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Good morning hockey fans! It's still a good bit before pre-season, but I've been working on a bot for the flyers community and would like some feedback on what everyone would find useful. Based on tests it should be ready to go once pre-season rolls around. It pull stats/standings /live scores at the moment. If there's other features (or more information you would like to see on the existing ones), please let me know so I can make sure to have it finished before the start of the season!

I'd also love feedback from any community mods that want to use the bot for any way to make it easier for you to do so! Right now it can be installed through python's pip command or through docker

Conflicted about this but hopefully he can bring that winning culture back that Torts helped build. LFG!

I've started work on a lemmybot that can be run using python to automatically run a score-tracker in a post! There's still some work to go to make it more user friendly but getting the link out early. There will be a few updates to the script to cache some information and to make it easier to pick the team without needing the teamID from the nhl api prior to the preseason.

If anyone who codes wants to help I'll also gladly merge pull requests as they come in.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1492099

What do we think Avaholics? This looks like a solid move to me to address 2C position for a couple years. Perhaps hoping Newhook can continue to progress and grow.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/505387

The Washington Capitals currently practice in Arlington, Virginia, and now, they could end up playing games in NoVa as well.

near future, the Washington Capitals may be moving on from Capital One Arena and finding a new home in Crystal City.

Per a Washington Post report, Monumental Sports & Entertainment is meting with city government officials about relocating the Capitals and Washington Wizards from downtown Washington, D.C. to Arlington in Northern Virginia.

https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/washington-capitals/news/washington-capitals-report-move-capital-one-arena-relocate-crystal-city

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/439662

Hershey Bears Win 2023 Calder Cup.

For the 12th time in their storied history, the Hershey Bears are Calder Cup champions.

The Bears extended their league record and captured their first championship since 2010 with a 3-2 overtime victory over the Coachella Valley Firebirds tonight at Acrisure Arena, winning the Calder Cup Finals series four games to three.

Bears forward Mike Vecchione became the first player in AHL history to score a sudden-death overtime goal in Game 7 of a Calder Cup Finals, clinching the championship at 16:19 of OT. Top Washington Capitals prospects Connor McMichael and Hendrix Lapierre scored in regulation for Hershey, which rallied from a 2-0 deficit to become the first road team to win a game in the series.

Ryker Evans and Max McCormick scored for the Firebirds, who fell one goal short of a championship in their inaugural season.

Goaltender Hunter Shepard won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the most valuable player of the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs. Shepard started all 20 games for Hershey during the postseason and posted a record of 14-6 with a 2.27 goals-against average, a .914 save percentage and three shutouts, capped by a 45-save performance in Game 7.

The Bears’ 2023 championship marks their fourth Calder Cup since becoming the top development affiliate of the Capitals in 2005. Under head coach Todd Nelson, who won his second Calder Cup as a head coach and fourth overall, Hershey defeated the Charlotte Checkers (3-1), the Hartford Wolf Pack (3-0) and the Rochester Americans (4-2) before outlasting Coachella Valley in the Finals.

Hershey’s victory brings an end to the AHL’s 87th season. In operation since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 32 National Hockey League teams. Nearly 90 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 100 honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL in their careers.

At least they will still have the cause nights but just won’t make players wear the jerseys.

The Blue Jackets announced Tuesday that they acquired defenseman Ivan Provorov from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for the No. 22 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft and a conditional second-round pick in either 2024 or 2025 in a three-team trade that included the Los Angeles Kings.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed defenseman Jake Christiansen to a one-year, two-way National Hockey League/American Hockey League contract extension for the 2023-24 season.

https://www.nhl.com/bluejackets/news/cbj-sign-jake-christiansen-to-one-year-two-way-contract-extension/c-344737180

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Blue Jackets Players Consulted On Mike Babcock Hire.

https://www.1stohiobattery.com/columbus-blue-jackets-news/2023/06/7929/sportsnets-elliotte-friedman-blue-jackets-players-consulted-on-mike-babcock-hire

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Back again at The Fortress for Game 2 tonight 🏒

https://www.nhl.com/news/florida-panthers-focus-on-improving-special-teams-for-game-2-of-stanley-cup-final/c-344730086?tid=344544256

#StanleyCupFinal #FloridaPanthers #NHL #Hockey #LasVegas #TheFortress #StanleyCup #TMobileArena #Game2 #VegasGoldenKnights

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Who's everyone rooting for in the Stanley cup?

As a Blue Jackets fan I'm a bit conflicted LOL. I'd prefer neither of these teams win but i guess if i had to pick it would be vegas... I just don't think i can watch our former star goalie win a cup with another team.

cross-posted from: https://universeodon.com/users/wicked82/statuses/110482826674922999

Mike Babcock is expected to become the next Blue Jackets head coach, per a report from @DarrenDreger. #CBJ https://1stoh.io/3IWViPT https://twitter.com/1stOhioBattery/status/1665057583403499520

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