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NHL : the Avalanche march on with a weapon that does not make much noise, their depth
Colorado is winning with more than just its stars Nathan MacKinnon can still turn a game with one burst of speed. Cale Makar can still turn an ordinary breakout into a dangerous rush. Gabriel Landeskog can still give the Avalanche that mix of leadership and grit that good spring teams always seem to have. But…
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NHL Play-Offs : can the Anaheim Ducks force a Game 7 against the Vegas Golden Knights?
The 2026 NHL playoffs are heating up, with Vegas one win from the conference final The final four in the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs is starting to take shape. The Colorado Avalanche have already booked their spot, as have the Carolina Hurricanes. And Thursday night could still turn it all on its head. Out West,…
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NHL : Avalanche stun the Wild in a night of chaos to book a Western final spot
A story that looked over, then turned into a miracle For much of the night, Denver wore a grim look. That heavy silence that settles over a rink when the favourite starts to realise the game may be slipping away. The Avalanche, regular-season powerhouses, were down 3-0 to the Minnesota Wild. Three goals conceded in…
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NHL – A show of force in Montreal: the Sabres were never in it.
The Newhook show rolls on: Montreal outclasses Buffalo and takes the lead Bell Centre was rocking on Sunday night, and the Sabres quickly realised this was going to be a long one. Even after a gut punch inside the opening minute, the Canadiens kept their cool and eventually blew Buffalo away 6-2. The convincing win…
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NHL Draft 2026 : the Toronto Maple Leafs land the No. 1 pick after a huge stroke of luck
A shock jump that changes everything It was the kind of night that can alter a franchise’s future. The Toronto Maple Leafs won the NHL Draft 2026 lottery to grab the first overall pick, despite having just an 8.5% chance of pulling it off. Entering with the fifth-best odds, Toronto somehow beat the field and…
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NHL : Vegas strikes first, but Anaheim has already shown it did not come just to make up the numbers
The first point goes to Vegas, but this Game 1 was anything but a stroll. Not even close. In a tight, hard-fought, sometimes suffocating contest, the Golden Knights eventually edged the Anaheim Ducks 3-1 thanks to a late third-period winner from Ivan Barbashev. A big win, of course, because it gives the Nevada franchise the…
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NHL : Hurricanes grind out the win, Hall breaks Philadelphia’s hearts
The Hurricanes didnt stroll through Game 2. They dragged it out of the fire. Down for long spells and rattled early by a Philadelphia side that came out sharper and hungrier than it did in Game 1, Rod Brind’Amour’s men eventually found a way, the kind strong teams always seem to do. In overtime, Taylor…
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NHL : Canadiens stun Tampa in a thriller to reach the second round in historic fashion
The Canadiens did it. In a suffocating Game 7, tight from first puck to last, they went into Tampa and won 2-1 to punch their ticket to the second round of the playoffs. On the Lightning’s ice, in a building buzzing to the point of boiling over, Montreal stood firm under pressure, bent but never…
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NHL : Colorado come out swinging and turn Game 1 into a goal-fest
The second-round series between Colorado and Minnesota barely had time to breathe before it went completely off the rails. On Sunday night at Ball Arena, the Avalanche won Game 1 9-6 in a wild, wide-open shootout where the offences took over and never really gave the defence a look in. Nine goals for Colorado, six…