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New York Times
21-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
NHL playoff upsets coming? Plus, 3 questions about Team USA's World Championship win
Red Light newsletter 🏒 | This is the first edition of The Athletic's hockey newsletter. Sign up here to receive Red Light directly in your inbox. Good morning! We're two days into the playoffs, and five of the series have begun. Are you mad yet? You should probably be mad. Let's see if we can make that happen. Wait, you were sleeping? Unacceptable. It's Round 1 of the NHL playoffs — there's no time for sleeping. If you need some shut-eye, that's what Monday afternoon meetings are for. Other than that, keep your eyes open and your head on a swivel. Home teams hold serve 🏠 Yesterday's story, in one sentence: Three games, three big wins by home teams. Advertisement The day began with the Hurricanes hosting the Devils in an afternoon tilt. Carolina comes in as a big favorite, but with a recent history of falling short of expectations in the postseason and the sting of the Mikko Rantanen saga still on its mind. The Hurricanes looked good in the opener, pouring 45 shots on the Devils on the way to an impressive 4-1 win. Speaking of playoff underachievement, we all know the history in Toronto. But for one night at least, it all came together for the Maple Leafs in a series-opening win over the Senators. The big stars scored, the power play clicked, their goaltending was better and it all added up to a 6-2 win. Now the young Senators have to shake off a tough start and figure out how to fight back without taking penalties. MITCH MARNER, THAT WAS DISGUSTING! 🤢 #StanleyCup 🇺🇸: @espn ➡️ @Sportsnet or stream on Sportsnet+ ➡️ — NHL (@NHL) April 20, 2025 The late game saw the Golden Knights hold on to win a close one over the Wild. It was essentially a one-goal win, although a buzzer-beating empty netter made it a 4-2 final. The Wild stayed in it against a heavy favorite, but moral victories only go so far in the playoffs. Add it all up, and with the only road win coming from the stacked Avalanche over a decimated Stars team, you could argue we haven't seen an upset yet. With four games tonight, it shouldn't take us long to get there. Team USA captures gold in OT One thing missing from the NHL playoffs so far: the drama of sudden-death overtime. Luckily, yesterday's Women's World Championship gold medal game was there to provide the OT magic we were missing. Although it's fair to say American fans probably enjoyed it a lot more than Canadians did. The golden goal by Tessa Janecke! 🔥🇺🇸🥇 #WomensWorlds #IIHF @usahockey — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) April 20, 2025 That's Tessa Janecke burying the biggest goal of her life to give Team USA the gold. Our own Hailey Salvian was on the scene in Czechia to cover the tournament, and she took the time to answer a few questions for Red Light readers. Was there any point in the game — or even the tournament — when you had any doubt Team Canada and Team USA would end up deciding gold in overtime? 💬 For the 52 seconds Team USA had a 2-0 lead in the second period, I thought, 'Oh, this might be over' and 'maybe I can start writing my postgame story.' Advertisement That was very stupid of me. Because 52 seconds after Abbey Murphy gave the U.S. that lead, Danielle Serdachny cut it in half. Not even one minute later, Jennifer Gardiner tied it 2-2. That's typical of this rivalry, though. Any way you might think a game is going to go, you're probably wrong! As dramatic as the ending was, the goal also had a bit of a stench to it. What exactly happened in Canada's end to lead to Janecke's winner? 💬 For Canada, it started with a questionable line change, with Sarah Fillier heading off and Jocelyne Larocque holding the puck behind the crease. Janecke went hard on the forecheck against Larocque and disrupted her breakout pass, which was pretty easily intercepted by Taylor Heise. She made the shot-pass to find Janecke back door, and there you have it. We nearly saw an upset in the semifinal, when Team USA needed a comeback to earn a 2-1 win over Czechia. How important is that for the Czechia program, and how close are they to disrupting the USA/Canada stranglehold on gold medals? 