"I was taking a nap. He usually doesn't text me a lot, but he said 'you're going to score the overtime winner.' I texted back 'ah, you're crazy.' I'm going to call him now. It's probably the biggest goal of my career and I'm happy."
- Philadelphia's Claude Giroux, who scored the winner in Game 3, on a text message he recieved before the game from a friend predicting the eventual outcome.
Austria's first win ever against Czechia was a notable result in a day that saw Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland all take victories.
It's easy to think of NHL players like Mitch Marner as immortal. But they live and work in the same world as the rest of us, and they're not safe from the problems we face as a society.
After leading the Florida Panthers to their first playoff series victory since 1996, Andrew Brunette may have earned himself the right to have the “interim” moniker removed from his coaching status.
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