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Andrew McGuinness | Thursday, April 20, 2023
March Madness is just as notorious for its randomness on the court as it is for the randomness of filling out brackets. Every year, experts and people who know the game are beaten by people who pick teams based on mascots, where their neighbor’s cousin-in-law’s nephews go to school or which team has the hottest
Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, April 5, 2023
510 miles from where it happened, I stared into my phone camera in perfect Jim Halpert deadpan style. “Montréal wins it!” exclaimed announcer Brendan Burke in the background. The Canadiens, the lowest seed in the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs, had just cashed in on a clear-cut two-on-none in overtime to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs
Andrew McGuinness | Friday, May 13, 2022
Last season was a tough year for every sports team. But it felt like most of the Notre Dame hockey team‘s struggles were specifically attributed to COVID-19. The Irish uncharacteristically struggled in an uncharacteristically empty home rink. They didn‘t seem to have a clear identity. And the Irish didn‘t even get to enjoy the fruits
Andrew McGuinness | Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Notre Dame’s hockey season officially ended last Saturday with a 1-0 loss to Minnesota State in the NCAA Tournament Regional Finals. For some of the graduating players on Notre Dame’s roster, it may be the end of their playing careers. But three skaters—senior defenseman Spencer Stastney, graduate student defenseman Adam Karashik, and senior forward Graham
Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, March 16, 2022
The NHL equivalent of Christmas — the trade deadline — is almost here. In less than a week, the landscape of the league will look completely different. Contenders will gear up to address their weaknesses and push for the Stanley Cup. Rebuilding teams have the chance to haul in loads of picks and prospects that will
Andrew McGuinness | Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Usually, in late February, hockey fans are gearing up for the trade deadline and all the pomp, circumstance and trades of fourth-line centers for fifth-round picks that come with it. That isn’t the case this year. The NHL pushed the deadline back to March 21 in response to their originally scheduled three-week break in February
Michael Ivey | Thursday, November 10, 2016
The 2016-2017 NHL season started four weeks ago, and fans have watched their favorite teams off to either fast or slow starts. It is common for some fans to only pay attention to their team and the players on it while ignoring what else is happening around the league. But the die-hard hockey fans out
Michael Ivey | Thursday, February 11, 2016
Yesterday, the Toronto Maple Leafs traded captain Dion Phaneuf to the Ottawa Senators in a nine-player trade that included a 2017 second-round draft pick going back to Toronto. As Maple Leafs general manager Lou Lamoriello said after the trade, “This was a transaction that certainly wasn’t for today.” That’s because most of the players the