💬 They're getting close. At least head coach Carla MacLeod said so in this incredible postgame speech after that semifinal loss. Czechia has a lot of talent on the roster. Kristýna Kaltounková was a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, given to the best player in women's college hockey, this season. Tereza Vanišová is among the top scorers in the PWHL. Tereza Plosová, who scored the opening goal against the U.S., is headed to the University of Minnesota and will only get better in the NCAA. But what makes the state of the women's game so exciting is that while Czechia gave the eventual champions a scare, they didn't even medal at this tournament. Finland beat them 4-3 in overtime earlier on Sunday, setting up a pretty solid top-four nations (and some rivalries) heading into the Milan Olympics, which are somehow only 10 months away. I should also mention: Czechia was an unbelievable host nation and set a record for the most fans ever at a Women's World Championship (122,331), passing the 2007 tournament hosted by Winnipeg. 🏒 'I was a die-hard Avalanche fan as a kid.' Pierre LeBrun sits down with Matt Duchene to discuss the emotions involved in facing his former team. 🥅 Uh oh, Andrei Vasilevskiy might be (very) good again. ❓ What kind of an NHL GM spends time thinking about robot submarines? A winning one, as it turns out. James Mirtle spent time with Ivy League outsider turned Hurricanes GM Eric Tulsky. 📢 The crew at 'The Athletic Hockey Show' discussed how the Avs look like true Cup contenders and reacted to listener voicemails from the Playoff Crisis Line. 📺 Canadiens @ Capitals 7 p.m. ET on ESPN / SN On paper, this is the biggest David vs. Goliath matchup of the first round. Now we find out if the Habs are just happy to be there or if they can shock the top seed. An upset win in the opener would go a long way to changing perceptions. 📺 Blues @ Jets 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 / CBC The underdog Blues had the Jets on the ropes in Game 1, but a late Winnipeg comeback sealed a win. Now we wait to see if that was a case of the Jets taking the Blues' best shot and shaking it off, or if St. Louis has shown it can hang with the Presidents' Trophy winners. Advertisement 📺 Avalanche @ Stars 9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN / SN360 Is it too early to call this a must-win for Dallas? Maybe, but after the Avalanche rolled to a Game 1 win, the Stars are now on an eight-game losing streak counting back to the regular season. If they head to Colorado down 2-0 in the series, they may not even make it back to Dallas for a Game 5. 📺 Oilers @ Kings 10 p.m. ET on ESPN2 / SN This is the fourth year in a row these teams have met in the first round, with the Oilers winning the previous three. But this time the Kings have home ice advantage to go with a league-best record on home ice. Will that matter? It should, but the Oilers can squash that narrative quickly with an early win. The full NHL playoff schedule is here. Try streaming games like these for free on Fubo. In celebration of the noble OGWAC Ah, the OGWAC — or for you newbies, the Old Guy Without a Cup. That's the beloved playoff archetype of the grizzled veteran who's done it all over the course of a long career, except win a ring. With time running out, we watch and wait to see if they can finally break through and get their lap with the Cup. When it happens, it's the best. Of course, sometimes the moment never comes. That was the case for Joe Pavelski, who retired last summer without ever getting his hands on the big trophy. His former Sharks teammate Joe Thornton played 24 seasons but never won it all. Neither did Jarome Iginla, or Marcel Dionne or Henrik Lundqvist. This year, as always, the playoffs start with plenty of potential OGWAC stories. So who are the best? You could go with the league's oldest skater, 40-year-old Blues defenseman Ryan Suter. Maybe you prefer Carolina's Brent Burns, the bearded 40-year-old who's been in the league since before there was a salary cap. Claude Giroux, 37, is trying to write an OGWAC story for his hometown team in Ottawa. Stars captain Jamie Benn, 35, might be on his way out in Dallas, while Jeff Skinner, 33 next month, is the rare OGWAC who's making his playoff debut. Advertisement There are so many candidates that it's impossible to rank them all. So of course I tried anyway, in my annual OGWAC rankings. With Pavelski retired, the top spot he'd held down for years is now up for grabs. It's not quite the biggest prize these guys are chasing right now, but it's probably a close second. 📫 Love Red Light? Check out The Athletic's other newsletters. Streaming links in this article are provided by partners of The Athletic. Restrictions may apply. The Athletic maintains full editorial independence. Partners have no control over or input into the reporting or editing process and do not review stories before publication.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
USA Wins Gold In Overtime Thriller, Canada Takes Silver
