Dineen Cup Playoffs
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JoJo Dable’s high slot wristshot was the difference in a triple-overtime South Shore King 3-2 win against the Northern Cyclones in a win-or-go-home situation for both teams in the double elimination tournament. The goal was scored at 101:58 of the game, making it the second longest in NCDC history after the Mercer / P.A.L. Game…
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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com It was a battle of goaltenders for more than 70 minutes on Friday, as the Idaho Falls Spud Kings just barely outlasted the defending Dineen Cup Champion South Shore Kings by a score of 1-0 off a Ronald Wade goal at the 16:00 mark of overtime. He was assisted on…
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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com JoJo Dable’s high slot wristshot was the difference in a triple-overtime South Shore King 3-2 win against the Northern Cyclones in a win-or-go-home situation for both teams in the double elimination tournament. The goal was scored at 101:58 of the game, making it the second longest in NCDC history after…
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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Idaho Falls was powered by a huge goaltending performance from Charlie Durkin, as well as the opening goal by Leo Mantenuto. He scored at 4:24 of the second period on the power play, picking up assists from D.J. MacLeish and William O’Donovan. Durkin came away with 33 saves on 33…
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The South Shore Kings, defending Dineen Cup Champions for at least the next roughly 24 hours, will get a chance to win the Cup again. After defeating the Mercer Chiefs in the final non-championship elimination game on Sunday by a 4-0 score, the Kings will now have to defeat the Idaho Falls Spud Kings twice…
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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com It was a battle of goaltenders for more than 70 minutes on Friday, as the Idaho Falls Spud Kings just barely outlasted the defending Dineen Cup Champion South Shore Kings by a score of 1-0 off a Ronald Wade goal at the 16:00 mark of overtime. He was assisted on…
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By Joshua Boyd / NCDCHockey.com Justin Thibault scored the game-winning overtime goal at 13:52, lifting the Chiefs over the Northern Cyclones, assisted by Jack Gricus. The game was back-and-forth essentially from the point where the scoring started in the second. Ryan Stratton started it all at 5:28 of the second period, a 1-0 lead that…
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Leo Mantenuto made no mistake about where to put that puck. Mantenuto scored the OT game-winner also the series-winning goal to send the Idaho Falls Spud Kings to the Dineen Cup Championships in Wayne, N.J. This will be the Spud Kings’ first trip into the field of four teams with one goal – the Cup!…
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Idaho Falls Spud Kings 2, Pueblo Bulls 1 The Spud Kings held on to get the 2-1 win to push them into the Mountain Division Championship Series against the Ogden Mustangs, which starts on Monday in Idaho Falls. Spud Kings veteran D.J. MacLeish scored the game-winner in the second period, after Max Von Klinggraeff evened…
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Thursday night saw it all get decided – the 2025 Mountain Division Championship Series will feature the Ogden Mustangs against the Idaho Falls Spud Kings. The division’s top two teams from the regular season will battle for both Mountain supremacy as well as the division’s only berth to the Dineen Cup Championship Series in Wayne,…
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