The women's semifinals are today, and your schedule is:
GAME | DATE | TIME | TEAMS | TV |
---|---|---|---|---|
SF 1 | Saturday, April 15 | 12:00 pm EDT | USA vs CZE | TSN 4, RDS, NHLN |
SF 2 | Saturday, April 15 | 4:00 pm EDT | CAN vs SUI | TSN 4, RDS, NHLN |
5th Place | Sunday, April 16 | 10:00 am EDT | TSN 4 | |
Bronze | Sunday, April 16 | 3:00 pm EDT | TSN 4, RDS 2, NHLN | |
Gold | Sunday, April 16 | 7:00 pm EDT | TSN 1/3/4, RDS, NHLN |
Tomorrow night is the gold medal game, so make sure you're ready to watch a great game.
The last two NHL games were played last night, with no changes to the races in the east, but a bit of amusement as the Buffalo Sabres pounded the Blue Jackets down into 31 place. The torch has been passed.
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In the west, the Avalanche went for the dramatic finish to a season that started very badly for them:
A Nathan MacKinnon hat trick — the last one his 42nd of the year with 1:42 remaining in regulation — wins COL the Central. So…
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) April 15, 2023
WEST
LV/WIN
EDM/LA
COL/SEA
DAL/MIN
#StanleyCup playoffs Round 1 schedule, Eastern Conference: pic.twitter.com/1sGbQml8Kp
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) April 15, 2023
#StanleyCup playoffs Round 1 schedule, Western Conference: pic.twitter.com/XmHCa5J6je
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) April 15, 2023
Yesterday was the first off day for a lot of teams, and the firings came fast and hard:
- Pittsburgh, now under new ownership, fired Brian Burke, Ron Hextall and Chris Pryor
- Washington are parting ways with coach Peter Lavioulette who was on an expiring contract
- Dallas Eakins is gone from the Ducks on an expiring contract
- St. Louis fired their assistant coaches Craig MacTavish and Mike Van Ryn, but not their coach
There were a lot of really interesting quotes from the Flames locker cleanout.
One of the most positive players said this:
Big Z needs a bottle of Vodka to talk about the last 9 months 😅pic.twitter.com/7nmOdtUiof
— FlamesNation (@FlamesNation) April 14, 2023
Huberdeau: "Me and Darryl will figure it out and adjust some things."
— Salim Nadim Valji (@salimvalji) April 14, 2023
Also mentioned playing his off-wing for a long part of the season.#Flames
#Flames forward Mikael Backlund was asked about re-signing this summer.
— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) April 14, 2023
“I’m 34 years old. I want to win the Stanley Cup. I don’t know this summer what’s going to happen, if they offer me anything."
He suggested he’d like to see how things play out this summer.
Weegar: "It was a huge change for me, coming from Florida here…it was a difficult change, for sure."
— Salim Nadim Valji (@salimvalji) April 14, 2023
In other news from teams that are done:
Garrioch believes DeBrincat 'has no inclination of signing' in Ottawa, could be moved at draft
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) April 14, 2023
WATCH: https://t.co/hKqV10LFB7 pic.twitter.com/ZmxUb8KGL9
The Marlies finish up at home this weekend against last-place Belleville:
Come on down to @CocaColaClsm this weekend as we close out the regular season at 🏡 with 2 straight against the Senators 👊
— Toronto Marlies (@TorontoMarlies) April 14, 2023
There's only a limited number of tickets remaining, grab yours NOW ‼️
They have clinched first place and will await their semifinal opponent in a week or so from now as Laval and Utica play off first.
Logan Shaw of the @TorontoMarlies has been voted the winner of the AHL's 2022-23 Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for sportsmanship, determination and dedication to hockey. #AHLAwards
— AHL Communications (@AHLPR) April 14, 2023
📝: https://t.co/LKvG0y9GEO pic.twitter.com/JUbbZWBa3S
Hockey Canada announced their coaches for the Men's world:
André Tourigny will lead 🇨🇦 at #IIHFWorlds, alongside assistants D.J. Smith, Alex Tanguay and Troy Ryan.
— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) April 14, 2023
André Tourigny dirigera le 🇨🇦 au #MondialIIHF, aux côtés des adjoints D.J. Smith, Alex Tanguay et Troy Ryan.
FRANÇAIS ➡️ https://t.co/JCtUhXx4Dl
That's the women's team head coach in there as an assistant, which is a bit unusual.
Toronto beat Tampa 6-3:
That's the ball game!
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 15, 2023
The @BlueJays take it 6-3 and hand the Rays their first loss of the season. pic.twitter.com/9BdsRQXQMe
And that's enough for a Saturday. Have a great faux summer day if you're in Ontario. The regular season is over. The playoffs are about to begin.