Swiss hockey league fans will likely recognize the smiling face to the left as long-time Swedish star Fanny Rask who played with HC Ambrì-Piotta women's team in the PostFinance women's league in Switzerland. Fask had a solid season last year as she finished eleventh in Swiss League scoring, but the HC Ambrì-Piotta won't benefit from her presence on their roster or anyone else's presence on that roster after they decided to withdraw from the PostFinance Women's League for the 2026-27 season. As a result of that decision, the league will operate with seven teams this season after last season's fourth-place team cited a lack of prospects as the reason they would be unable to field a team.
As you may recall, SC Langenthal already shut down its program at the end of the 2025-26 season, and the SWHL-A league decided to promote Lausanne HC Féminin from the SWHL-B league to take Langenthal's spot. The eight-team schedule was released on July 3, 2026 with HC Ambrì-Piotta slotted in for the full season, but it seems things changed dramatically over the last month in Ambri.
"In recent weeks, the club has made every possible effort to complete the squad and create the necessary conditions to approach the season in a serious, sustainable manner that meets sporting expectations. Despite these efforts, it has not been possible to find a sufficient number of players to assemble a suitable squad."
I'm not saying that the growth of the PWHL is hurting European leagues, but seeing one of the better SWHL teams close the doors on this season isn't good. HC Ambrì-Piotta did note in their statement that this isn't the end for the Swiss women's club, stating,
"The club will immediately begin work to examine the sporting, organizational, and financial prerequisites necessary for a potential return to the National League B starting the following season. The goal will be to develop a solid and sustainable project that promotes the players and creates concrete prospects for the future of women's ice hockey in the blue and white."
Um, yay? The Ambrì-Piotta will voluntarily join the SWHL-B as they rebuild, but how do they attract talent to do that if they couldn't attract talent to play in Switzerland's top women's league? I'll let the powers-that-be who run HC Ambrì-Piotta answer that question, but I would guess that there are a pile of Canadian and American university graduates who would have jumped at the opportunity to join HC Ambrì-Piotta if given the chance. But we'll never know now.
As it stands, Lausanne HC's debut in the SWHL-A will be pushed back to September 13 thanks to HC Ambrì-Piotta's absence while the ZSC Lions will have their home-opener postponed until September 20 for the same reason. The full schedule can be found here, but it looks like two teams will have a bye every weekend this season with the empty slots once occupied by the HC Ambrì-Piotta squad.
Losing two teams in the span of four months doesn't make the SWHL-A stronger, and it appears that the SWHL-A will look to backfill these absences in their league by eliminating the relegation playoff between the PostFinance Women's League and the SWHL-B. It seems the top SWHL-B will only be promoted to bring the SWHL-A back to eight teams. Whether or not that relegation playoff is resumed in 2027-28 will have to be seen, but it feels like the SWHL-A is on shaky ground right now when it comes to the health of the league.
Here's hoping that HC Ambrì-Piotta can get their situation sorted out because the SWHL at all levels needs stable teams. Swiss hockey is good hockey and it shouldn't be overlooked, but eliminating teams makes finding roster spots that much harder. HC Ambrì-Piotta should have a full roster, but they'll reset and start over next season.
Canada West will once again narrow the field from four teams to two teams as the hunt for the Canada West banner and berths in the U SPORTS National Championship continues. We already knew a team from BC would be in the Canada West Final, but we needed to find out which of those two teams would be moving on in their series. The second series saw two recent National Champions clash in Calgary as only one would move forward. Who would move onto the final and book tickets to Elmira? Let's find out this week on The Rundown!
FRIDAY: UBC entered the semifinal series having not played in a couple of weeks thanks to their bye week and a quarterfinal series bye. One always worries about the rest-vs-rust factor in long layoffs, so UBC was looking to get back into the swing of things quickly. Trinity Western came into the semifinal after having swept the Calgary Dinos, and they were looking to another series where they played solid hockey. Would the Spartans be able to upset the Thunderbirds or would UBC find their game on Friday?
Spartans goals: none
Spartans assists: none
Spartans netminders: Kate Fawcett (10/13) in 29:20; Olivia Davidson (13:14) in 40:30
SATURDAY: If there was any concern over UBC not being ready, they laid those concerns to rest on Friday as they controlled the pace and flow of the game from the drop of the puck. Trinity Western would have last change in Game Two so would we see a response as they found matchups they liked? With their backs against the wall, the Spartans needed a push!
Result: 3-1 victory for UBC over Trinity Western. UBC wins the series 2-0 and will advance to the Canada West Final. They also qualify for the U SPORTS National Championship in Elmira, Ontario.
FRIDAY: Mount Royal hosted the Manitoba Bisons this weekend in a Canada West semifinal series in Calgary. Mount Royal came into the series after a week off thanks to their quarterfinal bye, but they'd need to be better than their final ten games where they were 5-4-1 including losses in four of their last five games. Manitoba looked to continue their solid play after having won five of their last six games on the road included eliminating the Alberta Pandas last week. Would we see Mount Royal turn the heat up again or would the Bisons rumble into Calgary and set the tone?
Bisons goals: Dana Goertzen (1)
Bisons assists: Julia Bird (1), Hanna Bailey (3)
Bisons netminder: Emily Shippam (16/18)
Cougars goals: Jerzey Watteyne (1), Jordynne Hojnocki (1)
Cougars assists: Sydney Benko (1), Summer Fomradas (1), Sydney Benko (2), Allee Gerrard (1)
Cougars netminder: Scout Anderson (16/17)
Result: 2-1 victory for Mount Royal over Manitoba.
SATURDAY: These two teams were all about defensive responsibility on Friday as neither side hit twenty shots, and the score reflected those locked-down defensive zones. Manitoba needed to open things up a little more with their skaters, but the Mount Royal seemed very comfortable preventing any sort of sustained pressure. Would the Bisons rally for a win in Game Two or would the Cougars book their tickets to the final and to Nationals?
Cougars goals: Sydney Benko (1)
Cougars assists: Summer Fomradas (2), Isa MacPhee (1)
Cougars netminders: Scout Anderson (5/8) in 25:56; Katherine Holan (7/7) in 32:29
Result: 3-1 victory for Manitoba over Mount Royal.
