Saturday FTB: Women's Hockey Schedule

The women's semifinals are today, and your schedule is:

GAME	DATE	TIME	TEAMS	TV
SF 1	Saturday, April 15	12:00 pm EDT	USA vs CZE	TSN 4, RDS, NHLN
SF 2	Saturday, April 15	4:00 pm EDT	CAN vs SUI	TSN 4, RDS, NHLN
5th Place	Sunday, April 16	10:00 am EDT		TSN 4
Bronze	Sunday, April 16	3:00 pm EDT		TSN 4, RDS 2, NHLN
Gold	Sunday, April 16	7:00 pm EDT		TSN 1/3/4, RDS, NHLN

Tomorrow night is the gold medal game, so make sure you're ready to watch a great game.

The last two NHL games were played last night, with no changes to the races in the east, but a bit of amusement as the Buffalo Sabres pounded the Blue Jackets down into 31 place. The torch has been passed.

In the west, the Avalanche went for the dramatic finish to a season that started very badly for them:

A Nathan MacKinnon hat trick — the last one his 42nd of the year with 1:42 remaining in regulation — wins COL the Central. So…
WEST
LV/WIN
EDM/LA
COL/SEA
DAL/MIN
— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) April 15, 2023

#StanleyCup playoffs Round 1 schedule, Eastern Conference: pic.twitter.com/1sGbQml8Kp
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) April 15, 2023

#StanleyCup playoffs Round 1 schedule, Western Conference: pic.twitter.com/XmHCa5J6je
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) April 15, 2023

Yesterday was the first off day for a lot of teams, and the firings came fast and hard:

Pittsburgh, now under new ownership, fired Brian Burke, Ron Hextall and Chris Pryor
Washington are parting ways with coach Peter Lavioulette who was on an expiring contract
Dallas Eakins is gone from the Ducks on an expiring contract
St. Louis fired their assistant coaches Craig MacTavish and Mike Van Ryn, but not their coach

There were a lot of really interesting quotes from the Flames locker cleanout.

One of the most positive players said this:

Big Z needs a bottle of Vodka to talk about the last 9 months 😅pic.twitter.com/7nmOdtUiof
— FlamesNation (@FlamesNation) April 14, 2023

Huberdeau: "Me and Darryl will figure it out and adjust some things."

Also mentioned playing his off-wing for a long part of the season.#Flames
— Salim Nadim Valji (@salimvalji) April 14, 2023

#Flames forward Mikael Backlund was asked about re-signing this summer.

“I’m 34 years old. I want to win the Stanley Cup. I don’t know this summer what’s going to happen, if they offer me anything."

He suggested he’d like to see how things play out this summer.
— Pat Steinberg (@Fan960Steinberg) April 14, 2023

Weegar: "It was a huge change for me, coming from Florida here…it was a difficult change, for sure."
— Salim Nadim Valji (@salimvalji) April 14, 2023

In other news from teams that are done:

Garrioch believes DeBrincat 'has no inclination of signing' in Ottawa, could be moved at draft

WATCH: https://t.co/hKqV10LFB7 pic.twitter.com/ZmxUb8KGL9
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) April 14, 2023

The Marlies finish up at home this weekend against last-place Belleville:

Come on down to @CocaColaClsm this weekend as we close out the regular season at 🏡 with 2 straight against the Senators 👊

There's only a limited number of tickets remaining, grab yours NOW ‼️
— Toronto Marlies (@TorontoMarlies) April 14, 2023

They have clinched first place and will await their semifinal opponent in a week or so from now as Laval and Utica play off first.

Logan Shaw of the @TorontoMarlies has been voted the winner of the AHL's 2022-23 Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award for sportsmanship, determination and dedication to hockey. #AHLAwards

📝: https://t.co/LKvG0y9GEO pic.twitter.com/JUbbZWBa3S
— AHL Communications (@AHLPR) April 14, 2023

Hockey Canada announced their coaches for the Men's world:

André Tourigny will lead 🇨🇦 at #IIHFWorlds, alongside assistants D.J. Smith, Alex Tanguay and Troy Ryan.

André Tourigny dirigera le 🇨🇦 au #MondialIIHF, aux côtés des adjoints D.J. Smith, Alex Tanguay et Troy Ryan.

FRANÇAIS ➡️ https://t.co/JCtUhXx4Dl
— Hockey Canada (@HockeyCanada) April 14, 2023

That's the women's team head coach in there as an assistant, which is a bit unusual.

Toronto beat Tampa 6-3:

That's the ball game!

The @BlueJays take it 6-3 and hand the Rays their first loss of the season. pic.twitter.com/9BdsRQXQMe
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 15, 2023

And that's enough for a Saturday. Have a great faux summer day if you're in Ontario. The regular season is over. The playoffs are about to begin.

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