In the first round of the PWHL playoffs we saw one reverse sweep while the other series had every game go to overtime! That and more in today's PWHL hockey video!
@@Bfrd25doesn’t matter the league/sport, when it comes to playoffs u need a FULL team effort, can’t simply rely on ur top player 🤷🏽♂️ Other ladies needed to rally, they didn’t, Toronto choked once again
So I had a ticket to this game, and I watched this video at 4:40 as I was laying down to take a nap before the 7:00 game. Or so I thought. Until you said “5:00 eastern start” and I googled it and ran out the door, flew down the highway, and ran down the street into the arena. Got there just in time for Boston’s first goal. Thanks Eck!
You’re my favorite hockey RUclips channel, and it makes me so happy to see you cover the PWHL! It’s a great league filled with talent and so much fun to watch!
I have been really enjoying the PWHL, it has been great and entertaining hockey. glad it is getting attention while contending with the NHL playoffs and world championships
The Boston sweep was the much better series. Boston's goalie stood on her head completely shutting down Montreal's offense and setting the PWHL's record for most saves in a game twice in the series. Boston's hitting and conditioning just ground down and exhausted Montreal literally breaking them in overtime. The Toronto and Minnesota series was over the moment Toronto's Spooner got injured. The team was very one dimensional and 90% of Toronto's offense was funneled through her so once she was gone they had no idea how to put the puck in the net. Minnesota was no slouch either. They dominated the league in the first half then made a couple bad trades killing their momentum and went on a bit of a losing streak to end the season after the IIHF world championship hiatus.
it also didn’t help Minnesota that Heise got injured and clearly came back before she was 100%, she definitely wasn’t having the same offensive impact as she was prior to her injury. glad she’s been able to get her groove back
Love seeing you cover this league its gonna be really fun seeing how they develop expand abd strategize and contribute to the evolution of the sport overall.
These playoffs have been AWESOME! We were at Toronto vs. Boston and then Montreal vs. Boston, two games Boston HAD to win just to qualify for the playoffs. This team is unbelievably clutch, especially Susanna Tapani, whom we call "Suski Clutch", and what can you say about Frankel--she's unreal. We'll be at tomorrow's game!
As a Canes & Minnesota fan, having both of my teams need a reverse sweep to stay alive was...less than ideal. I'm happy at least Minnesota pulled it off.
Hey Eck. Maybe you hadn't heard, but THE STARS ARE HEADED TO THE WCF. The game just happened to feature another instance of the refs nearly deciding the game's outcome by calling goalie interference without actually knowing what that term means- nothing your audience woud be interested in. Don't worry about it, it's only something a hockey content creator would know about.
I can't wait for them to get their team identities and some real branding going on. I've enjoyed watching these games so much as I have always enjoyed watching the International Womens Hockey. It's an entirely different style of play from mens hockey and unlike most women's sports, it's actually exciting and competitive to watch. These women battle and it's awesome to see them compete.
Losing Spooner absolutely took the wind out of Toronto's sails. The first game without her their offense just evaporated, and I thought their defense was honestly just as good. Shows how dependent they were on her to generate offense, not just scoring but also opening opportunities for other forwards who maybe have less ability to just sink it alone. Definitely can't let Toronto off the hook for this though. Just like the OG NHL, with only 6 teams the league is absolutely stacked with talent. Every team should be able to score without their best player.
Toronto is kinda cursed Leafs: 58 year curse Raps: rebuilding after winning in ‘19 Jays: 31 year curse Argos: collapsed after going 16-2 in ‘23 after winning the Grey Cup In ‘22 now lost their MOP PWHL TOR (TORCH) formerly the Six: lost in 5
my favorite PWHL memory so far this entire season, was live blogging the boston/montreal 3OT game on tumblr, all of us yelling at our screens together, and THANK YOU!!!! for fostering a community that doesn't leave horrible comments under videos about the PWHL. sports can be really alienating to women, especially when coverage of women's sports are so often met with hatred and vitriol, so seriously thank you
Minnesota hockey alone(not including PWHL/PHL) hasn’t won a cup with any team since there had been teams(1967 so same as Toronto) have lost 2 cup finals, lost their team, got their team back, made it to the conference finals once and have made the playoffs 8 of the last ten years and only made it past the first round twice. Now that’s only NHL
Expand the league with 2 extra teams (Detroit/Michigan-based, Wisconsin, B.C and/or Alberta) and make the finals best of 7. PWHL has something going them here 👍🏾
They played exhibition games in Detroit and Pittsburgh, so I think that's where they are likely expanding to next. Probably won't see any Alberta or BC teams for a while on the basis of travel alone.