SUNDAY: Game Three marks the second-straight week where the Bisons played on Sunday, but it was win-or-go-home for one of these teams. I can throw stats and trends and analysis at everyone, but the simple fact is that whoever scores more today will move on to the Canada West Final and the U SPORTS National Championship. The stakes are known by both teams, so who will advance between the Manitoba Bisons and Mount Royal Cougars?
Highlights? I'll mark this spot as "Coming Soon".
Bisons goals: Julia Bird (3), Kelsey Huibers (2), Sophia Heidinger (2), Norah Collins (3), Jessie Haner (1), Dana Goertzen (2)
Bisons assists: Norah Collins (1), Alyssa Rasmuson (2), Sophia Anderson (1), Louise Fergusson (4), Louise Fergusson (5), Aimee Patrick (3), Sadie Keller (3), Brenna Nicol (5), Norah Collins (2)
Bisons netminder: Emily Shippam (17/18)
Cougars goals: Summer Fomradas (1)
Cougars assists: Sydney Benko (3)
Cougars netminders: Scout Anderson (21/24)
Result: 5-1 victory for Manitoba over Mount Royal. Manitoba wins the series 2-1 and will advance to the Canada West Final. They also qualify for the U SPORTS National Championship in Elmira, Ontario.
There are no standings to worry about per se, but the playoff picture needs to be updated as we're down to two teams for all the marbles.
It should be noted that the times shown above are in Pacific Time.
Final Preview
With both UBC and Manitoba now set to represent Canada West in Elmira, Ontario at the U SPORTS National Women's Hockey Championship, it should come as no surprise that Canada West's best team all season long will face Canada's best team since the second half of the season resumed. UBC is 11-1-0 since the calendar flipped to 2026 as they continued their dominance while Manitoba is 13-3-2 since the start of the new year. Clearly, something has to give.
The only time these two teams met this season was in Vancouver on November 7 and 8 where UBC won 2-0 and 3-2 in the shootout as the Bisons were the first team to take a point off the Thunderbirds this season. At the time, Manitoba was still seeking its first regulation win of the season despite being six weeks in, so things have changed for both teams in that time. UBC is still 13-1-0 in the last five years against Manitoba, but all of the Bisons will say they have grown as players since November. This will be a test for the Bisons.
UBC will likely point to last season's Canada West Final where the Alberta Pandas swept them on home ice, using that memory for motivation this time. The Thunderbirds simply forced Trinity Western to play UBC's game, and that allowed them to sweep the Spartans aside. It will be the same gameplan as Manitoba comes to town, so we'll see if UBC can execute and earn another banner for their arena.
Manitoba will look to continue to capitalize on its opponents' mistakes with speed and scoring. The Bisons have been solid on the power-play, clicking at 35.3% (6/17), but they have to stay out of the penalty box against the T-Birds. Emily Shippam has allowed just 11 goals in six games, and that kind of goaltending will help. The defence has been solid in front of her as well, but next weekend will be their biggest test of the season as they play for the banner!
Honour Roll
Each week on The Rundown, I highlight the best performances from the weekend's games. It won't always be the top scorer or the best goalie, but I'll have a reason for who gets picked each week. There were rumours that she had hung up her skates after last season, but her decision to return to the blue line this year saw her have her best year in her five seasons. Her playoff scoring and discipline on the ice has shown her maturity and leadership, and that's how Manitoba Bisons defender Hanna Bailey made The Honour Roll this week!
If there was a knock on Bailey as she played through her first few seasons, it's that she seemed to take penalties at inopportune times. Twice she's been at 26 PIMs or more, but her point totals haven't hit double-digits until this season. Whatever changed over the summer has her playing her most effective hockey of her career, and the Bisons are benefitting from that renewed confidence as nine of her 14 total points in the regular season came after the calendar flipped!
Bailey has points in five of six games in the playoffs including a goal and an assist to help eliminate Alberta. She had a point in each game against Mount Royal including opening the scoring in Game Two. She's been smarter with the puck in making good first passes and reducing needless turnovers, and she's been an effective shutdown defender when called upon by head coach Jordan Colliton. Hanna Bailey is a big reason why the Bisons will play for a banner and in the National Championship this season, and that's how she made the list!
Earning Credit
Full marks to Canada West for getting the highlight reels up quickly for each of the games this weekend after I was critical of their efforts last week. It should also be noted that they posted the Manitoba-Alberta highlights as well, so better late than never. I added those to last week's edition of The Rundown, so feel free to watch them if you like by scrolling back to that article.
It make me wonder why this can't be a weekly thing for the teams and conference to do when highlight reels make the game so much more accessible. Baby steps are better than nothing, though, so Canada West gets a little credit back for doing the work they should be doing. However, there's a long way to go in making things better.
Provincial Dominance
No one will fault the effort given by the Trinity Western Spartans in their series against UBC, but the familiarity those two teams have with one another may have hurt the Spartans more than people will believe. Make no mistake that UBC is good, but the numbers I pulled for their last four games is eye-opening to say the least.
On January 23, Trinity Western's Kailey Ledoux scored at 2:30 of the second period to put the Spartans ahead of the Thunderbirds by a 2-1 score. After that goal, UBC went on a 14-1 goal-scoring run against Trinity Western through to the end of the series yesterday. They posted a shutout streak of 215:54 between Trinity Western goals as the Thunderbirds showed their dominance. Even more impressive is that none of those 14 goals were scored by Grace Elliott!
UBC was 6-0 against Trinity Western during the regular season, and are now 8-0 overall this season. Of course, not having the Spartans score for more than three games' worth of time is a big reason why!
Ontario's Teams
As we get nearer to Nationals, I'd be remiss if I didn't fill everyone in on what's happening elsewhere. The OUA is in the middle of their playoffs, so let's see who is still in the running to play in Elmira. Being the hosts, the Waterloo Warriors are already in for Nationals, but there are two OUA berths still up for grabs with these games!
The Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks are already through to the OUA semifinals after bouncing the Brock Badgers in a two-game sweep. Laurier was 19-4-4-1 this season as the top team in the OUA, so there should be no surprise in them moving on. Clara Chisholm led the way in the regular season with 24 points, but they have a number of weapons and scoring is spread throughout their lineup. Kayla Renaud played both games, earning two wins after stopping 36 of 38 shots. Laurier will play the winner of the Waterloo-Guelph series.
