Episode Pelle Eklund (501): Conference Finals Updates. USA wins Worlds. PWHL Final.

The conference finals have started and the Panthers look set to eliminate the Hurricanes quickly. The Oilers are up 2-1 in a series that has been a bit back and forth. The USA won the World's and the PWHL heads into its final week with the Frost up 2-1 on the Charge. 

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Playoffs! 

Oilers 2 v Stars 1

DAL 6 EDM 3 - Stars 3 PP goals in 3rd 

EDM 3 DAL 0 - Nurse slash injures Hintz 

EDM 6 DAL 1  - McDavid 2 goals - Skinner kept them in it in 2nd - Blown calls both ways

Skinner answering critics

Panthers 3 v Hurricanes 0

FLA 5 CAR 2

FLA 5 CAR 0

FLA 6 CAR 2

What’s to say? 

CF% 54

SF% 49.6

GF% 7.69 

xGF%45.58

Led league in reg season with xGF% 55.99 

15 straight Conf Final losses 

2023 - Panthers

2019 - Bruins

2009 - Penguins

What next, assuming loss? Brind’amour, Tulsky?  

Guess the 5th 

News

Shanahan out in Toronto

Pelley will not hire President - Treliving will report to him. 

No Grit. No Grind. No Greatness.

 

PWHL - Minnesota Frost 2 v Ottawa Charge 1 - all 3 games in OT 

Best of 5.  Game 4 in Minnesota on Monday. Game 5 Wed 

World Championships 

USA wins in OT on goal by Tage Thompson - 1-0 over Switzerland 

Sweden bronze with win over Denmark

Denmark beat Canada 2-1 in quarter final. 

Hall of Fame Inductions - 

Henrik Lundqvist

Zdeno Chara

Vicky Sunohara - Canadian Women’s  

Kai Hietarinta - Pres Finnish Ice Hockey 1984-1997

Kim Martin-Hasson - Swedish Women’ Goalie 

Frans Nielsen - Danish 

David Vyborny - Czech

Connections

Last episode - reverse sweep

This week - Boom Boom Geoffrion, Doug Harvey, Tom Johnson, Bert Olmstead 

I have a concept for fans of teams that continue to disappoint them. 

Fan bankruptcy 

DOPeS - are they working?