Pokecheque wrote:I read the first-ever Michigan was scored in the PWHL, can't remember who did it though.
Chris18 wrote:NY lost 5-2 to Ottawa, which is a huge blow to their playoff chances, but in individual news, Abby Roque scored the first ever Michigan in the PWHL. They showed her on the bench a few minutes later and you could read her lips saying "I didn't think it was going to work".
Pokecheque wrote:I am perfectly okay with those goals BTW, and also okay with defensemen absolutely demolishing any player who tries it (which happened in a PSU/UConn showdown in the NCAA tournament). The only thing I am NOT on board with is smacking the goalie in the facemask with your stick while slamming it in the net.
Fully agreed. It's a legal goal. Is it disrespectful? Maybe? Don't let it happen then. I destroyed a guy for trying it against my beer league team and one of the only times I've ever hoped for violence in one of my daughters' games was when we were getting whooped like 11-0 and a girl started to try it. I yelled "stop her stop her stop her!" Our players stopped her.
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Part of the risk of doing the Michigan in the first place is that you have to look down at the puck for a moment as you scoop it onto your stick blade with a (likely) angry defenseman standing in front of you ready to murder anyone who tries to get to the net. So I'm not at all on board with ever banning the move, I think it's pretty cool when it happens--but I don't feel too sorry for the players who get upended when they try it. You know the risks, so if you're gonna do it, do it quickly.
Pokecheque wrote:Part of the risk of doing the Michigan in the first place is that you have to look down at the puck for a moment as you scoop it onto your stick blade with a (likely) angry defenseman standing in front of you ready to murder anyone who tries to get to the net. So I'm not at all on board with ever banning the move, I think it's pretty cool when it happens--but I don't feel too sorry for the players who get upended when they try it. You know the risks, so if you're gonna do it, do it quickly.
Yeah, I think that's why so few people try it. A single goal isn't worth the concussion you're likely to get from trying it. Roque had a perfect scenario. The D all turned away from her for some reason as she was heading behind the net. I guess they thought she was going to try a short side stuff.
I still can't pick the puck up from the ice for it so I'm no threat.
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The PWHL is expanding next year. Two new teams. One in Vancouver and one to be announced this week. I'm going to say Detroit. Announcement should be out next week.
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Chris18 wrote:The PWHL is expanding next year. Two new teams. One in Vancouver and one to be announced this week. I'm going to say Detroit. Announcement should be out next week.
Hope the names are cool. Was pretty disappointed in the first batch, though "Victoire" has grown on me.
Chris18 wrote:The PWHL is expanding next year. Two new teams. One in Vancouver and one to be announced this week. I'm going to say Detroit. Announcement should be out next week.
Hope the names are cool. Was pretty disappointed in the first batch, though "Victoire" has grown on me.
Yeah, I still hate that the Sirens claim it's for NYC's constant 1st responder sirens, not the mythological creature. Could have been soooooo much better that way. As it is, fans copy the Sponge Bog "wee woo" siren sound at games. It is NOT exciting. It's really frigging annoying.
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I thought this was an unfounded rumor, but it's true. The PWHL is quickly expanding with an 8th team, and immediately creating a rivalry with Vancouver: Seattle. Geography and being expansion teams the same year should make for a good storyline.
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Pretty psyched to see Montreal choose Ottawa as their 1st round opponent, and lose to them in 4 games (5 game series). Finals are Minnesota vs Ottawa, the 4 & 3 teams respectively. Series begins 5/20.
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Finals are tied after the Charge & Frost each win a game in OT.
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Chris18 wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 7:31 am
Finals are tied after the Charge & Frost each win a game in OT.
Game 3 went to triple OT before the Frost won it. 2-1 lead in the best of 5 series, with game 4 at home today. Ottawa hoping to force game 5 on Wed.
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Minnesota repeats as champions, winning game 4 in OT. 3-1 series win sounds pretty dominant but all 4 games went to OT. Can’t get closer than that.
Hopefully they don’t fire the GM again.
Two expansion teams coming in. Draft will be a little bit more interesting. Haven’t seen anything about expansion draft rules yet.
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E.L. wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 8:11 am
The expectation is Montreal is going to get pretty shaken up in the expansion draft. Two years of choking in the semis for them.
I loved that they chose Ottawa and then lost to them.
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On one hand you gotta hand it to the Frost for their second Walter Cup, but on the other hand, if the behind-the-scenes drama that ousted the GM who built that team to begin with have any truth to them, I don't like that sort of thing being rewarded.
Pokecheque wrote: Tue May 27, 2025 11:33 am
On one hand you gotta hand it to the Frost for their second Walter Cup, but on the other hand, if the behind-the-scenes drama that ousted the GM who built that team to begin with have any truth to them, I don't like that sort of thing being rewarded.
Vancouver and Seattle in the mix next year!
Yeah, it's not like they changed a lot from last year. She's either really pissed off today or gloating in a "look what I built" way. I hope she gets hired by one of the expansion teams.
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I assume they can trade picks in order to not poach certain players. I assume...
Surprised NY didn't protect Carpenter or Schroeder. Both have been huge for them. Carpenter going out with an injury is what sunk NY's season.
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Lots of roster moves. Seattle gets Hillary Knight, Alex Carpenter and Kayla Barnes up front (could be the best line in the league) and gets Corinne Schroeder in net. NY fans are calling for the GM to be fired. I agree. Stupid to leave Schroeder unprotected. Ottawa loses Maschmeyer to Vancouver.
This is weird though- the expansion draft hasn't actually happened yet. It's Monday. But the new teams got the opportunity to speak to select players before signing them away from their existing teams, and then after losing 2 players, the existing teams got to add one player to their protected list. I get that they don't want to have two teams that suck, but these two new teams look STACKED and I wouldn't be surprised to see NY in the basement again. In the expansion draft, Seattle & Vancouver will each get to draft more players from each team, so each team will lose four players total. They only got to protect three initially, then the added player.
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