#mississauga steelheads

[nylanderbunting]

Where I’m currently living, I’m almost perfecting situated between Guelph, Kitchener and Mississauga, but I don’t follow the steelheads at all. Got the chance to go to The Kitchener Auditorium, tour it with some of their front office staff and watch a Rangers/Storm game.

I’m looking forward to Sarnia giving London a challenge this series. The Knights need that to prove themselves.

I’ll be honest, I don’t really follow the WHL much outside of Leafs prospects because I’m not able to go to games given my location. But I’m trying to get into it more because junior hockey is fun. They are good, but make mistakes.

Feeling conflicted for OHL western conference finals... LDN vs SAR

I'm devastated bc Sarnia beat Guelph, but they also have Sasha Pastujov and Ty Voit. I'm cheering for the players and not the team, I guess lol.

I dislike London a great deal for a variety of reasons (although I take a great deal of joy seeing their coach Dale Hunter lose his mind).

I have no idea what's going on in the eastern conference.

I personally am a Sarnia hater. It seemed like every game I’ve gone to for the past little while has been against Sarnia and I’m just so exhausted of watching them play. Pastujov and Voit are the only players I like on Sarnia rn.

London isn’t bad, I’m a Brochu fan tbh. But I’m not a fan of the team as a whole (even though I follow the team on instagram 😂)

The east is so weird, I don’t really play attention to the other teams in the OHL after Guelph, Kitchener, London because those are the teams that are closest to me. So I also have no idea what’s happening there.

Been keeping track of the OHL draft tonight, so we’ll see how that goes 😂

[sergeifyodorov]

Mild gripe of course but I feel like many fic writers are unaware that major junior teams will only play teams from other leagues during the Mem Cup finals. Your Mississauga Steelhead or Kingston Frontenac is not going to see the Blazers on a regular basis. Do you know how far Lake Ontario is from Kamloops

[polyabathtub]

Harley-Foerster primer

Making my case for why you should ship these two rookies

Tyson Foerster

He’s a rookie on the Flyers with really excellent advanced stats, whatever that means. He had a slow start to his season, but he stayed positive, and he recently hit his stride. Lately he’s been scoring a ton of goals:

All of his cellies are just him flinging his arms up in the air in pure joy. He is almost always smiling.

He cares about his teammates and doesn't like beating them even in pointless competitions.

In this clip, Tyson wins a meaningless accuracy shooting competition against Cam York and a few other Flyers. When asked how it feels, Tyson answers "not good, he's my teammate." We love a professional athlete who just wants to have fun with the boys.

When he isn't smiling, he's extremely expressive:

He has a well-documented history of frolicking

Also one time he dressed up as a playboy bunny. How that alone has not yet launched 1000 fics, I do not know.

So: Tyson Foerster is a sweet ball of sunshine and an A+ goal scorer, secure in himself and his masculinity.

Thomas Harley

From Syracuse NY, he’s the star (heh) rookie defenseman of the Dallas Stars. 

We love him because he's a total babe and also very good at hockey.

He was highlighted on the NHL Network for leap year as a player who's taken a bit leap forward.

drysdalc on Twitter created a dizzying fan edit of him scoring goals and running his hands through his hair, if you'd like further justification.

Personality-wise, The Athletic said the following:

"Harley has always been a soft-spoken individual, especially in front of the microphone. There’s a looser version of him, one who picks playful fights with Wyatt Johnston in practices and during warmups, as he did on Saturday. But the most impressive thing about Harley has always been his maturity."

Sometimes he looks a bit deer-in-the-headlights during interviews. In my opinion this only adds to his charm.

Foerster/Harley

I hope I've convinced you that they're both at the very least plausibly nice boys. But why the two of them together?

I invite you to cast your thoughts back to September 27th, 2019. Harley is a recent draftee of the Dallas Stars. He played a few pre-season games, then was sent back to the Mississauga Steelheads of the OHL.