The Toronto Varsity Blues and Ottawa Gee-Gees were tied 1-1 in their series with Game Three played in Ottawa at 3pm ET today. Toronto took Game One by a 6-3 score before Ottawa bounced back with a 2-1 victory. The 2025 bronze medalists won't be back as Ottawa defeated Toronto by a 3-1 score this afternoon to advance. Ottawa will meet the winner of the Ontario Tech-Queen's series.
The Guelph Gryphons and the Waterloo Warriors are tied 1-1 in their series with Game Three being played at 2:30pm ET today. Guelph won 4-3 over Waterloo in Game One while the Warriors laid a 6-0 beating on Guelph in Game Two. It took six periods today, but Guelph finally beat Waterloo by a 3-2 score in triple overtime to move on in the playoffs. Guelph will meet Laurier in the OUA West Final.
The Queen's Golden Gaels and the Ontario Tech Ridgebacks are tied 1-1 in their series with Game Three being played at 8pm ET today. Ontario Tech surprised Queen's with a 4-2 win in Game One before Queen's came back with a 3-1 win in Game Two. Queen's went 12-6-7-1 as the top team in the OUA East while Ontario Tech was 8-14-2-2 and beat Nipissing in a play-in game to reach the semifinal.
Quebec's Teams
The RSEQ is in the middle of their playoffs, so let's see who is still in the running to play in Elmira. Remember that the four-team RSEQ sends two teams to Nationals every year. Make that make sense.
The Concordia Stingers have already booked their tickets to Elmira after sweeping the McGill Martlets in their series. Concordia won Game One by a 5-1 score before wrapping up the sweep in Game Two by a 4-1 score. Concordia was 22-2-0-0 in RSEQ play this season, so no one should be surprised that they're headed back to Nationals. Four Stingers players had three points through the two-game sweep while both Belle Mende and Jordyn Verbeek split the games in the crease.
The Montreal Carabins and the Bishop's Gaiters were tied 1-1 in their series with Game Three played in Montreal at 2pm ET today. Montreal won 3-2 in overtime in Game One while Bishop's responded with a 3-1 on home ice in Game Two. We can make it official as Montreal will head to Elmira after defeating Bishop's 3-2 today, meaning that Bishop's title defence is over. Montreal finished the season with a 13-9-2 record and will be the second RSEQ team in Elmira.
Atlantic's Teams
The AUS is in the middle of their playoffs, so let's see who is still in the running to play in Elmira. Remember that the nine-team AUS sends one teams to Nationals this year because the OUA is a bunch of whiny babies. Four conferences, two finalists from each. Let's go.
The UNB Reds and St. Thomas Tommies are playing in their semifinal series and are tied 1-1 in the best-of-five. Game Three went today at 7pm AT as the series shifted to the Grant-Harvey Centre after UNB won 1-0 in Game One and St. Thomas returned the favour with a 1-0 win of their own in Game Two. UNB will look to close out the series in Game Four after their 3-0 win tonight over St. Thomas with that game scheduled for Monday at 7pm AT. UNB was 20-6-2 while St. Thomas was 18-8-2 as four points separated these teams.
The StFX X-Women and UPEI Panthers are playing in their semifinal series and are tied 1-1 in the best-of-five. Game Three went today at 7pm AT as the series shifted to MacLauchlan Arena after UPEI won 2-1 in double-overtime in Game One and StFX grabbed a 4-2 in win in Game Two. The X-Women are on the verge of advancing after they downed UPEI by a 4-0 score tonight with Game Four scheduled for Monday at 7pm AT. StFX was the top team in the AUS with a 22-5-1 record while UPEI went 16-9-3 this season for a ten-point difference.
Plans For Next Year
It was announced last week, but Trinity Western Spartans forward Kyra McDonald already has plans for next season after graduating this year as she'll suit up for HC Fribourg-Gottéron in the PostFinance Women's Hockey Legaue in Switzerland! We've see a handful of former Canada West players land in Switzerland with success over the years, and Kyra's looking to carve her own success with her professional contract in Fribourg!
McDonald's play got better as she played in more situations for Trinity Western, and her back-to-back seasons of 19 points that saw her score 20 goals should have the fans in Fribourg excited for her addition. Sarah Krymalowski of CBC News spoke to the Inuvik-born sniper after it was announced that she had signed to play pro hockey.
"The fact that it's a reality, that I get to play professional hockey, is kind of mind-blowing," McDonald told Krymalowski. "I'm so proud of myself, 'cause I definitely just have had that mindset just of trying to keep getting to that next level somehow."
We're all proud of you, Kyra, and we'll be following your progress next season when the Swiss league hits the ice! If Kyra plays there like she did in Langley, I'd expect a long pro hockey career for the 22 year-old. Congratulations on this opportunity and best of luck next season!
The Last Word
Five teams have already qualified for the National Championship in Elmira. Canada West will send UBC and Manitoba, the RSEQ will send Concordia and Montreal, and Waterloo is hosting the event. That leaves two spots for the OUA champion and finalist, and one spot for the AUS champion. I'm sorry to say this, but whoever voted for this nonsense should be banned from participating in sports forever.
Canada West has nine teams while the AUS has eight teams, yet Canada West gets two berths at Nationals while the AUS gets one. One can argue that the AUS has traditionally done worse than the other conferences since the move to eight teams in 2015, but that should be a non-starter as the only team who has consistently gone to Nationals from the AUS is StFX. In fact, the other seven teams in the AUS conference have gone a combined 23 times to Nationals whereas StFX has been there 18 times on their own! How is that fair for the seven teams when StFX goes almost every year and cannot win?
With the RSEQ expanding next season, keeping them at two berths is fine. Having Canada West at two berths makes sense. Having Ontario send three teams while the AUS only gets one team makes no sense at all when you consider that OUA teams only have a winning record against the AUS. For a conference with 14 teams, they should not get an extra berth whatsoever until they prove they can win regularly at Nationals. With Canada West and the RSEQ capturing seven of nine gold medals since 2015, this injustice needs to end after this season.
If the OUA doesn't win the National Championship with three of eight berths this season, this experiment should be forgotten as soon as possible. The AUS deserves the same chance to win as everyone else.
With it being the holiday season, there's likely a chance that you'll be at a family gathering where you'll encounter extended family. Most of these people you know, but there could be that odd aunt, uncle, or cousin whose attendance at those family functions isn't as regular. That's what today's edition of The Rundown is all about - catching up with those former U SPORTS players who are playing in faraway lands, but still helped to build the programs into what they are today.
