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The Rundown - Nationals Preview

Eight teams have officially puched their tickets to Elmira, Ontario for the 2026 U SPORTS National Women's Hockey Championship that will kick off on Thursday. The Waterloo Warriors are the host team for the second-straight year as they look to improve on their silver medal earned last year. Three more teams will play for a second-straight year in Elmira, and four will look to make their marks on this year's tournament in their returns. Let's look at the eight teams who will determine Canada's ...

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How the Oilers have changed since the Olympic break

The Olympics gave the Edmonton Oilers a rare three-week reset after a disappointing stretch of hockey. They limped into the break with an underwhelming 4-5 record despite playing eight of those nine games at home. Coming out of the pause, they introduced major changes across both personnel and systems. They traded for Jason Dickinson, Connor…

Pre-Scout: Oilers begin four-game homestand vs Nashville Predators

In the immortal words of Dr. Evil to Austin Powers, “We’re not so different, you and I…” The Edmonton Oilers only get 48 hours to chew on their Bettman point after blowing a two-goal, third-period lead against the St. Louis Blues on Friday night, and suffering a 3-2 overtime loss. The Preds have had an…

Clarkson Pulls Off Improbable Comeback to Sweep Top-Seeded Quinnipiac

Despite sometimes erratic stretches, Clarkson showed the ability to defeat top teams at times throughout the season — Penn State, North Dakota and Cornell. But this weekend, it turned in its finest hour against Quinnipiac.Friday's win, a dominant effort, was quite something in and of itself. But the Golden Knights went one better Saturday, pulling off an improbable comeback, and improbable sweep...

Minnesota Duluth Jumped on North Dakota and Never Let Go

So much changed for the better for North Dakota this season, as it transitioned from Brad Berry to Dane Jackson as head coach. Jackson's first season was marked by a consistency that was lacking in recent seasons, and it was strong from start to finish in the regular season, and is assured a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.But one thing that didn't change was North Dakota's inability to get back...

OSU Stuns Munn, Continues Cinderella Ride to Championship Game

There was a bit of déja vu in Munn Ice Arena on Saturday night.In the Big Ten semifinal matchup with fast-paced hockey and power plays on display, the Michigan State Spartans and the Ohio State Buckeyes, knotted up at 2-2, were heading to a sudden-death overtime.The last time these two teams met in the regular season, the Spartans took the victory in a 13-round shootout, the third-longest in NCAA...

'Heavyweight Match': Denver Takes Down Western Michigan in OT

As reigning national champion Western Michigan and the sport's winningest program Denver battled into overtime Saturday night at Magness Arena — with any onlooker realizing that neither team, nor goaltender, really "deserved" a loss, per se — a sudden, unexpected bounce was perhaps the only way this NCHC semifinal could realistically end.Finnish senior Samu Salminen, a New Jersey Devils prospect...

St. Thomas Outduels Augustana to Earn CCHA Title Game Rematch

If we've learned one thing about Minnesota State over the years, it's that if you give it an opening, it will take it.The Mavericks built a tradition of champions under Mike Hastings, and have continued it with Luke Strand in charge, and will get another opportunity next Friday night, at home, when it takes on St. Thomas in the CCHA championship game. It's a rematch of last year's title game, which...

¡Campeonas!

As you're likely aware if you've passed elementary school social studies, Spain is not part of Canada in any way, shape, or form, but we got to see two former U SPORTS players crowned as champions today in the Liga Iberdrola de Hockey Hielo! I have been following the progress made by Club Gel Puigcerdà as the scheduled rolled forward thanks to former Calgary Dinos forward Annalise Meier and former Dinos and Mount Royal Cougars forward Courtney Kollman playing for them. As you can see by the im...

Two U SPORTS Netminders!

The PWHL's Ottawa Charge went off the board today as they searched for another netminder among the free agent ranks. They already have former UNB Reds netminder Kendra Woodland on their roster, and they doubled the number of former U SPORTS netminders under their watch as they signed former Mount Royal Cougars stopper Kaitlyn Ross to a 10-day Standard Player Agreement! I won't try to deceive anyone here by saying that I had a little fun Photoshopping Kaitlyn into action with the Charge, but sh...

Top 100 Oilers: No. 43 — Kelly Buchberger

Oilersnation is reviving the Top 100 Edmonton Oilers of All Time list, a project originally created by the late Robin Brownlee in 2015. Kelly Buchberger comes in at No. 43 on our updated 2025 list. He was ranked No. 27 on Brownlee’s original list. The Edmonton Oilers’ dynasty years were built because of not just…

A Huge Win By Any Measure

Having heard about some of the experiences that Team Manitoba's parahockey players have endured in trying to practice and play here in Manitoba, I have a better understanding about why accessibility matters. Manitoba's sledge hockey players are begging for resources and ice time so they can play more often, but those pleas often finds silence when it comes time to hitting the ice. I can't imagine what it was like for the two para athletes above when it came to mastering their chosen sport as P...

The Day After 67.0: Strong effort wasted as Oilers hope lost point doesn’t ‘come and haunt us later’

The Edmonton Oilers accomplished the bare minimum, securing a winning record on their four-game road trip this past week. They secured big wins over the Vegas Golden Knights and Colorado Avalanche in the first two games of the trip, dropped a stinker against the Dallas Stars, and watched the St. Louis Blues whittle away and…

Four positives from Oilers’ four-game road trip: Frederic is finding a new gear, the Nurse-Murphy pairing has potential, and more

The Edmonton Oilers went 2-1-1 on their recent four-game road trip, which isn’t bad, but giving up a two-goal lead last game against the St. Louis Blues and losing in overtime certainly stung, letting a valuable point slip away. Nevertheless, there were several positives to take from the trip, including beating a dangerous Colorado Avalanche…

NHL Tank Index: Which bad teams are best positioned to boost their draft lottery odds?

We’re entering the stretch drive of the NHL regular season, and about a third of the league’s teams are already playing mostly meaningless games. Some of these fan bases are actively rooting for losses, so their teams have the best possible draft lottery odds of landing the No. 1 pick. >> Read the full post at The Athletic (Want to read this post on The Athletic for free? Sign up for a free trial .)

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