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21 hours ago
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Ryan Mountcastle scores on double steal
Abbotsford Canucks Advance To The 2025 Calder Cup Playoff Western Conference Final With A 5–0 Win Against The Colorado Eagles The Abbotsford Canucks are heading to the 2025 Calder Cup Playoff Western Conference Final. They took a dominant 5–0 win over the Colorado Eagles in Game 5, making this their third straight series-clinching game to end in a shutout. Linus Karlsson (2), Phil Di Giuseppe (2), and Cole McWard scored for the AHL Canucks, while Artūrs Šilovs stopped all 34 shots against for his fourth shutout of the postseason. 1:28 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
CBS News
2 days ago
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Canadian announcer said he was hit with a chair during a minor league hockey game in Colorado
American Hockey League announcer Brandon Astle said he was hit by a chair by a fan while calling a Colorado Eagles playoff game in Loveland. His call was caught during the broadcast of the Eagles and Abbotsford Canucks game on Monday night at Blue Arena. Astle is the play-by-play voice of the Abbotsford Canucks. After a thud is heard, Astle said "got some yahoo chirping at me from behind. Get out of here! What was he doing? Security! Try that again ... I'm fired up. He threw my chair at me, hit me right in the back of the leg. Like, what was he doing here? Unreal. Have another beer." The Eagles would go on to lose the game 5-0 and the Pacific Division Finals series of the Calder Cup playoffs to Abbotsford on Monday. The Colorado Eagles are a professional minor league hockey team. They were founded in 2003. Since 2018, they've been an affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche. That's also when the team moved to the AHL from the ECHL. The Eagles have yet to win the Calder Cup since making that move.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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2025 Memorial Cup: What's At Stake In The Final Round-Robin Games
2025 Calder Cup Division Final Preview: 1) Colorado Eagles Versus 2) Abbotsford Canucks Last week, the Abbotsford Canucks did something they'd never done in franchise history — clinched a spot in the Calder Cup Division Finals. They defeated the Coachella Valley Firebirds in four games to send themselves to the final eight of the 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs. Tonight, May 16, is the first game of their third-round series in which they'll take on the conference-leading Colorado Eagles. 1:38 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Fox News
4 days ago
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Hockey announcer confronted by raucous fan, hit with chair during live broadcast
The Abbotsford Canucks' victory in a decisive Game 5 of the second-round American Hockey League's Calder Cup playoff series against the Colorado Eagles was marred by a chair-throwing incident. Before the Canucks celebrated a 5-0 win and a spot in the Western Conference Finals, a rowdy fan got into a heated exchange with the team's Brandon Astle during the live broadcast of the matchup. The Canucks are the Vancouver Canucks' minor league affiliate, while the Eagles serve as the developmental affiliate of the NHL's Colorado Avalanche. Abbotsford held a 2-0 lead in the semifinal series when a noticeable noise appeared to briefly distract Astle. The broadcaster revealed that the noise was the result of a fan throwing a chair, which ultimately struck him in the leg. "Got some yahoo chirping at me from behind. Get out of here! What was he doing? Security! Try that again," Astle said. "I'm fired up. He threw my chair at me, hit me right in the back of the leg. Like, what was he doing here? Unreal. Have another beer," the broadcaster added. After the game, Astle took to his social media platform to offer an apology for his handling of the situation. "I could have handled this better, but was in shock & fired up as you can tell, as that has never happened to me before…I know that one yahoo does not reflect the Eagles organization or their fans & apparently was found and kicked out," he wrote on X. The Canucks will meet the Texas Stars in the conference finals. The winner will advance to the Calder Cup Finals. Game 1 of the series begins on May 29. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
National Post
4 days ago
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An Abbotsford Canucks announcer was hit with a chair and no one will talk about it
So the long and short of this all is that yes, it does seem Abbotsford Canucks announcer Brandon Astle was struck in some way with a chair allegedly thrown by a Colorado Eagles fan during the broadcast of Monday's series-clinching win for the Canucks at Blue Arena in Loveland, Colo. Article content 'Got some yahoo chirping at me from behind,' Astle said late in the first period of the game, after Phil Di Giuseppe scored to make it 2-0. Article content 'I'm fired up. He threw my chair at me. Hit me right in the back of my leg. What was he doing here?' he then said about 20 seconds later, after a whistle had stopped play. Article content 'Unreal. Have another beer,' he then quipped to the viewing audience. Article content Astle later posted to X about the incident, first posting a classic WWE clip of Stone Cold Steve Austin attacking The Rock with a chair, then a later post where he commented on a post of the audio of the incident. Article content 'I could have handled this better, but was in shock & fired up as you can tell, as that has never happened to me before… I know that one yahoo does not reflect the Eagles organization or their fans & apparently was found and kicked out,' he wrote. Article content ummm @brandon_astle, are you good? 😮 — Lizz Child (@LizzChild) May 26, 2025 Article content An account on X then went at him, suggesting they were the fan and that Astle's account was incorrect. Article content Astle did not respond to an inquiry about the event, though another source told Postmedia that Astle's claims were indeed legit. Article content But no one else is really talking either, leaving a few questions. Article content The Canucks' director of communications Craig MacEwen declined to comment: 'we don't have any comment. Feel the incident has been dealt with and is over.' Article content Kevin McGlue, the Eagles' vice-president of communications, also declined to further clarify what had happened: 'Thank you for reaching out. We have had discussions with Brandon over the past 24 hours, and the two teams are not going to be providing any further comment on the matter.' Article content McGlue wouldn't even confirm or deny that the fan who is alleged to have thrown the chair was ejected from the building. Article content The silence is a bit odd, though perhaps the Canucks would rather concentrate on their outstanding playoff run: they're set to face the Texas Stars in the AHL Western Conference championship, starting Thursday at the Abbotsford Centre. Article content Often road announcers in the AHL are left to broadcast from a table in or adjacent to the stands. What Colorado's setup is isn't known. Was there a security guard posted in Astle's area? How did the fan get so close to him in the first place? Should the Canucks have had a staffer sitting with him? Article content