I started this last season, but it seems appropriate for us to ask an obvious question: what happens after players graduate or leave programs? As we know, some will have earned degrees and can go off and work in those chosen fields, but a lot of women want to keep playing hockey as the competitive fires continue to burn. Where are they doing that? Who might be looking for talented hockey players to improve their standing in their respective leagues and capture a championship? We'll answer some of those questions today.
Once more, I spent time scouring all the leagues as I went looking at all the former U SPORTS players who are off playing professionally at some level across the planet. Some leagues have many former U SPORTS players playing while other leagues do not, but the coolest part, I think, is seeing how many women are still pursuing their hockey dreams while, in some cases, travelling to amazing places to play hockey. I won't lie when I say I'm envious of some of these players based on where they call home for this season, but that's the benefit of being an outstanding player whose talents are coveted.
Let's get into these leagues and see which U SPORTS players are playing, and we'll work through as many leagues as possible. What should be noted is that a number of the schools who once had these women playing for them have done very little to draw attention to the success they're having after these players left those respective campuses, so I'll once again fill that void as I normally do.
Without further adieu, let's take a look at who's playing where.
SWHL - Switzerland
This league is also named the PostFinance Women's Hockey League.
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Estelle Duvin
SC Bern
13
17
19
Montreal
Joelle Fiala
HC Davos
5
11
23
UBC
Lea MacLeod
Langenthal
6
9
25
StFX
Lauren Dabrowski
Fribourg
5
14
23
StFX
Kaleigh Quennec
SC Bern
3
5
14
Montreal
Jessika Boulanger
Langenthal
3
2
24
Montreal
Dominique Scheurer
ZSC Lions
1
1
19
MacEwan
There are less former U SPORTS players playing in Switzerland than there was last season, but there are still good players who are scoring points for their teams. The only conference not represented in Switzerland is the OUA, and we may see both Kaleigh Quennec and Dominique Scheurer skating in Milano-Cortina for the Swiss team come February. French-born Estelle Duvin sits sixth-overall in scoring after winning the scoring title last season with 54 points.
EWHL - Central Europe
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Ashley Taciuk
SKN Sabres
12
15
16
Nipissing
Lauren Nicholson
Almaty
11
14
15
TMU
Jaime Magoffin
SKN Sabres
10
14
16
Guelph
Breanne Trotter
Almaty
9
12
17
Mount Royal
Léonie Philbert
EV Bozen
4
17
16
Concordia
Maggie Peterson
Kärnten
8
12
18
Windsor
Emily Baxter
Budapest
7
12
12
TMU
Katherine Birkby
Almaty
11
7
17
Ottawa
Emma Hall
Kärnten
7
7
18
UBC
Rebecca Clarke
Salzburg
4
10
18
Calgary
Megan Breen
Budapest
3
8
12
TMU
Majorie Bolduc
Kärnten
5
4
9
Bishop's
Meaghan Chittick
SKN Sabres
3
5
15
Guelph
Kate Wagner
Almaty
3
5
17
Calgary
Mariah Hinds
Almaty
1
4
13
TMU
Alex Gowie
SKN Sabres
2
2
8
Calgary/Alberta
Kate Gallant
Kärnten
0
0
7
Saint Mary's
Roxanne Rioux
Almaty
1
5
17
Ottawa
Goalies
Name
Team
Record
GAA
Sv%
GP
University
Alice Philbert
EV Bozen
n/a
1.55
.936
16
Concordia
Rachel Seeley
Almaty
n/a
2.25
.895
10
TMU
There's definitely a wider range of players skating in the EWHL when it comes to conferences. Ashley Taciuk sits in second-place for league scoring while Lauren Nicholson is third-overall. For the shortage of OUA players in Switzerland, the league that plays in Poland, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy, and Kazakhstan boasts the most U SPORTS players in Europe this season! And there's probably room for more!
SDHL - Sweden
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Jaycee Magwood
Luleå
8
14
26
Regina
Mathea Fischer
SDE
8
12
27
UBC
Sarah Bujold
Luleå
8
8
25
StFX
Erica Rieder
Luleå
4
9
26
Manitoba
Emma Bergesen
Brynäs
0
1
5
Mount Royal
Sophie Lalor
HV71
0
0
3
Saskatchewan
Chanreet Bassi
Linköping
0
0
3
UBC
Goalies
Name
Team
Record
GAA
Sv%
University
Camryn Drever
Skellefteå
8-8-0
2.29
.918
Saskatchewan
Five Canada West schools have players skating in the SDHL which is considered the second-best women's league on the planet. Sarah Bujold is a former U SPORTS Player of the Year, so she can clearly hold her own as well. Magwood is eighth-overall in league scoring, but she finds herself eleven points back of the leaders. Between the pipes, Camryn Drever is keeping Skellefteå in the hunt at sixth-overall, but it's a four-way race for first-place between Luleå, Brynäs, SDE, and Frölunda in the ten-team league. HV71 appears to be eliminated from the playoffs despite mathematically being alive.
DFEL - Germany
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Madelyn Walsh
Eisbären Berlin
2
7
18
Brock
Shani Rossignol
Mad Dogs Mannheim
6
1
18
Moncton
Lore Baudrit
ERC Ingolstadt
3
2
12
Montreal
Alix Yallowega
ERC Ingolstadt
2
4
18
Dalhousie
There are less U SPORTS players playing in Germany this season, but credit goes to the four players who are calling Germany home. Madelyn Walsh is having a solid campaign as she has nine points from the blueline for the Eisbären Berlin as the leading U SPORTS player, but Memmingen has a 14-point lead over Budapest and a 15-point lead over Berlin in the standings. Mannheim might be out of the race.
NDHL - Sweden
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Cassidy Maplethorpe
Rögle SK
21
28
12
BRK/ALB
Hunter Mosher
Södertälje
7
13
12
Nipissing
Scout Southward
Almtuna IS
11
8
10
QUE/TOR
Sophie Lalor
Troja-Ljungby
10
6
9
Saskatchewan
Aimee O'Neill
Hammarby
8
6
12
Saint Mary's
Mackenzie Drake
Troja-Ljungby
7
2
11
Dalhousie
Jesse Jack
Troja-Ljungby
3
0
2
MacEwan
A handful of U SPORTS players are playing in Sweden's second-division professional league, and all of these teams are looking for promotion to the SDHL this season. Former Badgers and Pandas sniper Cassidy Maplethorpe is torching the league by leading in goals and assists, and has a nine-point lead over second-leading scorer Sara Boucher who plays with Maplethorpe for Rögle SK. Rögle SK, it should be noted, is 11-0-0-1 while Hunter Mosher's Södertälje squad is tied for first-overall with a 10-0-2-0 record. Keep an eye on those teams!
