Category: Hockey
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Veteran coach Don Babineau returns to Hudson
Junior hockey veteran coach Don Babineau is back behind the bench in Hudson, Wisconsin after recently being named head coach/GM of the Hudson Havoc. The team has been preparing for their USPHL season opener scheduled for Saturday. This is the second stint in Hudson for Babineau who guided the Hudson Crusaders of the Minnesota Junior…
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Butte Irish say goodbyes, honor graduating veterans
Butte Irish closed out their 2023-24 campaign on Saturday night hosting the Great Falls Americans. After a hard-fought 60 minutes the teams needed overtime before the visitors found a winning goal. Easton Kennedy scored the game winner at 2:10 of the extra frame for the Americans. Goaltender Braylon Rogers was excellent in his final game…
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Butte Irish close 2023 with sweep of Yellowstone Quake
2023 has seen several ups-and-downs for the Butte Irish, but the team closed out the calendar year with a weekend sweep at Yellowstone Quake on New Years Eve. Goals by Toby Kerr, Corbin Breen, Andrew Browe and Weston Villers powered the Irish to the 4-2 victory while goaltender Braylon Rogers stopped 47 shots to even…
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Butte NA3HL alumni update
2023 Alumni playing ACHA Division 1 Former Butte Cobras goaltender Caleb Cross, a freshman at the University of Northern Illinois, earned his first career victory at the ACHA Division 1 level on November 17 stopping 37 of 38 shots against the University of Alabama. While his team is struggling this season, Cross is getting plenty…
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Irish goalies Rogers, Strong stand out in losses to Bighorns
Butte Irish dropped a pair of games this weekend to the Helena Bighorns (19-2-0-0) despite the efforts of their goaltenders. Helena won a 3-1 decision on Friday in Butte then followed with a 6-3 win on home ice Saturday night. Braylon Rogers stopped 64 of 66 shots (.970 save%) in the series opener keeping the…
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Butte Irish head to Sheridan in first road trip of the new season
The new season began early for the Butte Irish who dropped a pair of games to the Gillette Wild on September 15-16 on home ice. Now after a week with no games and an opportunity to work and improve the team faces their first road trip of the year. Butte Irish will make the 355-mile…
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