Top o' the mornin' to ya, St. Pats fans!

It's the morning after a loss, thankfully only a shootout loss, but we shouldn't have gotten there to begin with.

Recap: Leafs lose to Carolina in a shootout
Two evenly matched teams take it to extra time.
PPP LeafsCathy Squires

The Marlies didn't disappoint thought with a convincing win over the Rochester Americans.

Bellows strikes twice as Toronto Marlies beat Rochester Americans - The Rink Live | Comprehensive coverage of youth, junior, high school and college hockey
The Toronto Marlies defeated the visiting Rochester Americans 7-3 on Saturday.
The Rink LiveThe Rink Live Textbot

PWHL Toronto had the night off but will be in Pittsburgh to take on Montréal tomorrow.

PWHL Toronto and Montreal take heated rivalry on the road to Sidney Crosby’s NHL home
The last time the teams met was a physical affair. Sunday’s Takeover Weekend contest will be played at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena.
Toronto StarGilbert Ngabo

He just came back and he's off to LTIR again.

It's going well for Minten out west.

Easton Cowan is scoring goals and making plays.

Finally, it's championship weekend for Canadian University hockey.

Concordia will be facing off against the University of Toronto or Université de Montréal today for the Women's Championship and UdM were in overtime as of writing) at 8PM Eastern.

In Men's hockey the University of New Brunswick will try and have a complete perfect season by beating Université du Québec a Trois-Rivières. They have also not allowed any goals against in the National Championship playoffs. An impressive feat.

That game will be on at 5PM. You can watch both games on CBCSports.ca, the CBC Sports app and CBC Gem.

Enjoy your day everyone!

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