PWHL - North America
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Jade Downie-Landry
Montreal Victoire
0
0
0
McGill
Rylind MacKinnon
Boston Fleet
0
0
5
UBC
Emmy Fecteau
New York Sirens
0
0
6
Concordia
Catherine Dubois
Montreal Victoire
0
0
3
Montreal
Kaitlyn Willoughby
Montreal Victoire
0
1
5
Saskatchewan
Alexandra Labelle
Montreal Victoire
0
1
5
Montreal
Kelly-Ann Nadeau
Montreal Victoire
0
0
5
Montreal
Jade Downie-Landry
Montreal Victoire
0
0
0
McGill
When Montreal has 75% of the U SPORTS players in the league and they're the only Canadian team to boast Canadian university-trained players, it would appear that selling the PWHL dream to Canadian university players might be a pipe dream. That being said, good on Danièle Sauvageau for believing in these players. As you can see, none of them have exploded out of the gates when it comes to filling the net, but they're all contributing in their own various ways.
IHLW - Italy
Goalies
Name
Team
Record
GAA
Sv%
University
Gabriella Durante
Real Torino
n/a
1.69
.947
Calgary
Gabriella Durante has played in just four games this season, but she's continuing her strong play that we saw in Canada West and last season in Italy. It would be ridiculous for me to suggest she'll be a starter for the Italian team when they have Martina Fedel, Elisa Biondi, and Margherita Ostoni competing for spots, but the two U SPORTS netminders - Fedel and Durante - should have the inside track on an Olympic roster spot when it comes to Milano-Cortina!
Naisten Suomi-Sarja - Finland
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Miressa Mäkelä
HIFK Challenger
1
1
2
Manitoba
Mäkelä is playing her second season in Finland's Division-II level of hockey, but "playing" might be more of a fill-in role when she's needed as she has five games in just over a season to her name. She was injured in her only season of Canada West hockey, and she didn't make it until the end of the season. She returned home and rejoined her old team prior to the Canada West season ending.
Women's Extraliga - Czechia
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Martina Maskova
HC Banik Pribram
2
1
2
Regina
Maskova has barely played this year, but she's back with Banik Pribram for another season. Like Mäkelä above, she seems to be playing either on a part-time basis. Maskova has been playing with Banik Pribram since leaving the University of Regina in 2021. She does not play on the Czechia national team so no Olympics for her.
FFHG Féminin Élite - France
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Emmanuelle Passard
Jets d’Evry-Viry
12
9
6
Montreal
There are no Canadians playing in France this year, but the Université de Montréal does have a player skating in her home country. Passard is third-overall in league scoring, and three points back of the leader. It seems that playing for les Carabins may have paid off for her!
LIHH - Spain
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Courtney Kollman
CG Puigcerdà
21
18
10
MRU/CAL
Annaliese Meier
CG Puigcerdà
7
6
9
Calgary
Kollman and Meier have helped CG Puigcerdà to a tie for second-place in the Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo femenina while Kollman sits in second-place for league scoring behind a 20 year-old named Eva Aizpurua who has a 13-point lead on Kollman. Both have sat a few games here and there, but I don't think Puigcerdà will complain about either's production considering the team is 9-2-0 on the season with games in-hand. Spain has been good to these two former Dinos.
AWIHL - Australia
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Jordan Kulbida
Adelaide
8
7
10
Regina
Danielle Butler
Melbourne
10
2
10
Windsor
Katherine Bailey
Perth
2
5
10
Guelph
Kelsie Lang
Sydney
1
10
10
Calgary
Madison LaPlante
Brisbane
3
4
6
Windsor
Alison Carlisle
Brisbane
1
0
6
Trinity Western
It's actually pretty impressive to see this many former U SPORTS players continuing to play the game in Australia. With the growth of men's hockey in that country, the women's game has followed with most of the Australian women's national team playing at home. Jordan Kulbida leads the Rush in scoring, and she's tied for sixth-overall in league scoring. She was a big part of the Rush offence last season, and she continues to carry that offensive load this year!
NZWIHL - New Zealand
Skaters
Name
Team
G
A
GP
University
Brooke Patron
Auckland Steel
8
5
8
Saskatchewan
Goalies
Name
Team
Record
GAA
Sv%
University
Alexa Gibson
Auckland Steel
4-0-0
1.61
.939
Ottawa
It should be noted that these numbers are from the 2024-25 season that concluded in the summer as the NZWIHL plays during the southern hemisphere's winter as opposed to the summer which is happening now. Regardless, I wanted to make sure these two players got the recognition they deserve because Patron was third-overall in league scoring this past season while Gibson had the top GAA and save percentage. Auckland won the NZWIHL championship this season with Patron being named the top defender! Congratulations to her!
There's the list of players I could find who are playing professionally in some corner of the globe. There are 68 total players who represent 25 U SPORTS schools out of the 35 schools that have varsity hockey teams! That's a heckuva testament to the skill level being produced across this country when 71% of the schools have someone playing professionally! Will there be more players in new homes next season?
More locally, all nine teams in Canada West are represented by at least one player, and 29 former Canada West athletes are playing professional hockey. That's an amazing achievement that's only equalled by the four-team RSEQ conference, so Canada West certainly deserves some kudos. The Calgary Dinos have seven players skating professionally, UBC has five players, Saskatchewan has four players, Regina and Mount Royal have three each while each of Manitoba, Alberta, and MacEwan have two skaters, and Trinity Western has one player who is playing professionally. Again, well done, Canada West, on developing these outstanding athletes!
To all the players who opted to either take a season off or move on to another chapter of life, you're not forgotten either. As stated above, you laid the bricks for the path that future generations will follow, and those efforts will not be ignored by this writer. Your circumstances may have changed for any number of reasons, but your contributions at the university hockey level and beyond will always be appreciated. Thank you for laying the path for the next stars!
The Last Word
This was a long entry that took a lot of time to compile and write, so I hope you enjoyed the look at all the players who are skating professionally somewhere this season. These women still are, in this writer's view, some of the best to have ever played the game at any level, and I wish them all the best this season and beyond, even if that beyond takes them away from the game at some point.
