of the games the Florida Panthers played previously this post-season versus the Toronto Maple Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes. It was a blowout win with Edmonton taken completely off its…

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Series tied 2-2 Start time: 8:00 PM EDT / 5:00 PM PDT In Canada: CBC, Sportsnet (English) TVA Sports (French) In the U.S.: TNT, truTV Streaming: Max, Sportsnet+ After 20 minutes of play in Game 4, it seemed like today’s Game 5 might become the last one of the NHL season. The Florida Panthers not only got out to a 3-0 lead, but had earned that score with a dominant opening period.

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Jérôme Bérubé is the director of scouting for HockeyProspect.com and has been covering the NHL draft since 2011. He is a returning guest to the podcast and this time the focus is the 2025 NHL Draft and the two first-round picks that the Montreal Canadiens have at 16th and 17th. The main questions that the 22-minute podcast centres around are, will Montreal make both the picks, and who are the…

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The Montreal Victoire have made a veteran add to their forward group, signing Shiann Darkangelo to a two-year contract on Tuesday, the second day of the PWHL’s free agency period. Darkangelo, 31, was most recently with the Ottawa Charge where she had eight goals and seven assists in 30 games this season. She added one goal in eight playoff games, the game-winner in Game 1 of the PWHL…

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The Montreal Victoire have continued to re-build their roster after the expansion process, this time focusing on their blue line signing veteran defender Jessica DiGirolamo to a two-year contract. DiGirolamo, 26, spent the first two seasons of the PWHL with the Boston Fleet. She had one goal and seven assists in 54 career regular season games. Her first PWHL goal came in the regular season…

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The Montreal Victoire continue to re-stock their roster signing two-time Walter Cup champion defender Maggie Flaherty to a one-year contract. Flaherty, 25, played the last two seasons with the Minnesota Frost and was a regular on their blue line. playing 16 playoff games over the last two seasons, earning one assist. She has also played 46 regular season games over the last two seasons…

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Brady Martin shone as one of the purest power forwards in the OHL while playing with the Soo Greyhounds. He was a problem for opposing teams all season long, acting as one of the hardest-hitting and hardest-working forwards in the league. Date of Birth: March 16, 2007 Birthplace: Elmira, Ontario Height: 6’0″ Weight: 186 lbs. Position: Centre Shoots: Right Team: Soo Greyhounds (OHL)…

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Only two defencemen in the Ontario Hockey League scored more goals in 2024-25 than Kashawn Aitcheson with 26: Zayne Parekh (33) and Sam Dickinson (29), who were drafted ninth and 11th, respectively, in the 2024 NHL Draft. Only six fellow OHL members of his 2025 draft class eclipsed that total as well. Considering he scored eight the previous season, it was a big leap in his production.

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