Each EIHL second leg separated by no more than a goal heading into Sunday
It couldn’t be much tighter heading into Sunday’s Quarter-Final second legs in the 2026 Elite League Playoffs. With three of the games separated by just a goal, and one of them level after 60 minutes, it promises to be a Sunday full of drama. We start at 4pm in Nottingham, where the playoff title-holding Panthers need to make up a one-goal deficit against Manchester Storm after the visitors took the first leg 2-1. The last four games between the teams have been decided by a single goal, but Manchester are without a win in Nottingham this season, except for their … Continue reading
Recap of MHL from 11 April 2026
The Senators and Golden Knights both clinched berths into the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs with wins Saturday while the Oilers and Bruins also punched their tickets. * Saturday marked the fourth time in the Wild Card era (since 2013-14) that four teams clinched a postseason berth on the same day. The others: March 28, 2024 (BOS, CAR, FLA & DAL), March 28, 2017 (SJS, ANA, EDM and NYR) and April 9, 2015 (NYI, DET, CGY & WPG). * Anze Kopitar gave an emotional speech when addressing the fans in his final regular-season game in Los Angeles after the Kings defeated … Continue reading
Gulls grab last playoff spot in Pacific
The San Diego Gulls clinched the Pacific Division’s last available berth in the 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs on Saturday evening, with a 7-3 win over Bakersfield combined with Tucson’s 3-2 overtime loss to Colorado. The Gulls will be making their first postseason appearance since 2022. They have not won a playoff series since reaching the Western Conference Finals in 2019. San Diego joins Ontario, Colorado, Henderson, Coachella Valley, San Jose and Bakersfield in the seven-team field from the Pacific to qualify for the Calder Cup Playoffs; the first-place team will get a bye into the division semifinals, while the second- … Continue reading
Victoire hold top of table with 1-0 win over Fleet, in Boston
BOSTON– The battle at the top of the PWHL standings and between the league’s two record-breaking goaltenders did not disappoint, as a sold-out crowd of 17,850 watched the Montréal Victoire take the win in a defensive 1-0 dual over the hometown Boston Fleet in the first-ever PWHL game at TD Garden. Ann-Renée Desbiens turned away all 20 shots she faced for her seventh shutout of the season, drawing even with Aerin Frankel, who stopped 18/19. It took 45 minutes of scoreless action for the first team to break through, with Lina Ljungblom scoring her first career game-winning goal at 5:52 … Continue reading
Phillips backstops Charge to 2-0 win over Sceptres
TORONTO – Gwyneth Philips stopped all 42 shots, the most-ever in a PWHL shutout performance, backstopping the Ottawa Charge to a 2-0 victory over the Toronto Sceptres before a Saturday afternoon sell-out crowd of 8,716 at Coca-Cola Coliseum. The regulation win boosts the Charge ahead of the Sceptres by two points and into the fourth and final playoff spot in the PWHL standings, though Toronto holds a game in hand before the Ontario rivals close out the regular-season schedule head-to-head on Apr. 25 at TD Place. Scoreless through two periods, Charge captain Brianne Jenner’s 10th goal of the season held … Continue reading
Gulls Clinch Playoff Spot with Win Over Condors
The San Diego Gulls defeated the Bakersfield Condors tonight at Dignity Health Center 7-3, clinching their spot in the 2025-26 Calder Cup Playoffs. With the Tucson Roadrunners falling to the Colorado Eagles in overtime tonight, the Gulls win ensures their playoff spot. San Diego will make their first playoff run since the 2021-22 season, marking head coach Matt McIlvane’s first postseason appearance with the team. “We went into this year, and I think what we’ve kept saying is, we’re a group of winners with something to prove,” McIlvane said. “Earning the opportunity to play in the playoffs is a big step for everybody, and it’s been a lot of ups … Continue reading