You know what's great about a women's hockey league? It's still hockey. The WNBA just isn't the same as the NBA and everyone knows it, but this, we can pretend for a moment and see some great games.
Everything aside, these women were fun to watch. I’m glad the league-at the player’s’ behest-played the hockey they wanted to. The problem with women’s hockey is that they’ve been held to traditional rules. These women basically said “screw that, let us play”. Is it as good as men’s professional? No, it can never be. But letting them play to the same set of rules makes it enjoyable. The PW is the best women’s hockey I’ve ever seen, and I want to see more. IIHF women’s is boring, let the women play how they want to play. Stop putting on kid gloves with women that want to compete. The PW was great; this league might actually stand a chance. GO MONTREAL!!(next year 😂) Why do women have to wear a cage? Stop acting like women don’t want to compete. Let them make their own choices. Stop making the game soft for women, let the women make their own choices, and you’ll find a game that people want to watch. These women are professionals, stop treating them like kids.
I think boys and girls is more natural when talking about teams. For example I would say 'the boys showed up tonight' rather than ' the men showed up tonight.'
I was at the first game in Montreal (well, Laval) and even though we lost, the atmosphere was amazing and unlike anything in men's hockey. The crowd was both passionate and really good sport. We even ended up cheering for Boston's goalie who was named first star, something you'd never see in the NHL. Even my friend who came with me and doesn't understand hockey had an amazing time. 10/10 experience, I'll try to see more games next year for sure
As a Montreal fan that series was effing painful. And we DID outplay them 10/12 periods only to be stoned by the green monster Frankel at every turn. Rooting for Minnesota now!
Once again, mentioning the PWHL doesn’t get traction so the title and screencap become vague to drag the unsuspecting in. I get that you think this league is great Eck but you don’t have fake the rest of us into liking it. That’s rude.
This title isn't different from any other of his titles. The thumbnail was also clearly the pwhl. There are a lot of people watching the pwhl and want to see it covered by hockey media. You don't have to like it, nor is anyone forcing you to watch the rest of the video.
The league went from being a pitch to an active league in about 6 months, so there really wasn't any time to do team logos and jerseys beyond what you see. They're going to let team identity form over time.
I have only watched a couple games this post season... and i know this league is young and has a tone of room for growth... but it was some of the worst hockey I've ever seen. Not a shred of offensive push. A triple OT game ends 1-0 with only 1 total scoring chance for either team.... the announcers getting all hot and bothered over a 2 against 3 rush... it was pathetic. Either there is no offensive talent in this league (yet) or the coaching schemes/team defence is so good that the game grinds to a halt. Either way it's bad for business and I hope something changes fast.
Boring season and I can’t see it getting any better as ad supports drop out after the intro years. The women don’t even think it’s worth it. You can make more money other places as an elite skater so the one are two in the league can find better ways training guys in skating techniques to help them in the real league. Once a women makes into the nhl I’ll take this seriously.
@@SpaceForce635 that’s why we have the women’s league??? it’s same skill level, but it doesn’t mean it’s a bad league. the games are close, the games are fun to watch, you just can’t see past “oh it’s a woman, they’re not good.” its not like the WNBA where there is no action, in fact it’s the complete opposite. it’s women trying to prove that they deserve to have their league and they play their hearts out every game, just for your bigoted ass to come in here and say that the league is bad because it’s a women’s league.
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We made an entirely new league with half the teams being Canadian yet we still can't get a Canadian team in the finals.
Tradition
I guess Jayna Hefford learned how to make a sustainable league by following in Gary Bettman's footsteps.
Toronto would be in if their star Natalie Spooner didn't get injured. It turned the entire series
@@Bfrd25doesn’t matter the league/sport, when it comes to playoffs u need a FULL team effort, can’t simply rely on ur top player 🤷🏽♂️
Other ladies needed to rally, they didn’t, Toronto choked once again
Toronto was about to
But then you realized just a tradition as tradition they let everyone down again!!
This is really cool that the city of Toronto can’t do anything right in sports
Toronto has a more recent pro championships than the entire state of Wisconsin...
@@DANZIG138 genuine question, who did it?
@@DarthPlagueisTheWise620 fr
Lol love to see it. Go Bandits
@@DANZIG138How are you going to say something like that and not know who the Milwaukee Bucks are?