For all players, coaches, staff, fans, parents, and former players who make this game so good, I hope everyone has a very merry holiday season, that health and happiness find you in whatever form you desire, and that everyone is surrounded by friends, family, and loved ones during this season. It's the most wonderful time of year, and then we get the rush of playoff races before the big dance starts!
Happy holidays, everyone! All the best to you and yours including extended family no matter where they find themselves this year!
Officially, we're one week away from U SPORTS hockey starting in the four respective conferences again. Yes, there are some scheduling notes that will see teams start at different times during October, but the start of the month means that university hockey is back in rinks across the Canadian map. Normally, you'd come here looking for a season preview of some sort, but that's not happening on HBIC. I've tried to get people to work with me with zero responses, so I'm under no obligation to promote anything. There are women, though, who went to the Canadian schools who are already playing hockey, and that's my focus today as we look at the women who have moved on to professional hockey across the globe!
I want to be clear that this early look at the women playing overseas will be mostly incomplete due to a handful of leagues who have yet to get underway officially. Like last year, I'll do a full look at all the former U SPORTS players who are skating in women's leagues across the planet in December assuming that this blog is still running. For now, here's who is having a great start to their 2025-26 seasons!
As stated last season, the EWHL is a great landing spot for former U SPORTS athletes, and this season appears no different. A number of former U SPORTS players have started their seasons with impressive work, so here are those women from the 2025-26 EWHL rosters:
Lauren Nicholson (Ryerson/TMU) - 5G, 4A in 4gp (Almaty, KZ)
Alice Philbert (Concordia) - 0.68 GAA, .967 sv% (Bolzano, IT)
I'll keep an eye on these players and this league as the season progresses, but there are some solid numbers to start the season. And don't correct me on the Ryerson thing - that was the name of the school when Nicholson went there, so I wanted to note it accurately. Yes, they're the TMU Bold now, but not while Nicholson was there.
There are far less players skating in Sweden than there once was, but U SPORTS still has a number of players who have landed in Swedish communities for hockey. Here are the athletes who are doing their best work to start the 2025-26 SDHL season in Sweden:
The SDHL has always been regarded as one of the top leagues on the planet, so seeing the reduced scoring numbers and inflated goaltending numbers shouldn't worry anyone. Seeing some good Canada West representation on this list is encouraging for the next wave of players coming out of the western U SPORTS conference!
The PostFinance Women's League in Switzerland is also underway, and there are a handful of U SPORTS players plying their trade there. We saw some outstanding performances last year in this league by a few former U SPORTS players, so here's this year's early progress:
Estelle Duvin (Montreal) - 4G, 4A in 5gp (Bern)
Lauren Dabrowski (StFX) - 2G, 4A in 7gp (Fribourg-Gottéron)
Lea MacLeod (StFX) - 2G, 2A in 7gp (Langenthal)
Joelle Fiala (UBC) - 1G, 3A in 5gp (Davos)
Jessika Boulanger (Montreal) - 1G, 0A in 7gp (Langenthal)
With a few players opting to play elsewhere this season, there are certainly less former U SPORTS athletes skating in Switzerland this season. That being said, the talent level is still high in SWHL, so we'll see if they rise to the occasion on the stats sheet again this year!
The good news is that a number of European leagues start their seasons over the next couple of weeks, so we should see more updates with U SPORTS players from places like Spain, France, and Germany coming up this month as those countries get their women's leagues started. Of course, this leaves the PWHL standing on their own as they're reportedly going to begin their season in the third week of November, making them the last league to begin their season on the planet. Even Australia's AWIHL begins before them!
In any case, HBIC will likely have a full report on who is playing where for the 2025-26 season in December once all the leagues get going. It's always nice to see where some of these players land because they worked hard to get there, and HBIC is still big fans of these players! Here's hoping all these players have big seasons!
The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back tonight with the kick-off to our summer interviews! With very little hockey news happening across the northern half of the globe, our hosts use the summer to chat with interesting and intriguing people who make the sport of hockey better. We begin those interviews tonight with a player whose career has taken her across Canada, across North America, and across the globe where she's been a productive scorer no matter where she landed. She's a U18 Women's World Championship bronze medallist, a 2023 U SPORTS National Champion, and a 2025 PostFinance Women's League bronze medallist, and we get caught up with her tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT!
Tonight, Teebz and Jason sit down with former Mount Royal Cougars and Calgary Dinos forward Courtney Kollman to talk about her hockey journey! Courtney grew up in Calgary where she found a home at Edge School before landing at Robert Morris University, playing for Team Canada, returning to Mount Royal, winning a National Championship, joining the Dinos, and taking her scoring talents to Davos, Switzerland! We'll hear about all these stops, playing for Carla MacLeod and Scott Rivett, experiencing Crowchild Classic games, where she's playing next year, and more! It should be a fun chat with Courtney about her career and more tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT on one of 101.5 FM, Channel 718 on MTS TV, or via UMFM.com!
If you live outside Winnipeg and want to listen, we have options! The UMFM website's streaming player works well if you want to listen online. We also recommend Radio Garden if you need an easy-to-use online stream. If you're more of an app person, we recommend you use the TuneIn app found on the App Store or Google Play Store. It's a solid app.
If you have questions, you can email all show queries and comments to hockeyshow@umfm.com! Tweet me anytime with questions you may have by hitting me up at @TeebzHBIC on Twitter! I'm here to listen to you, so make your voice heard! And because both Teebz and Jason are on the butterfly app where things are less noisy, you can find Teebz here and Jason here on Bluesky!
Tonight, Teebz and Jason chat with one of the most lethal scorers in Canada West history as they sit down with Courtney Kollman to chat about hockey, life, and much more exclusively on 101.5 UMFM and on the UMFM.com web stream!
The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back tonight to take care of all the little notes and bits of news that have filtered in across our hosts' respective desks. As you may be aware, the offseason is when a lot of hockey business gets done that may or may not affect the product on the ice when things get rolling again, and we need to hit all of those small stories to get us ready for another summer of fun on The Hockey Show. Buckle up those seatbelts because we're going to jump from country to country as we cover all the news from a plethora of leagues tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT!
