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This Week in Hockey East: Single-elimination playoff format, unique among conferences, appears here to stay – College Hockey

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This Week in Hockey East: Single-elimination playoff format, unique among conferences, appears here to stay - College Hockey

Michael Hrabal has won 17 games this season for UMass (photo: UMass Athletics). Hockey East is the only one of college hockey’s six conferences to stage an entirely single-elimination tournament. That’s just fine with Massachusetts coach Greg Carvel. “Love it,” Carvel said. “I think the three-game series are stupid.” A best-two-of-three quarterfinal round was a … Read more

Knee Jerk Reaction: Leafs fall short against Sens in potential playoff preview

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The Battle of Ontario hasn’t had a ton of juice since the days of perennial playoff matchups and Darcy Tucker taking on the Senators’ bench. The Leafs have been near the top of the Atlantic Division for the last several years, while the Senators have been stuck in a perpetual rebuild, but Ottawa has taken … Read more

Youthful Bengals showing early success in SUNYAC playoff race – College Hockey

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Sophomore Jason Kwestel centers Buffalo State’s top line that is looking for more production in the second half of the SUNYAC schedule (Photo by Jennifer Meure) A quick look at the conference standings in the east sees some familiar and expected names at the top of the tables. That is until you get to the … Read more

Lobbying Adnan Virk to get every single Leafs playoff game on Amazon Prime: Leafs Morning Take

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The Toronto Maple Leafs are now a perfect 4-0-0 on Prime Monday Night Hockey this season. On top of that, two of those wins have come against Jon Cooper’s Tampa Bay Lightning. Before we got into the recap, we kicked off the Tuesday edition of Leafs Morning Take by dissecting the three-game suspension handed out … Read more