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Junior hockey: The Twin City Thunder have six players with at least 10 goals and 30 points this season, along with bringing in Matt Cole during the season to solidify their scoring depth.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Northern Division — the four Massachusetts team — are playing in a more normal playoff format. The top-seeded Junior Bruins defeated the No. 4 Boston Advantage in three games, while the third-seeded Islanders Hockey Club beat the No. 2 South Shore Kings, also in three games. The Jr. Bruins and Islanders HC will meet in the second-round playoff series for the chance to go to the final four. Hodge said that the reason for the separate formats in the North Division is to keep teams as close as possible. “It helps on travel and (keeps teams regionalized),” Hodge...
Read Article The Twin City Thunder gave the top team in the USPHL National Collegiate Development Conference all it could handle Friday, but it wasn’t quite enough to earn a victory. The Thunder scored two third-period goals to force overtime, but the Jersey Hitmen scored twice in the shootout to come away with a 4-3 junior hockey win at the Advent Health Ice Center in Wesley Chapel, Florida. “The boys really showed up and competed hard, obviously going up against the Hitmen, the first-place team, a team that only suffered (three) regulation losses all year,” Thunder assistant coach Ca...