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Appreciating the Mittys of Sports

As the sports calendar turns from spring/summer to fall/winter, it is an appropriate time to reflect on one of the great stories in sports this year, that being Michael Block’s stunning closing holes to finish in the top 15 of the PGA Championship, thereby earning a return trip to next year’s tournament. Block ably personified […]

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Professional Women’s Hockey League Announces Six Markets

The Professional Women’s Hockey League’s inaugural season will launch in January 2024 with teams in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Boston, Minneapolis–St. Paul and the New York City area. The PWHL will start play after having bought out the Premier Hockey Federation in June. The PHF previously had teams in Montreal, Toronto, Boston, the Minneapolis—St. Paul region […]

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Volt hockey offers athletes with disabilities the chance to move around in specialized wheelchairs that go up to 10 mph. Photo courtesy of Boston Whiplash

Volt Hockey Offers Athletes with Disabilities an Exciting New Sport

The Northeastern University men’s and women’s hockey teams showed up to the rink prepared for a battle. These teams have won Beanpot tournaments and been to Frozen Fours, but they were no match for the squads they were up against. Two games took place that day in Boston, with the Division I athletes getting blanked […]

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Boston Pride forward Tori Sullivan shoots on Minnesota Whitecaps goaltender Amanda Leveille during a PHF game on January 25, 2020. (Collin Nawrocki)

Report: Women’s Hockey Leagues to Merge

The Premier Hockey Federation has been bought by a co-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers who intends to merge the PHF with another group to create a new women’s pro league that would start in January, according to media reports. Mark Walter’s firm acquired the PHF, which was scheduled to begin its ninth season of […]

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2027 IIHF World Championship Heads to Germany

Germany will host the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2027 World Championship at Dusseldorf’s PSD Bank Dome and Mannheim’s SAP Arena, the IIHF announced on Friday during its annual congress. Germany was selected ahead of Kazakhstan with 102 votes. Germany co-hosted the 2017 tournament alongside France and was the sole host in 2010, when games were […]

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2026 World Junior Hockey Championship

Status The bid deadline is July 1, 2023 Inside Track The International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship is the most anticipated hockey tournament across the world every season and USA Hockey been selected as the host nation for the 2026 World Juniors, which will be the 50th anniversary of the Championship. The 2023 event […]

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Utica to Host 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship

The 2024 IIHF Women’s World Championship will be hosted by Utica, New York, with games at multiple venues throughout the Mohawk Valley Region, USA Hockey announced on Sunday before this year’s world championship title game between the U.S. and Canada in which the Americans won 6-3 to claim its first win over its rivals since […]

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Russia, Belarus Barred from Ice Hockey Worlds

The International Ice Hockey Federation announced on Wednesday that Russia and Belarus will be banned from all world championships next season, including the Women’s World Championships scheduled to be held in the United States. The IIHF cited security concerns for players, competition staff and fans because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “It is too soon,” […]

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USA Hockey Launching USAHockeyTV.com

USA Hockey has launched USAHockeyTV.com as a destination to watch exclusive content associated with the National Governing Body with both games and other associated feature content. The platform will include live games and more from the Chipotle-USA Hockey National Championships and home games from USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. The platform will include both […]

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