Tonight on the program, Teebz and Jason will get off of North American soil to bring you hockey news from other parts of the globe! They'll chat about hockey news in Germany, Finland had some hirings of people you know, Sweden has some big news for women's hockey coming this season, Switzerland is implementing a change for its women's league, Russia checks in with all sorts of signings and news, we have Australian hockey updates, and we may even slide a few North American news stories in if time allows. It's going to be a busy show with lots of discussion on players, coaches, management, strange decisions, and more tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT on one of 101.5 FM, Channel 718 on MTS TV, or via UMFM.com!
If you live outside Winnipeg and want to listen, we have options! The UMFM website's streaming player works well if you want to listen online. We also recommend Radio Garden if you need an easy-to-use online stream. If you're more of an app person, we recommend you use the TuneIn app found on the App Store or Google Play Store. It's a solid app.
If you have questions, you can email all show queries and comments to hockeyshow@umfm.com! Tweet me anytime with questions you may have by hitting me up at @TeebzHBIC on Twitter! I'm here to listen to you, so make your voice heard! And because both Teebz and Jason are on the butterfly app where things are less noisy, you can find Teebz here and Jason here on Bluesky!
Tonight, Teebz and Jason chat about Germany, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Australia, and much more exclusively on 101.5 UMFM and on the UMFM.com web stream!
You can file this under "News that should have been reported months ago", but the Swiss women's league, better known as the PostFinance Women's League, crowned SC Bern as its champions back at the end of March. It was a heckuva season over in Switzerland as I kept a close eye on things with former UBC Thunderbird Joelle Fiala and former Calgary Dinos teammates Elizabeth Lang and Courtney Kollman lighting lamps for HC Davos. After they fell in the playoffs, my focus turned to other hockey matters, but I probably should have been keeping an eye on the league for offseason news because that's the topic for today!
We've seen women's hockey leagues adopt the idea of bodychecking as an effective tool in the arsenal of the players. Both the PWHL and the SDHL have it, and neither of those leagues imploded nor were there a plethora of violent hits nor significant injuries. Yes, there were some injuries caused by bodychecks - it would be ignorant not to acknowledge that - but the vast majority of the body contact seen was to separate puck-carrier from puck as those leagues' rules state.
In saying that, we can now add a third league to the roster of women's leagues that allow bodychecking as the PostFinance Women's League in Switzerland will allow such plays as defined by their rules. This rule change went into effect on May 5, 2025 and will take effect in the 2025-26 season in Switzerland for which the Swiss teams will need to prepare. And I don't mean loading up with linebackers.
Long-time Swiss National Team member and PostFinance Women's League forward Lara Stalder seemed happy with the rule change, stating, "The adjustment of the rules regarding physical play, as in Sweden, brings more clarity, better prepares players for international competitions, and represents an important step in the further development of women's ice hockey in Switzerland. It is also important for Olympic preparation and helps reduce injuries, as it leads to greater awareness and body tension during the game."
Despite her sounding more like a coach than a player in her explanation, she is correct in that players will need to be aware of not only their own bodies when it comes to giving and receiving hits, but the bodies of opponents as well. It should be noted, however, that the PostFinance Women's League added a very clear and definitive definition on what kind of bodychecking will be allowed and what will still result in a penalty. The rule on checking reads,
"... are generally permitted under the same rules as in men's hockey — with the exception of so-called "open-ice hits," in which both players are moving in opposite directions. Such hits will continue to be punished with a minor penalty or a major penalty, including an automatic suspension."
That seems pretty straightforward in that one generally has to be moving in the same direction as the player receiving the check or, at worst, possibly perpendicular to that player if they are along the boards. It goes without saying that hits from behind and hits that target the head and neck area would still be penalized no matter from what direction the check comes, so eliminating the open-ice hits should prevent serious injuries as the rule hopes to achieve.
As the release states, there was always some mystery around what can and cannot be called for a penalty when it came to body contact in the women's game as "the inconsistency in rule interpretation lies in the varying levels of play, the different speeds of play, and physical differences such as the players' height, weight, and physical strength. What is considered fair in one situation can quickly be considered dangerous under other circumstances. These factors make an objective and consistent assessment significantly more difficult," and the introduction of this new rule should hopefully clarify the legality of that contact. With all players understanding that checking will happen as per this new rule, there should be less discussion about what's legal and what is not when it comes to contact.
Will this change women's hockey in Switzerland? No, not exactly. It can potentially lead to turnovers and scoring opportunities as players can be bumped off pucks in the defensive zone, but I don't think we're going to see a "Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em" type video from the PostFinance Women's League at any point. European hockey isn't played that way as it is, but we didn't see the SDHL turn into gladiatorial wars nor do we see a ton of thunderous checks in the PWHL. There were some big hits, but they were part of the game.
We'll see if the PostFinance Women's League tracks hits next season which is something I'd like to see other women's leagues do. There are physical players who make good plays by separating players from pucks, but it's hard to see who may be most effective when it comes to physical play. Having that info can help players when it comes to free agency as that added element could be what a team is seeking.
In any case, the hits will be seen next season in the PostFinance Women's League. We'll have to see how the game evolves with this new wrinkle in the mix, but my guess is that it will continue to be as good as it was this past season. I'm already excited as a fan.
The Hockey Show, Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, returns to the airwaves of 101.5 megahertz on the FM dial tonight as our hosts get you ready for a major contest that will happen in two weeks! Every year, The Hockey Show has run a playoff contest for sixteen contestants, and we're nearly ready to kick off another exciting edition of Survivor: NHL Playoffs for this year's postseason! Out hosts will chat about the contest tonight as they get you ready for April 17 when the contest opens! Beyond that, the gents have some hockey news to discuss, so get ready for another busy show tonight on The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT!
He won't physically be in the studio tonight, but Jeff Probst makes a return as Teebz and Jason get you set up with the initial information for Survivor: NHL Playoffs that begins on April 17. From there, the hosts have some business to go over as they look at the new deal hammered out by Rogers Communications and the NHL, why that deal might not be so good, a former U SPORTS player is making waves at the pro level, a number of leagues have champions as seasons wind down, we'll have a new WHL team next season, and there's a Melbourne moment about an encouraging tool when it comes to athletes' health! Assuming we can squeeze all this news in, you'll want to have your radio or internet-enabled device tuned to UMFM's signals tonight for The Hockey Show at 5:30pm CT on one of 101.5 FM, Channel 718 on MTS TV, or via UMFM.com!
