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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Justin Thibault scored the game-winning overtime goal at 13:52, lifting the Chiefs over the Northern Cyclones, assisted by Jack Gricus. The game was back-and-forth essentially from the point where the scoring started in the second. Ryan Stratton started it all at 5:28 of the second period, a 1-0 lead that…
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By Joshua Boyd Being part of the final four teams in the running for the Dineen Cup is not new for the Chiefs, as they were in the Atlantic Division Championship series in 2023, eventually falling to that year’s Dineen Cup Champion P.A.L. Jr. Islanders. They also fell in 2024 in the Atlantic Division…
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The South Shore Kings, defending Dineen Cup Champions for at least the next roughly 24 hours, will get a chance to win the Cup again. After defeating the Mercer Chiefs in the final non-championship elimination game on Sunday by a 4-0 score, the Kings will now have to defeat the Idaho Falls Spud Kings twice…
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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Idaho Falls was powered by a huge goaltending performance from Charlie Durkin, as well as the opening goal by Leo Mantenuto. He scored at 4:24 of the second period on the power play, picking up assists from D.J. MacLeish and William O’Donovan. Durkin came away with 33 saves on 33…
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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Justin Thibault scored the game-winning overtime goal at 13:52, lifting the Chiefs over the Northern Cyclones, assisted by Jack Gricus. The game was back-and-forth essentially from the point where the scoring started in the second. Ryan Stratton started it all at 5:28 of the second period, a 1-0 lead that…
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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com It was a battle of goaltenders for more than 70 minutes on Friday, as the Idaho Falls Spud Kings just barely outlasted the defending Dineen Cup Champion South Shore Kings by a score of 1-0 off a Ronald Wade goal at the 16:00 mark of overtime. He was assisted on…
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Here is how our Dineen Cup Championships bracket looks with the four qualifiers all set. The double-elimination tournament all begins on Friday, April 25. #1 Idaho Falls Spud Kings vs. #4 South Shore Kings, 3:30 p.m. EDT #2 Northern Cyclones vs. #3 Mercer Chiefs, 7:30 p.m. EDT The winning teams from those games will play at…
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The Mercer Chiefs have captured their first-ever Atlantic Division Championship and will compete in the #DineenCupChampionships April 25-29 in Wayne, N.J. The Chiefs were down 2-0 and on the verge of elimination going into Friday’s Game 3 before they won three in a row over the space of four days! They were not going to…
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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com The P.A.L. Jr. Islanders and the Mercer Chiefs will face each other for the Atlantic Division Championship in a series set to begin on Tuesday, April 8. This series and the New England Division Championship series both hold a lot of bearing for each of the four teams involved, as…
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The Mercer Chiefs are in the Atlantic Division Championship Series! The Chiefs eked out a 2-1 victory against their New Jersey in-state rivals the Jersey Hitmen, winning their Atlantic Division semifinal series by a 2-1 score. The Chiefs will face the P.A.L. Jr. Islanders in the division championship series beginning Tuesday, April 8. Nicholas Rockey…
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