So I had a ticket to this game, and I watched this video at 4:40 as I was laying down to take a nap before the 7:00 game. Or so I thought. Until you said “5:00 eastern start” and I googled it and ran out the door, flew down the highway, and ran down the street into the arena. Got there just in time for Boston’s first goal. Thanks Eck!
Scored by Susanna Tapani! 🏒
You’re my favorite hockey RUclips channel, and it makes me so happy to see you cover the PWHL! It’s a great league filled with talent and so much fun to watch!
I have been really enjoying the PWHL, it has been great and entertaining hockey.
glad it is getting attention while contending with the NHL playoffs and world championships
Broadcasting on RUclips was such a smart decision, too. Just need to nail the branding next year
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As soon as spooner was out for the series everything changed
Thanks for covering the PWHL games, the playoffs have been crazy!
PWHL is certainly putting themselves on the map. Hope it continues to expand, I like what I've seen so far.
Imagine getting standing on your head so hard you get an OT-only sweep. The nerves on Aerin Frankel, dude, made of titanium
This league is super fun to watch - please keep up on the coverage of it.
The Boston sweep was the much better series. Boston's goalie stood on her head completely shutting down Montreal's offense and setting the PWHL's record for most saves in a game twice in the series. Boston's hitting and conditioning just ground down and exhausted Montreal literally breaking them in overtime.
The Toronto and Minnesota series was over the moment Toronto's Spooner got injured. The team was very one dimensional and 90% of Toronto's offense was funneled through her so once she was gone they had no idea how to put the puck in the net.
Minnesota was no slouch either. They dominated the league in the first half then made a couple bad trades killing their momentum and went on a bit of a losing streak to end the season after the IIHF world championship hiatus.
it also didn’t help Minnesota that Heise got injured and clearly came back before she was 100%, she definitely wasn’t having the same offensive impact as she was prior to her injury. glad she’s been able to get her groove back
Love seeing you cover this league its gonna be really fun seeing how they develop expand abd strategize and contribute to the evolution of the sport overall.
LOVING PWHL! The games have been amazing and fun to watch! As a plus my team is in the finals! GO BOSTON!!!
As a Boston fan it’s really awesome seeing a hockey team show up every night lol
These playoffs have been AWESOME! We were at Toronto vs. Boston and then Montreal vs. Boston, two games Boston HAD to win just to qualify for the playoffs. This team is unbelievably clutch, especially Susanna Tapani, whom we call "Suski Clutch", and what can you say about Frankel--she's unreal. We'll be at tomorrow's game!
Man both have been great to see cant wait to see how this all turns out this season.
awesome BOS/MTL series. Those gals are warriors!
I'm so much more into this than the nhl this year
As a Canes & Minnesota fan, having both of my teams need a reverse sweep to stay alive was...less than ideal. I'm happy at least Minnesota pulled it off.
such an entertaining league. Let's go Minnesota💜
I loved watching Aerin Frankel goalie Montreal in three straight games. She's so good, the only way to beat her is with a Canadian all-star team.
pwhl 🤝 bruins
goalies winning them series
PWHL has been a blast to watch! Love love love the penalty jailbreak - hope NHL adopts similar rule.
They were great series!
Hey Eck. Maybe you hadn't heard, but THE STARS ARE HEADED TO THE WCF. The game just happened to feature another instance of the refs nearly deciding the game's outcome by calling goalie interference without actually knowing what that term means- nothing your audience woud be interested in.
Don't worry about it, it's only something a hockey content creator would know about.
Came here looking for this! Go Stars!
I clicked on this video to see the nhl but some how this guy even makes the pwhl interesting
Can you do a video about PWHL Toronto's 11 game winstreak? Which is the longest winstreak in Toronto hockey history!
That's akin to Boston saying "Sorry we didn't get to see Montreal play, we were too busy winning."
I can't wait for them to get their team identities and some real branding going on. I've enjoyed watching these games so much as I have always enjoyed watching the International Womens Hockey. It's an entirely different style of play from mens hockey and unlike most women's sports, it's actually exciting and competitive to watch. These women battle and it's awesome to see them compete.
didnt Toronto lose their best goal scorer to an injury? tough times
Toronto will always find a way to lose.
@@dero2430 without a doubt it’s their destiny
Toronto meeting the same fate as the Leafs is brutal 😅
best women's pro league in existence in any sport
at least minnesota has one good pro hockey team now!
Just another example of one of my favorite hockey traditions, not letting Canadian team win championships
Not only that, but also the Toronto based team chocking the series.
I love the PWHL
I super hyped of the idea of the PWHL expanding…. I just hope I don’t see another Allstar game Sarah Nurse moment…..