If you live outside Winnipeg and want to listen, we have options! The new UMFM website's online streaming player works well if you want to listen online. We also recommend Radio Garden if you need an easy-to-use online stream. If you're more of an app person, we recommend you use the TuneIn app found on the App Store or Google Play Store. It's a solid app.
If you have questions, you can email all show queries and comments to hockeyshow@umfm.com! Tweet me anytime with questions you may have by hitting me up at @TeebzHBIC on Twitter! I'm here to listen to you, so make your voice heard! And because both Teebz and Jason are on the butterfly app where things are less noisy, you can find Teebz here and Jason here on Bluesky!
Tonight, Teebz and Jason chat Survivor, new deals, crazy money, winning big, winning seasons, old teams in new leagues, new technology, and much more exclusively on 101.5 UMFM and on the UMFM.com web stream!
It was a good weekend for former Canada West players who have taken their talents to Switzerland. The PostFinance Women's League - also known as SWHL-A - had play-in games this past weekend for four teams as a similar playoff format to what Canada West uses was seen in Switzerland. The third-seeded HC Davos squad was playing the sixth-seeded HC Fribourg-Gottéron while fourth-seeded HC Ambrì-Piotta squared off against the ZSC Lions. With a number of Canada West players looking to bring home hardware, let's see how they did in their playoff push!
There shouldn't be any surprise that HC Davos was powered by their two Calgary Dinos once again as Elizabeth Lang and Courtney Kollman were all over the scoresheet in this series as HC Davos and HC Fribourg-Gottéron opened Game One in Davos on Thursday night. This one was over by the midpoint of the game, though, and it didn't even need a lot of Calgary scoring. Lang scored her first goal of the series at the 4:19 mark of the second period while on the power-play to make it a 4-0 game for Davos, and former UBC Thunderbirds forward Joelle Fiala picked up a secondary assist on the 5-0 power-play goal.
Lang would add another power-play goal at 11:53 of the second period as both Fiala and Kollman picked up assists, but this game was in blowout territory at 7-0 at that point. HC Fribourg-Gottéron would get a goal back late in the frame when former StFX X-Women sniper Maggy Burbidge scored on a 5-on-3 advantage, but Davos would ice this game in the third with another goal for an 8-1 victory.
It was win-or-go-home on Saturday for HC Fribourg-Gottéron as they were the home team, but any advantage they may have had was quickly erased when Courtney Kollman scored her first goal of the playoffs at 12:57. HC Fribourg-Gottéron would tie the game before the end of the period, so we'd start even for the second period until Kollman struck again just 2:04 into the frame on a helper from Elizabeth Lang, and Davos had the 2-1 lead. The teams would exchange goals before Lang struck for her third goal at 15:23 on a setup from Kollman, and Davos went into the break up 4-2.
The hole from which HC Fribourg-Gottéron needed to dig out got a little deeper 6:23 into the third period as Lang setup Janine Hauser to make it a 5-2 game. HC Fribourg-Gottéron would get no closer while Davos needed no more as they skated to the 5-2 win to advance in the playoffs. Davos, as the third-seeded team, will face EV Zug this weekend as the second-seeded team awaits the challenge. The schedule for this best-of-five series is posted below!
HC Ambrì-Piotta started the series at home against the ZSC Lions, and the Lions boasted former MacEwan Griffins netminder Sandy Heim in their net as this series got underway. HC Ambrì-Piotta would build a 3-0 lead before Sinja Leemann cut the lead to 3-1 with 9:10 to play, but an empty-net goal would ice this game for HC Ambrì-Piotta as they captured the 4-1 win at home to start the series. The series would shift to Zurich where the Lions had to win.
The game in Zurich saw the other MacEwan Griffins player, Dominique Scheurer, find the scoresheet as her goal at 8:01 of the second period tied the game at 1-1. The Lions would grab the lead in the third period, but HC Ambrì-Piotta would find the equalizer on the power-play with four seconds remaining and the extra attacker on the ice, and we'd go to overtime tied at 2-2! 9:09 into the extra frame, the run for the former Griffins would end as Fanny Rask beat Sandy Heim to send HC Ambrì-Piotta to the next round.
That sets up the semifinal series as the top-seeded SC Bern will face fourth-seeded HC Ambrì-Piotta while third-seeded HC Davos will meet second-seeded EV Zug. Whatever happens in that Bern-vs-Ambrì-Piotta series will determine one of the finalists, but I'll be fully-focused on the Davos-Zug series thanks to the three Canada West stars on that Davos team.
Including the preseason and the semifinal game in the National Cup, HC Davos and EV Zug teams have squared off in seven games this season with EV Zug winning six of those seven games. It should be noted that EV Zug has already won the EWHL Euro Cup and the National Cup, and are looking to add a PostFinance Women's League to become the first team to win the three championships in the same season since the 2013 ZSC Lions. They'll face a strong HC Davos team, but it seems the EV Zug team is confident in their own abilities.
"I have full confidence in the team – we can do it," EV Zug forward Noemi Ryhner said about facing HC Davos. The 24 year-old Swiss National Team member had nine goals and 23 points this season, and she, along with Lara Stalder, Rahel Enzler, and Ivana Wey, are the homegrown Swiss talent that have paced EV Zug to their solid season. They have no Canadians on the roster, so they're looking to bump the last three former Canada West players out of the playoffs!
There hasn't been any comments coming out of Davos about the next series, so perhaps the Davos women are focused on the task at-hand. In any case, here's when and how you can watch this series:
Saturday, March 8: HC Davos @ EV Zug - 10:30am CT
Sunday, March 9: EV Zug @ HC Davos - 12:30pm CT
Saturday, March 15: HC Davos @ EV Zug - 10:30am CT
Sunday, March 16: EV Zug @ HC Davos - 8:00am CT**
Wednesday, March 19: HC Davos @ EV Zug - 12:30pm CT**
All of the games can should be viewable on the OnHockey.tv website and/or the RedSport site through the Swiss Hockey site. For a seamless broadcast, make sure you have your adblockers updated, but these sites should give you options when it comes to watching these games. This should be a good series, so tune in!
It's always good to catch up with players you know, and seeing Lang, Kollman, and Fiala getting one step closer to a championship is exciting! Unfortunately, Scheurer and Heim won't be able to join them, but only one team can win in the end. Can HC Davos make a run and defeat EV Zug on their way to claiming that championship? We'll find out starting this weekend!
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