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It’s been a long, emotional road for Game 7 hero Roe | TheAHL.com

[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer That one was for Julie Roe. Garrett Roe acknowledged that Monday night was a tough one. His Hershey Bears had just dropped their third consecutive game in the Eastern Conference Finals to the Cleveland Monsters, a 3-2 overtime heartbreaker at Giant Center to force a Game 7. What had been a 3-0 series lead now saw the Bears scrambling to fight for their season.
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Across sports, beasts of the east are reigning supreme

[ad_1] Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider Sports media (this column included) likes its rhymes and nicknames and catchy bits of wordplay, and some snippets of lyrical mischief are just too good to avoid.Which is how, any time a team or collection of teams from the Eastern part of North America lands upon an especially potent run of form, we get treated to the term "Beasts from the East" in headlines,
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Great Britain Hockey: Men beat Ireland but women lose to USA

[ad_1] Great Britain captain Hollie Pearne-Webb said their defeat by the United States was their "poorest" Pro League performance this season.GB opened the scoring in the first quarter when Katie Robertson deflected in a powerful effort from Lily Owsley.But they were unable to build on their early advantage and the USA equalised before half-time as Megan Valzonis tapped home after a Sophia Gladieux flick into the middle.The USA left it
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Top 5 Defensive Defensemen in the 2024 NHL Entry Draft – The Hockey Writers – NHL Entry Draft

[ad_1] With the 2024 NHL Entry Draft just over a month away and the Draft Lottery having set up the picks from 1 to 16, it is time to start ranking prospects and determining the top players at each position. Regarding the defensive prospect pool, excellent options are expected to go within the top 10 and a handful more throughout the rest of the first round. From shot-blocking, defensive IQ, physicality
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‘They laid it on the line. That’s all you can ask.’ | TheAHL.com

[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The finality of the moment hit Trent Vogelhuber hard last night. Having forced a Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, anything seemed possible for Vogelhuber’s Cleveland Monsters. Then, down a goal deep into the third period, James Malatesta got loose in the bottom right circle, spun and whipped a shot past Bears netminder Hunter Shepard with 5:52 to go in regulation. It was the
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Pelvic floor: Athlete mums on the importance of pelvic floor health

[ad_1] Hockey player Jo Pinner, rower Mathilda Hodgkins Byrne, para-equestrian rider Natasha Baker and judoka Nekoda Smythe-Davis speak to BBC Sport's Laura Scott about being new mums, how an athlete group chat set up by the UK Sports Institute has helped them and the area of female athlete health they think needs to improve - pelvic floor care.READ MORE: BBC Elite British Sportswomen's Study 2024: Athletes on income, trolling, maternity
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Toronto Maple Leafs’ Positional Grades: What Do They Need for Next Season? – The Hockey Writers – Toronto Maple Leafs

[ad_1] What the Toronto Maple Leafs know so well is that, once again, their team wasn’t good enough to travel far down a Stanley Cup journey. Yet again, the team lost a heartbreaker; this time to the Boston Bruins during the 2024 Postseason. Close, but nada.Related: Maple Leafs’ Samsonov Shows Human Side of Professional SportsAs the team prepares for the 2024-25 regular season, what must they do to create a
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Bears-Firebirds rematch on tap for 2024 Calder Cup Finals | TheAHL.com

[ad_1] For the first time in 33 years, two teams will meet in the Calder Cup Finals for the second year in a row as the Hershey Bears square off against the Coachella Valley Firebirds beginning Friday night at Giant Center in Hershey, Pa. Last year’s championship series is widely considered one of the best Finals in league history, culminating with the Bears becoming the first AHL team ever to
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Miami nice: Sportsbooks rooting for Miami Heat, Florida Panthers titles

[ad_1] Patrick Everson FOX Sports Betting Analyst Players on the Miami Heat and Florida Panthers surely believed in themselves over the course of the NBA and NHL seasons. Of course, the coaches believed in their rosters. And die-hard fans always believe, even this year, when these two teams squeaked into the final spots in their respective leagues’ postseason fields.However, from a gambling perspective, bettors most certainly did not believe in