Diamond Sports Group. Bally Sports dropped by Comcast
ProHockeyNews has covered the chaos in the regional sport networks (RSN) over the last year. On Tuesday night, 18 of the RSNs were blacked out at 11:59 PM. That included Game 5 of the opening round series of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Vegas Golden Knights and the Predators in Nashville. The blackout was the result of a dispute between Diamond Sports Group, (DSG) and Bally Sports, which operates under DSG. The 18 RSNs included Bally Sports Detroit, Bally Sports Florida, Bally Sports Great Lakes, Bally Sports Indiana, Bally Sports Kansas City, Bally Sports Midwest, Bally Sports New Orleans, … Continue reading
Kings wash out in Game 6 loss, lose series, 4-1
In Edmonton, the Oilers held off the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night for a 4-3 win in Game 5, and a 4-1 series win. The Kings held a 2-1 lead in the game before surrendering three straight to trail, 4-2 head to the third. “I think we’re probably a better team this year than we were last year or the year before,” the Oilers’ Leon Draisaitl said. “We’re more mature, which plays a big part sometimes, but that’s a really good team over there. They make it hard on you. “It’s an absolute grind against them every night. Hats … Continue reading
Reign notch win in Game 1 vs. Canucks
The Ontario Reign opened their Pacific Division semifinal series with a 3-1 win over Abbotsford at Toyota Arena on Wednesday night. The Reign lead the best-of-five series, one game to none, and will host Game 2 on Sunday. Rookie Erik Portillo made 23 saves for his third consecutive win to open the postseason. T.J. Tynan led the way offensively with a goal and an assist. Alex Turcotte and Nikita Pavlychev scored their first career playoff goals for the Reign, who improved to 22-4-0-1 since Feb. 23. Max Sasson tallied the only goal for the Canucks, who got 18 saves from … Continue reading
PWHL Toronto clinches first place
TORONTO, ON – Toronto defeated Minnesota 4-1 at Mattamy Athletic Centre on Wednesday, securing first place in the PWHL standings heading into the playoffs. With the victory, Toronto will be able to choose to play either the third or fourth place team in the first round of the playoffs— once final standings have been determined. Three teams — Minnesota, Ottawa, and Boston — are all still battling for the final two playoff spots. Each team has one game remaining in the regular season. Natalie Spooner scored twice, and Emma Maltais had a goal and two assists to lead Toronto’s offence. … Continue reading
Bears Open Series with 2-1 Win Over Phantoms
The Hershey Bears (1-0) opened the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs with a 2-1 victory over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms (2-1) to take a 1-0 series lead in Game 1 of the Atlantic Division Semifinals in front of a crowd of 8,038 on Wednesday night at GIANT Center. BOX SCORE Hendrix Lapierre started the scoring for Hershey at 3:29 of the first period when he deflected Chase Priskie’s shot from the blue line past Cal Petersen. Ethen Frank earned a secondary assist. Henrik Rybinski extended the Hershey lead to 2-0, stuffing a loose puck past Petersen at 17:17 of the second … Continue reading
Robertson power play goal leads Stars over Vegas in Game 5
In Dallas, Jason Robertson drifted across the offensive zone from right to left, finding a seam to take a shot from near the blue line that was blocked down. The puck came back to his stick and he wristed home a power play marker at 16:32 of the middle frame to give the Stars a 3-2 lead over the Vegas Golden Knights. “Knowing how we’ve been over the years as far as losing streaks, as far as the character in this room, we didn’t feel like we were going to lose three in a row. We just wanted to start … Continue reading
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