Tessa Janecke was the hero scoring with less than four minutes to go in overtime to lift USA to the 4-3 win, and gold at the 2025 World Championships. Janecke forced Joceylne Larocque who had control of the puck behind Canada's net on the forecheck. Larocque sent a weak pass up the boards which was picked off by Taylor Heise creating a 2-on-1 with Janecke opening up back door where Heise found her beating an outstretched Ann-Renee Desbiens. "Games between these two teams are always classics and tonight was no different," said John Wroblewski, head coach of Team USA "We had players up and down the lineup step up for us. It was a team effort I couldn't be prouder of them." At the other end of the ice Gwyneth Philips was spectacular stopping ten shots in overtime. She came into the game midway through the third period after Laura Stacey collided with Aerin Frankel sending Frankel to the bench, and forcing Philips, who played her first World Championship games with USA at this tournament into the crease with the game tied 2-2. Earlier in the game, the teams traded feverish goals with Caroline Harvey and Abbey Murphy giving USA a 2-0 lead only 29 seconds apart, before Canada answered back tying the game 1:47 later on goals by Danielle Serdachny and Jennifer Gardiner. After Frankel was injured, Taylor Heise gave USA the 3-2 lead on the ensuing 5-on-3 powerplay. Canada again answered to tie the game on a goal from Sarah Fillier. In overtime, Canada dominated the possession, but it was Janecke who gave USA the gold medal. Here's Tessa Janecke's overtime winner for Team amazing #WomensWorlds tournament. — Ian Kennedy (@IanKennedyCK) April 20, 2025 While USA took gold, Canada's Marie-Philip Poulin was named tournament MVP. She led the tournament with 12 points in seven games and became Canada's all-time leading scorer in the process. USA's Aerin Frankel was named Best Goaltender, while Caroline Harvey was named Best Defender. The media All-Star team was Klara Peslarova (Czechia), Renata Fast (Canada), Ronja Savolainen (Finland), Kristyna Kaltounkova (Czechia), Marie-Philip Poulin (Canada), and Kelly Pannek (USA).
Chicago Tribune
20-04-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
United States wins the women's ice hockey world championship final 4-3 in OT against Canada
CESKE BUDEJOVICE, Czech Republic — Tessa Janecke scored the winner as the United States prevailed in overtime over defending champion Canada 4-3 to win the women's ice hockey world championship on Sunday. Janecke struck with 2:54 left in overtime for the Americans to claim the 11th title at the worlds. Abbey Murphy and Taylor Heise scored a goal and had an assist, and Caroline Harvey also scored for the U.S. 'Shock and awe,' U.S. goalie Gwyneth Philips said after the drama. 'I'm ecstatic.' The U.S. cruised through the tournament, winning the preliminary group with four wins from four, including a 2-1 win over Canada, and eliminating Germany in the quarterfinals and Finland in the semifinals. The 12-day, 10-nation tournament in the southern Czech city of Ceske Budejovice represented the final major international tune-up before the 2026 Winter Games in Italy. Danielle Serdachny, Jennifer Gardiner and Sarah Fillier scored for Canada.
CBC
20-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
United States take down Canada in overtime to win women's hockey worlds gold
Tessa Janecke was the benefactor of a bad turnover by the Canadians, as she buried a pass from Taylor Heise to clinch a 4-3 overtime victory against Canada. This gave the United States the win over their rivals for a third-consecutive women's world championships tournament.
The Guardian
20-04-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
USA hail ‘shock and awe' win over Canada to seal women's world ice hockey title
Tessa Janecke scored the winner as the United States prevailed in overtime over defending champion Canada 4-3 to win the women's ice hockey world championship on Sunday. Janecke struck with 2:54 left in overtime for the Americans to claim their 11th title at the worlds. Abbey Murphy and Taylor Heise scored a goal and had an assist, and Caroline Harvey also scored for the US. Danielle Serdachny, Jennifer Gardiner and Sarah Fillier scored for Canada. 'Shock and awe,' USA goalie Gwyneth Philips said after the drama. 'I'm ecstatic.' The US cruised through the tournament, winning the preliminary group with four wins from four, including a 2-1 win over Canada, and eliminating Germany in the quarter-finals and Finland in the semi-finals. The 12-day, 10-nation tournament in the southern Czech city of Ceske Budejovice represented the final major international tune-up before the 2026 Winter Games in Italy.
