Ireland has a hockey hotbed lately. The Ireland National Team has won gold medals for three straight seasons behind a core of players like Oisin Fletcher, Roman Augustus, Leafer Reilly, and Jack Tanner. So, it makes sense that the SHL would play some games in the surprising hockey country. So, I suggest that the SHL play a home and away between West Kendall and Edmonton in Dublin. West Kendall and Edmonton are two of the best teams in the league, and they're always competing for a Challenge Cup. Not to mention that some of their biggest stars, Fletcher for Edmonton and Augustus and Reilly for West Kendall, are Irish and have helped lead the national team to multiple medals of every color. The hope is that these games can help stoke the flames of hockey interest in a country that has slowly emerged as a hockey nation, and help lead more young Irish men and women to the SHL.
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