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Hamilton Spectator
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Julien's late goal lifts unbeaten Knights past winless Oceanic at Memorial Cup
RIMOUSKI - Jacob Julien's goal at 14:53 of the third period off a slick three-way passing play snapped a 1-1 tie and lifted the unbeaten London Knights to a 3-1 victory over the winless Rimouski Oceanic at the 2025 Memorial Cup on Sunday night. Star forward Easton Cowan beat an Oceanic defender with a nice between the legs deke, passed the puck to a trailing Kasper Halttunen, who quickly passed back across the ice to Julien for a net-front tap-in that easily beat netminder Mathis Langevin. Henry Brzustewicz and Cowan, with an empty-netter with under two minutes left, also scored for the Ontario Hockey League champions who beat the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League champion Moncton Wildcats 3-2 in overtime on Saturday. Eriks Mateiko scored a second-period goal for the Oceanic, who lost their tournament opener 5-4 to the Western Hockey League champion Medicine Hat Tigers on Friday. The Knights outshot the Oceanic 36-29 and went 0-for-1 on the power play. The Oceanic were 0-for-4 with the man advantage. Knights' netminder Austin Elliott made 28 saves, while Langevin made 33 saves. The first period was scoreless and the teams were tied 1-1 heading into the third period. The tournament-host Oceanic will play the Moncton Wildcats on Wednesday needing a win to stay alive in the Memorial Cup hunt. With the win, the Knights are guaranteed at least a berth in the championship semifinals. UP NEXT The Medicine Hat Tigers (1-0) face the Moncton Wildcats (0-1) on Monday, while the Knights (2-0) face the Tigers on Tuesday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 25, 2025.
Fox Sports
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Emily Clark's OT goal lifts Charge over Frost 2-1 in final series opener
Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Emily Clark scored at 2:47 of overtime on Tuesday night to lead the Ottawa Charge to a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Frost. With the win, the Charge take a 1-0 lead in the Professional Women's Hockey League best-of-five championship series for the Walter Cup. Game 2 in the series is Thursday in Ottawa. Ottawa is a perfect 3-0 on home ice through the playoffs. The Frost have never won Game 1 of a playoff series in four attempts. Clark came down the wing and wired a shot past Nicole Hensley, who finished the game with 17 saves. The game required extra time after Gwyneth Philips had a rare miscue early in the third period, leading to the Frost's tying goal. Philips, who stopped 25 shots, mishandled the puck while attempting to play it, turning it over to Katy Knoll. Knoll quickly fed a pass to Klara Hymlarova, who buried the wide-open chance to tie the game 1-1. With 6:08 remaining in regulation the Charge were set to go on the power play but officials then reviewed an incident that saw Rebecca Leslie cross check Mellissa Channell-Watkins. It was initially assessed as a major but then downgraded to a minor creating offsetting minors. Leslie had brought the crowd to its feet midway through the second period when she beat Hensley high glove side to give Ottawa a 1-0 lead. Moments earlier the Frost had been generating a number of chances on the power play, but Philips was solid. As the penalty was expiring the Charge were able to clear the puck with Jocelyne Larocque making a cross-ice pass to Tereza Vanisova who dropped a pass to Leslie. Hensley couldn't get a clear view of the shot, partially screened by her teammate Lee Stecklein. ___ AP Women's Hockey: recommended in this topic
Montreal Gazette
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Montreal Gazette
Montreal Victoire coach focuses on second-season PWHL playoffs, not on the past
Montreal Victoire Montreal Victoire head coach Kori Cheverie isn't feeling nostalgic about last year's playoffs. In fact, she doesn't really want to talk about them, and who can blame her? With the Professional Women's Hockey League second-season playoffs starting this week, Cheverie is naturally focused on the present — as in the first game of the Victoire series versus the Ottawa Charge, which takes place Thursday evening at Place Bell in Laval (7 p.m., airing on TSN and RDS). The Victoire are entering the best-of-five series and the entire playoffs as heavy favourites, given that they finished first overall in the league this season. But though the coach doesn't want to hear about it, others can't help looking back to last spring and how the Montreal hockey team fared in its first venture into the post-season. The short version? Not so good. They lost three straight games to the Boston Fleet, all in overtime. Let's just say that's a tough way to go out. So when Cheverie was asked Wednesday what lessons the team learned from that playoff loss, she wasn't eager to look back in the rear-view mirror. 'To be honest, we haven't talked about last year at all this year,' said Cheverie, talking to reporters after practice Wednesday at the CEPSUM arena at the Université de Montréal. 'It's not a topic that we discuss. We made that kind of a thing at the beginning of the year, that we wouldn't even use the words 'last year.' To me, that's a very foreign term. We have a completely different team, so even if we were to talk about it, it would not land. So for us, all we need to focus on is what it is we need to do moving forward. 'And would we have done things differently last year? Not sure. Because we took what we had and we did what we did and we had the three best games we could have had in a row, and it just turned out that they scored one more than us in OT.' Because the Victoire finished first this season, the team was allowed to pick its opponent from the third- and fourth-place teams (which had the same amount of points), and they chose the Ottawa Charge. No one has said publicly why they picked Ottawa, though it would be a reasonable guess that they'd prefer a team that's just a two-hour bus ride away. The other choice would have been the Minnesota Frost, who started their series against the Toronto Sceptres at the Coca-Cola Coliseum in T.O. on Wednesday. The other reason the Victoire coach doesn't want to dwell on last year is because her team had a blockbuster second season. Montreal's record was 19-8-3, putting them at the top of the league. Marie-Philip Poulin, the team's captain, led the league in goals, with 19, and the team's first line — made up of Poulin, Laura Stacey and Jennifer Gardiner — is considered by many to be the best line in the league. Poulin is nicknamed Captain Clutch because she has scored three gold-medal-winning goals in women's Olympic hockey for Team Canada. 'She's a huge part of our team,' said Cheverie. 'She leads the way in so many different ways, and mainly in all the little things she does in the right way. She works extremely hard on the ice. She leads by example. She's going to be checked tightly this series and so it's really important for her, regardless of what happens in terms of how tight they're checking her, I know she's going to find a way. She's going to find those open-ice areas. She's going to find a way to get her shot away. For her, she's been so integral to this team and I know she's going to continue to bring those big moments for this group.' This is Gardiner's first PWHL playoff series, and the forward from Surrey, B.C., who played five years at Ohio State (garnering 171 points in 176 games), admitted she's going through a whole host of emotions this week. 'Obviously in playoffs, no matter where you are, you know a lot's on the line and every single game has so much weight on it,' said Gardiner. 'But obviously I've never had a playoff game in front of 10,000 of the best fans in all of North America, so to get to be able to do that is pretty special. 'There's a lot to look forward to. We know the building's going to be super loud. We know Montreal fans are going to show up for us.' This story was originally published May 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM.