Toronto choking somehow makes up for Montréal getting swept... the hockey gods spare no one, regardless of gender 😅
Doesn’t help that Toronto lost spooner, I know it should be a team game but you could tell there was a shift in the mood for the team
Losing Spooner absolutely took the wind out of Toronto's sails. The first game without her their offense just evaporated, and I thought their defense was honestly just as good. Shows how dependent they were on her to generate offense, not just scoring but also opening opportunities for other forwards who maybe have less ability to just sink it alone.
Definitely can't let Toronto off the hook for this though. Just like the OG NHL, with only 6 teams the league is absolutely stacked with talent. Every team should be able to score without their best player.
How do you get reverse swept when you won 2 of 5?
Bro really gonna cover anything just to avoid talking about the stars winning😂
The PWHL streams their games on RUclips? Are they free?
Yep! Makes it really easy to watch games
Toronto is kinda cursed
Leafs: 58 year curse
Raps: rebuilding after winning in ‘19
Jays: 31 year curse
Argos: collapsed after going 16-2 in ‘23 after winning the Grey Cup In ‘22 now lost their MOP
PWHL TOR (TORCH) formerly the Six: lost in 5
Death, taxes, and a Toronto-based professional hockey team choking in the playoffs....
my favorite PWHL memory so far this entire season, was live blogging the boston/montreal 3OT game on tumblr, all of us yelling at our screens together, and THANK YOU!!!! for fostering a community that doesn't leave horrible comments under videos about the PWHL. sports can be really alienating to women, especially when coverage of women's sports are so often met with hatred and vitriol, so seriously thank you
Sucks the playoffs are all American teams since Canadian attendance is much better.
Does your team get a name if they win or what
At least one Minnesota team got it done
The curse of Toronto far out ways the curse of Minnesota
@@Christoph5782The TWolves, Vikings, Wild and North Stars never won a championship and the Twins have a longer drought than the Blue Jays.
Minnesota hockey alone(not including PWHL/PHL) hasn’t won a cup with any team since there had been teams(1967 so same as Toronto) have lost 2 cup finals, lost their team, got their team back, made it to the conference finals once and have made the playoffs 8 of the last ten years and only made it past the first round twice. Now that’s only NHL
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I’m sorry but did I hear Walter Cup? 😂💀
Comforting knowing that it isnt just the Leafs that choke in toronto.😅
If it haven’t been for PWHL Ottawa, we would’ve had a Canadian PWHL team in the championship.
I'm so mad at Ottawa, they had 3 chances to win the one game needed to advance and they couldn't manage it.
Expand the league with 2 extra teams (Detroit/Michigan-based, Wisconsin, B.C and/or Alberta) and make the finals best of 7. PWHL has something going them here 👍🏾
They played exhibition games in Detroit and Pittsburgh, so I think that's where they are likely expanding to next. Probably won't see any Alberta or BC teams for a while on the basis of travel alone.
I thought of a name for the Toronto team.
"The Maple Leafs"
Boston vs Montreal was a way better series just because of the 3OT game itself. Lfg boston
Toronto hockey team with campbell in net choking? what else is new
Top two teams in the league getting eliminated by two teams that had to fight until the last day to make the playoffs. Can't make this up.
Go Minnesota!
You know what's great about a women's hockey league?
It's still hockey.
The WNBA just isn't the same as the NBA and everyone knows it, but this, we can pretend for a moment and see some great games.
I want a team in SoCal. I'll GLADLY spend real money on this versus the garbage marketing and made-up officiating the NHL wants to sell me.
Star player gets hurt, team crumbles. Definitely sucks
Now that’s the 🐻 are gone I’m consoling my self with a good Boston team
Everything aside, these women were fun to watch. I’m glad the league-at the player’s’ behest-played the hockey they wanted to. The problem with women’s hockey is that they’ve been held to traditional rules. These women basically said “screw that, let us play”. Is it as good as men’s professional? No, it can never be. But letting them play to the same set of rules makes it enjoyable. The PW is the best women’s hockey I’ve ever seen, and I want to see more. IIHF women’s is boring, let the women play how they want to play. Stop putting on kid gloves with women that want to compete. The PW was great; this league might actually stand a chance. GO MONTREAL!!(next year 😂)
Why do women have to wear a cage? Stop acting like women don’t want to compete. Let them make their own choices. Stop making the game soft for women, let the women make their own choices, and you’ll find a game that people want to watch. These women are professionals, stop treating them like kids.
0:35 I'm sure you meant "the women".
