Justin Levine @justinlevine

I recently sat down with @kdonk.bsky.social to chat about her new book, Breakaway, the @thepwhl.com’s expansion interests, and what’s next for the @victoire-lphf.bsky.social as the league heads into its third season for @herhockeyherway.bsky.social

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28.10.2025 17:34 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Brewers remember, celebrate late Bob Uecker: ‘This is a chance for all of you to say goodbye’ The memorial program interspersed testimonials with a four-part video that recounted Uecker's life, career and his connection to Milwaukee.

The first pitch was thrown and it couldn’t have been more perfectly imperfect: Juuuust a bit outside.

The Milwaukee Brewers spent months meticulously planning the celebration of life for Bob Uecker.

Take a trip down memory lane:

25.08.2025 01:01 — 👍 82 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1

🎙️ New Episode Alert!

We’re celebrating a milestone on Rinkside Rundown—our 1-year anniversary!

This week, I’m joined by Olympic gold medalist and TV analyst Sami Jo Small!

Check it out make sure to subscribe!

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#womenshockey

02.01.2025 17:27 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Can’t wait to listen!

03.01.2025 04:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Sami Jo Small?

02.01.2025 17:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Wishing all my friends and colleagues here on Bluesky a happy, healthy and joyful new year. As we reflect on the year that was, may we look forward to a prosperous 2025 full of joy, success, personal growth, and togetherness! #NewYear2025

02.01.2025 03:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Partners Michela Cava and Emma Greco Adjusting to Playing Hockey in Separate Cities Michela Cava and Emma Greco are no longer teammates on the ice, but the off-ice partners remain PWHL regulars and support each others' careers from afar.

Michela Cava and Emma Greco are no longer teammates on the ice, but the off-ice partners remain PWHL regulars and support each others' careers from afar.

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04.12.2024 23:06 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

In my feature on Poulin and Stacey, Canadian hockey great Caroline Ouellette opened up about how women’s hockey was covered at the 1998 Olympics. That it scarred her.

“It silenced me for years”

Words matter. Here’s that part of the story.

21.11.2024 19:10 — 👍 52 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1

“If there’s no spot available, I’ll make one" - Veillette, Isbell Continue Quest For Contracts Audrey-Anne Veillette and Sam Isbell know they're fighting uphill battles against the odds and numbers, but both are committed to doing everything they can to make a roster spot with Ottawa, even if one doesn't currently exist.

“If there’s no spot available, I’ll make one"

Audrey-Anne Veillette and Samantha Isbell Continue Quest For PWHL Contracts.

✍️ @patlaprade.bsky.social

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21.11.2024 17:27 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Kaitlin Willoughby Skates A Career Balancing Act Toronto Sceptres forward Kaitlin Willoughby plays a balancing act between being a professional hockey player and a nurse.

Toronto Sceptres forward Kaitlin Willoughby plays a balancing act between being a professional hockey player and a nurse. It's a relationship she's come to value.

21.11.2024 16:22 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

There is something profoundly beautiful watching people find their freedom. Become all they’ve wanted to be. And sharing it with the world.

Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey have found that place together.

Grateful for their trust in sharing their story.

21.11.2024 13:40 — 👍 132 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

LINEMATES TO LIFEMATES

Only now are Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey ready to talk about it all. About their hopes and dreams and fears. How they kept their love hidden. Not anymore.

This is their hockey love story.

My CBC Sports exclusive: www.cbc.ca/sports/longf...

21.11.2024 13:27 — 👍 82 🔁 20 💬 7 📌 10

HOCKEY POWER COUPLE

Marie-Philip Poulin. Captain Canada. Clutch in the biggest moments on the ice. Now ready to share their story. Alongside her wife and teammate Laura Stacey. Vulnerable. Raw. And real.

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21.11.2024 13:22 — 👍 185 🔁 47 💬 10 📌 20

Finnish star Ronja Savolainen wants to make an impact with Ottawa Charge MONTREAL - Finnish star Ronja Savolainen wants her opponents to fear driving the net when she’s on the ice.

Finnish star Ronja Savolainen wants to make an impact with Ottawa Charge

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21.11.2024 03:20 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

PWHL first-overall pick and Canadian hockey star Sarah Fillier finally goes pro Fillier will make her professional hockey debut on Dec. 1 with the New York Sirens, which hopes she can help it to build a foothold in a crowded sports market

PWHL first-overall pick and Canadian hockey star Sarah Fillier finally goes pro: Fillier will make her professional hockey debut on Dec. 1 with the New York Sirens, which hopes she can help it to build a foothold in a crowded sports market

21.11.2024 00:54 — 👍 46 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 1

Hockey power couple. Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey. And their golden retriever Arlo.

Opening up in the most vulnerable way for the first time about navigating life, love and being linemates.

My CBC Sports exclusive tomorrow.

