Yesterday the IIHF Men's World's quarterfinals were set, and John Tavares did Tinus Luc Koblar a favour by getting the winning goal in Canada's game against Czechia. By beating the Czechs, Norway comes second (!!) in their group and faces Latvia in the quarterfinals, a game they could conceivably win to get to the semifinals.

Today is an off-day, so this is tomorrow's lineup:

The PWHL is releasing salary information, something they refused to do while Brian Burke was involved in the PWHLPA.

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Pronger confirms he interviewed for top Maple Leafs job
Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Chris Pronger interviewed for the Toronto Maple Leafs’ president of hockey operations role, he confirmed on TSN 1050’s OverDrive on Monday.
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Malkin signs 1-year, $5.5 million contract to remain with Penguins | NHL.com
Forward will play 21st NHL season, ranks 3rd all-time for Pittsburgh in scoring
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I tuned into Vegas vs Colorado last night to watch the third period and discovered they have no Eastern Time bias and it was only half over! What is this? I gave up. It was 1-0 Vegas, so either they won and advanced to the SCF or they did not.

The Marlies start their Conference Final in Wilkes-Barre tonight. That's all for now. Have a good Wednesday.

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