I think boys and girls is more natural when talking about teams. For example I would say 'the boys showed up tonight' rather than ' the men showed up tonight.'
@@thaneoffife6904 I mean, the league is literally the PWHL, not the PGHL. Remember the "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League"?
I've enjoyed the first season of the PWHL. But they seriously need to find a random middle-school kid to redo their website. It's ass.
Go Stars ;)
Mission: Eck making a positive video about the stars
Difficulty: impossible
Honestly, given how abysmal Toronto sports are, I get why the rest of Canada hates us
Alright I hope Minnesota wins the finals
Go Stars! Rather post a vid on a crappy league…..
is this proof positive that its toronto? its the cities fault.
I was at the first game in Montreal (well, Laval) and even though we lost, the atmosphere was amazing and unlike anything in men's hockey. The crowd was both passionate and really good sport. We even ended up cheering for Boston's goalie who was named first star, something you'd never see in the NHL.
Even my friend who came with me and doesn't understand hockey had an amazing time. 10/10 experience, I'll try to see more games next year for sure
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As a Montreal fan that series was effing painful. And we DID outplay them 10/12 periods only to be stoned by the green monster Frankel at every turn. Rooting for Minnesota now!
People watch this 😂
Eck really made a PWHL video before acknowledging the Stars moving on to the WCF. No discredit to the PWHL, but my man really doesn't like the Stars.
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Actually 5th buddy
Bro will rather talk about the PWHL than say something nice about the stars😭
Still no Stars-Avs video since Dallas won, eh? Your bias is showing Eck
Just going to ignore Dallas beating Colorado twice in OT? Seems like it deserves a video no?
Once again, mentioning the PWHL doesn’t get traction so the title and screencap become vague to drag the unsuspecting in.
I get that you think this league is great Eck but you don’t have fake the rest of us into liking it. That’s rude.
This title isn't different from any other of his titles. The thumbnail was also clearly the pwhl. There are a lot of people watching the pwhl and want to see it covered by hockey media. You don't have to like it, nor is anyone forcing you to watch the rest of the video.
NHL should go back to best of 5 too.
Lol
I'm not gonna lie, the jersey's they are wearing are basic as shit
The league went from being a pitch to an active league in about 6 months, so there really wasn't any time to do team logos and jerseys beyond what you see. They're going to let team identity form over time.
@@plushie946Then try and sell the new "cool" merch to the fans.
Eck will cover anything but the Dallas Stars
I have only watched a couple games this post season... and i know this league is young and has a tone of room for growth... but it was some of the worst hockey I've ever seen. Not a shred of offensive push. A triple OT game ends 1-0 with only 1 total scoring chance for either team.... the announcers getting all hot and bothered over a 2 against 3 rush... it was pathetic. Either there is no offensive talent in this league (yet) or the coaching schemes/team defence is so good that the game grinds to a halt. Either way it's bad for business and I hope something changes fast.
No one can convince me that this isn’t the most astroturfed sports league in existence.
It's called DEI.
1:21 - That edge work literally made me laugh out loud. That's why I can't take it seriously, the skill level is sub-junior sh*t...
Girls sports is more your speed. Stick to that.
Boring season and I can’t see it getting any better as ad supports drop out after the intro years. The women don’t even think it’s worth it. You can make more money other places as an elite skater so the one are two in the league can find better ways training guys in skating techniques to help them in the real league. Once a women makes into the nhl I’ll take this seriously.
This is garbage hockey!
Then don't watch it?
Women hockey, pathetic nonsense
Get that hate out ur heart,
Yeah pretty boring
Just look at that edge work at 1:21. I literally laughed out loud 😂
Women league.. are you running out of content?
buddy acts like the pwhl is bad 💀
@@cart90ytIt is. Any CHL, USHL team could fold them.
@@SpaceForce635 that’s why we have the women’s league??? it’s same skill level, but it doesn’t mean it’s a bad league. the games are close, the games are fun to watch, you just can’t see past “oh it’s a woman, they’re not good.” its not like the WNBA where there is no action, in fact it’s the complete opposite. it’s women trying to prove that they deserve to have their league and they play their hearts out every game, just for your bigoted ass to come in here and say that the league is bad because it’s a women’s league.
I was busy watching QMJHL playoffs. I mean if you are genuinely into women's hockey that's great but everything about this feels very Make-A-Wish.
no one cares
Are you just allergic to ever covering anything about Dallas because you hate the Stars
Everything is allergic to covering the stars, not just Eck
Damn you made me remember the Stars exist
The PWHL is a joke. The play-offs are longer than the regular season. LOL.