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# FTB: It's USports championship day!
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/ftb-st-pats-lose-before-st-patricks-day/
- Published: 2024-03-17T10:00:37.000Z
- Updated: 2024-03-17T10:00:36.000Z
- Description: The Leafs lost but make sure to check out the national University championships tonight!
- Author: Adam Selvig
- Tags: From The Branches

Top o' the mornin' to ya, St. Pats fans!

It's the morning after a loss, thankfully only a shootout loss, but we shouldn't have gotten there to begin with.

[Recap: Leafs lose to Carolina in a shootoutTwo evenly matched teams take it to extra time.![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/34/01/3401a938-f468-4c02-a227-9bc4cc09bad4/content/images/size/w256h256/format/png/2023/04/pension-plan-min.svg)PPP LeafsCathy Squires![](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1592118328722-30c366b32b11?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wxMTc3M3wwfDF8c2VhcmNofDQwfHxjb2lufGVufDB8fHx8MTcxMDY0MDgzMXww&ixlib=rb-4.0.3&q=80&w=2000content/images/size/w1200)](https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/recap-leafs-hurricanes-shootout/)

The Marlies didn't disappoint thought with a convincing win over the Rochester Americans.

[Bellows strikes twice as Toronto Marlies beat Rochester Americans - The Rink Live | Comprehensive coverage of youth, junior, high school and college hockeyThe Toronto Marlies defeated the visiting Rochester Americans 7-3 on Saturday.![](https://www.therinklive.com/apple-touch-icon.png)The Rink LiveThe Rink Live Textbot![](https://cdn.forumcomm.com/dims4/default/33339e1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/300x300+0+0/resize/1066x1066!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforum-communications-production-web.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fbrightspot%2Fac%2Fe9%2F2ab08dfb46578fe7e458658caa2d%2Frinklive21-logo-300x300.png)](https://www.therinklive.com/pro/ahl/bellows-strikes-twice-as-toronto-marlies-beat-rochester-americans-20240316170841?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

PWHL Toronto had the night off but will be in Pittsburgh to take on Montréal tomorrow.

[PWHL Toronto and Montreal take heated rivalry on the road to Sidney Crosby’s NHL homeThe last time the teams met was a physical affair. Sunday’s Takeover Weekend contest will be played at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena.![](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thestar.com/content/tncms/live/libraries/flex/components/torstar_core/resources/images/favicons/thestar/apple-icon-180x180.png?_dc=1709750033)Toronto StarGilbert Ngabo![](https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/thestar.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/2/c3/2c32e1f4-0c1f-50dc-8484-6d1f8b064f14/65f4dba48d6eb.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C926%2C0%2C124&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize)](https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/pwhl-toronto-and-montreal-take-heated-rivalry-on-the-road-to-sidney-crosbys-nhl-home/article%5Fdbf46e78-e2e8-11ee-82df-7f12bad5508d.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

He just came back and he's off to LTIR again.

> Toronto Maple [#LeafsForever](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeafsForever?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) have placed Calle Järnkrok on long-term injured reserve (LTIR)  
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> They have also activated Conor Timmins from LTIR  
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> This leaves $1.35M in LTIR relief remaining[https://t.co/tZaHMqsP2H](https://t.co/tZaHMqsP2H?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/1769198491182461070?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

It's going well for Minten out west.

> [#LeafsForever](https://twitter.com/hashtag/LeafsForever?src=hash&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) prospect Fraser Minten parks himself in front and scores his 21st goal of the season. [pic.twitter.com/HJ8rguLewI](https://t.co/HJ8rguLewI?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
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> — More like Nikita GREATbyonkin (@brigstew86) [March 17, 2024](https://twitter.com/brigstew86/status/1769172476993429847?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Easton Cowan is scoring goals and making plays.

> Biggest steals of the past 365 days:  
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> 1) Easton Cowan  
> 2) 17,000 Jagr Bobbleheads   
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> [pic.twitter.com/zVHrGGOfvS](https://t.co/zVHrGGOfvS?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Kevin Papetti (@KPapetti) [March 16, 2024](https://twitter.com/KPapetti/status/1768808621322690774?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)

Finally, it's championship weekend for Canadian University hockey. 

Concordia will be facing off against the University of Toronto or Université de Montréal today for the Women's Championship and UdM were in overtime as of writing) at 8PM Eastern.

In Men's hockey the University of New Brunswick will try and have a complete perfect season by beating Université du Québec a Trois-Rivières. They have also not allowed any goals against in the National Championship playoffs. An impressive feat.

That game will be on at 5PM. You can watch both games on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.

Enjoy your day everyone!