20.11.2024 00:17 — 👍 91 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

From last pick to first-liner: Swedish star Ljungblom making waves with Victoire The Montreal Victoire anticipated Swedish star Lina Ljungblom’s arrival from overseas for more than a year. They’re confident it was well worth the wait. “We wanted a game breaker,” head coach Kori Cheverie said. “Lina is a threat to score every shift. … It really is a great addition to our lineup.” First-line players aren’t normally drafted in the last round, but that’s what the Victoire have in Ljungblom. The 23-year-old was selected with the final pick of the 2023 PWHL draft, but played out the final year of her contract with Swedish club MoDo before joining Montreal this fall. In 2023-24, Ljungblom won Player of the Year honours in Sweden with 23 goals and 23 assists in 36 games. Now signed to a three-year contract, she’s already making waves with her wicked release at training camp. The sight of her ripping shots off the post and in quickly explained why she was skating alongside Victoire stars Marie Philip-Poulin and Laura Stacey on the team’s top trio on Thursday and Friday at Verdun Auditorium. “She brings a lot as a power forward, she’s eager to learn, sees the game very well … You can see she has a powerful shot,” Poulin said of her new linemate. “Super excited to see what she’s got.” Victoire players who also play for Canada have already experienced it on the international stage. The 5-foot-6 Ljungblom scored seven goals in seven games during the 2023 world championships, including a second-period tally in Sweden’s 3-2 quarterfinal loss to Canada in overtime. “Lina has done a lot of damage against Team Canada in all of our matchups. Whenever I see No. 25 on the ice when I am with Team Canada, I’m aware,” Canadian defender Erin Ambrose said. “To now have that with our group is pretty incredible. “I think (she) is going to take her game to the next level and take us to the next level.” Victoire general manager Danièle Sauvageau didn’t know Ljungblom wouldn’t play in the league’s inaugural season, but is “very happy that she just stayed available” anyway. Ljungblom, meanwhile, wanted to join Montreal last season and said it was hard to watch from afar as the PWHL’s record-breaking crowds created a buzz in the MoDo locker room. On Thursday, she was nervous about taking the ice. Not because she was skating with a living legend in Poulin, but because she’d always dreamt of playing in a league of the PWHL’s calibre. “I’ve always been dreaming about playing hockey professionally, to have it as my job,” Ljungblom said. “Now you can see with this league, it’s really big, it has a lot of fans, it’s so professional. “It’s a dream that I never thought I could have.” That’s why she’s making the sacrifice of leaving her family six time zones away, even though PWHL stars have far more modest salaries than NHL players (the PWHL minimum is US$36,050, while top players make around $70,000-80,000). “You miss so much that is going on at home. My sister has two kids and I’m missing their life and growing up and everything. That’s hard,” Ljungblom said. “It’s hard to say goodbye to your family, but you’re living your dream.” On the ice, Ljungblom will have to adjust to the smaller North American ice surface and the PWHL’s physical brand of hockey, but she’s hardly concerned. The gritty winger notes she skated with boys until she was 19 and has experience with body checking, something Sweden’s top league implemented in 2022. “I feel that I’m good in the battles, I feel that I’m strong, and I like to go straight to the net,” Ljungblom said. “It’s other stuff than scoring that could fit me in this league. “But of course, I’d like to score.” Right now, Ljungblom is living in a downtown Montreal hotel, waiting to see if fellow Swede and roommate Anna Kjellbin cracks Montreal’s roster ahead of the season-opener on Nov. 30. The 30-year-old Kjellbin, a right-shot defender who’s also Sweden’s captain, was drafted by the Victoire in the sixth round of this year’s draft but hasn’t yet signed a contract. Cheverie, however, is impressed by what she’s seeing early in camp. “She’s a true pro,” she said. “We had her playing on the left side today in practice, just to see what we have there, and she was all for it. She’s willing to do whatever it takes to try to make the team. “She’s got that smart IQ, she’s able to move the puck, she can play a little bit of physicality. She’s kind of a little bit of a Jill of all trades.” Kjellbin’s message to Victoire fans about Ljungblom? “You always know what you’re going to get. It’s 100 per cent,” she said. “She’s a physical player, but also a smart player who knows where to be at what time. Having high expectations of Lina is what you should have.” Related PWHL excitement remains high for Montreal Victoire heading into Year 2 CBC/Radio-Canada, TSN/RDS and Amazon Prime to broadcast PWHL games this season

From last pick to first-liner: Swedish star Ljungblom making waves with Victoire https://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/pwhl/from-last-pick-to-first-liner-swedish-star-ljungblom-making-waves-with-victoire?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky

16.11.2024 01:36 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Have you been able to clarify if it’s maintenance day or injury related?

19.11.2024 18:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Best flavours are purple or blue

19.11.2024 04:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The Anatomy and Aftermath of a PWHL Trade Lexie Adzija and Shiann Darkangelo were part of a trade on the PWHL's first ever trade deadline. Here's an in depth look at the anatomy of how the trade came to be, and reflections from Ottawa and Boston's general managers, and the players involved.

"The deadline is funny because as you get closer to it, the pressure is on."

I spoke with Lexie Adzija, Boston GM Danielle Marmer and Shiann Darkangelo to go behind the scenes at last year’s PWHL trade deadline.

For @thehockeynewsw.bsky.social

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15.11.2024 03:28 — 👍 4 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

@haileysalvian.bsky.social confirmed that games won’t be available on YouTube in Canada this season as each broadcast partner has exclusive rights to their slate of games in Canada, as per the press release. With the U.S. broadcast deal scheduled for a later time, curious to see what that looks like

14.11.2024 20:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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