Irish Times
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Railway Union make history as they beat Loreto again to retain Champions Trophy
A 2-1 victory over Loreto in Banbridge on Sunday saw Railway Union become the first club to win the Champions Trophy two years in a row. Railway won the competition for the first time last season by beating the same opposition, their success securing them a place in next season's European Hockey League, with Loreto going in to the second level of that competition. While Railway needed a last-minute penalty stroke from Róisín Upton to win last year's final, this time the Limerick woman gave them a first-quarter lead from a penalty corner. And Emma Smyth doubled that advantage soon after when she sent a reverse strike past Elizabeth Murphy after the Loreto goalkeeper had saved Katie Mullan's initial shot. There was no more scoring until 11 minutes from time when Caitlin Sherin converted a penalty stoke for Loreto, but despite being a player down in the closing stages, after Mullan was green-carded, Railway held on for a deserved victory. Railway had beaten Ulster Elks 2-0 in Saturday's semi-finals, while a double from Emily Kealy sent Loreto on their way to a 2-1 win over Old Alexandra. The sides have been the chief contenders for all three of the season's major prizes, Loreto having beaten Railway to the Hockey League title. And next Saturday, they meet in the Irish Senior Cup final. Some rivalry.
CBC
03-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Mrázová nets OT winner to lift Charge past Sceptres 2-1, clinch PWHL playoff berth
Social Sharing Kateřina Mrázová scored 2:52 into overtime to lift the Ottawa Charge to a 2-1 regular-season finale win over the Toronto Sceptres and a playoff berth Saturday in the Professional Women's Hockey League. WATCH | Mrázová's overtime winner sends Charge to PWHL postseason for 1st time: Mrázová's overtime winner sends Charge to PWHL postseason for 1st time 53 minutes ago Duration 2:08 Brianne Jenner also scored for Ottawa (12-2-4-12). Gwyneth Philips stopped 13 shots. The Charge came in needing a win of any kind, or a Minnesota loss against Boston later Saturday, to secure their first post-season appearance in the PWHL. Ottawa lost 5-2 to Toronto in the regular-season finale last season needing a regulation win to secure a playoff spot. Ottawa lost 3-0 to Minnesota on Wednesday with a chance to move six or seven points ahead of the Frost — with either an overtime/shootout win or a regulation win — and clinch a playoff spot. Sarah Nurse scored for Toronto (12-3-6-9). Kristen Campbell made 22 saves, while becoming the fourth PWHL goaltender to reach 1,000 career regular-season saves. The Sceptres entered the day with a chance to steal first place from Montreal with a win and a New York regulation win over Montreal later Saturday. The top-seeded team entering the post-season gets its choice of opponent for the best-of-five semifinal series. Both teams already secured playoff spots, with Toronto opening the post-season Wednesday and Montreal on Thursday. Their opponents will be determined Sunday. Takeaways Sceptres: Toronto struggled to get shots on net against the Charge, sometimes settling for shots from the point instead of inching closer into the offensive zone to potentially get a better opportunity. It's the seventh in nine games since the start of March that Toronto has been unable to score more than two goals in a game. Charge: Ottawa had more offensive volume with shots on net, but didn't have many threatening chances either in regulation. The Charge outshot Toronto 24-14, with the second period count being 11-4 in favour of Ottawa. The Charge showed more urgency in overtime, however. Key moment Mrázová cut across in front in the slot and whipped it past Campbell to the delight of the Charge fans at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Key stat Since the February international break, the Charge are 7-1-2-4, the league's second-best record behind the Sceptres (7-3-1-3) entering Saturday. The Ottawa offence has been leading the way in that span averaging 3.00 goals per game. Ottawa averaged 1.80 goals per game before Feb. 11, fewest in the PWHL.
