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According to the popular vote, it seems Canada is the crowd favorite to win the IIHF tournament with Finland nipping close at their heels. My team, France, seems to be projected to land right around fourth place.. although I think some folks might be sleeping on us a bit. The team has recently brought on a stellar group of actives who are sure to bring the team to a higher standard of play... and have fun doing it. Mia probably isn't going to do anything too exciting out on the ice as she and Edouard are only just making their debut with the team, but things will only get better with time as they build chemistry with the rest of the team.

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It looks like New England Wolfpack took the Challenge Cup this year in the SHL, while the Vancouver Whalers took the title in the SMJHL. After taking a quick breeze through the index it appears both teams were kind of the underdogs in their matchups, at least so far as total team points were concerned. Wolfpack finished the regular season a full 10 points behind the Renegades, but had some pretty stellar goal scorers that (I assume but didn't actually watch so I'm not sure) helped propel them to victory. The Whalers finished about 7 points behind Ottawa in the regular season, but also had some solid points earners that also probably helped them get to the final (but again, I'm making assumptions here because I didn't watch lol). Although looking at the playoff bracket maybe Vancouver wasn't the underdog after all considering they swept 2 out of the 4 series they played before winning it all. Nice job Whalers?! Anyways, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little satisfied Ottawa lost in the final for the Js, if only because they played spoilers in round 3 and kept us from making it there ourselves. It would have been fun to see the Lavoie-JJ line hit finals during their last season with Maine in a beautiful blaze of glory, but c'est la vie.

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