He gets off the plane and immediately plays a game against the Oshawa Generals, which he loses 5-6. The very next day, he plays another game, this time against the Barrie Colts. Thomas's team loses again, 7-3.

That season, Tyson Foerster was playing on the Colts. In that 7-3 game, Tyson recorded 6 points, including 3 goals.

"Foerster put himself squarely on the draft map on a late September day against the Mississauga Steelheads. He recorded six points including a hat trick. Then he went on a crazy point streak recording points in 13 straight games which including six consecutive multi-point efforts." - The Athletic

See? Huge deal for Foerster, and he got there by absolutely grinding Thomas's team into the dirt.

Thomas responded aggressively the next time their teams played each other, on 12/20/2019. In that game, Harley recorded two points and two assists, and the Steelheads beat the Colts 8-2. They played a few more times, including an overtime win for the Colts and an 8-1 Steelheads win.

After that season, Harley and Foerster didn't face each other again, as they both spent time in the minors. But this year, they're full time with their respective clubs. The Flyers and Stars have played two games this year.

The first, on October 21st, 2023, went to overtime. The Stars won 4-5. Tyson got a couple of shots on goal but neither player was particularly decisive.

The teams faced each other again on January 18th, 2024, AKA Tyson's 22nd birthday. This time, to the shock of basically everyone, the Flyers beat the absolute shit out of the Stars—but it took them a little while to get there.

As the second period was winding down, the Flyers were only up by 1. The shots differential was dramatically worse, at one point  28–3 in favor of the Flyers.

In the final minute of the 2nd period, Thomas high-sticked Tyson in the face. Miraculously, the Flyers scored on the associated power play, and it only got worse from there. The final tally was 1-5 in favor of the Flyers. Arguably, the Harley/Foerster penalty was the beginning of the end.

To summarize:

9/27/19: Thomas Harley plays 5 pre-season games with the stars and gets sent down back to Mississauga  9/28/19: Foerster’s Colts win 7-3 against Harley’s Mississauga, Tyson Foerster gets 6 points including a hat trick  12/20/19: The Colts play Sauga again, Mississauga wins 8-2 and Thomas gets a hat trick  2023–2024: Thomas Harley and Tyson Foerster are finally up with their respective teams for the season.  10/21/2023: Harley and Foerster play their first game against each other in the NHL. Neither of them does anything particularly of note.  1/18/2024: Harley and Foerster play their second game against each other in the NHL. Thomas highsticks Tyson at the end of the 2nd, arguably costing the Stars the game. Oh, and it’s Tyson’s 22nd birthday. 

In conclusion, you should ship them because:

sunshine-quiet is a fun pairing

their games against each other, while few, have a lot of drama

they're both very cute

edit 4/22/24: additional information has surfaced for me personally, which is that Tyson's roommate Joel Farabee is a longtime friend of Thomas Harley. This is very important and relevant information that everyone should know.

[jackhues]

is peanut going to play in the nhl?

y'all are making p grow up too fast 😭😭

peanut's considered a high level hockey player from an early age. she's always been amazing for her age, but when she moves to toronto, plays in the gthl and later in the ohl (gets exceptional status to play as a 15 y/o and is drafted by the mississauga steelheads, so she's close enough to live in toronto w/ everyone), she suddenly gets a lot of media attention. the biggest question is if she's going to play in the nhl or pwhl.

like, she has a legitimate chance to be drafted as a high pick in the nhl bcz she has such a strong hockey resume (played in peewee growing up, gthl in toronto marlboros - later captain, and ohl for mississauga steelheads - captain at the age of 17, played u16s for us - captain, played u18s for us - captain, plays in the wjs for us - got the 'a' at age 17), and she's got connections. she's a hughes-matthews, and her step-dad is barzy, so the media's going crazy, bcz she has the chance to be the first female drafted by the nhl, and she might even go first overall.

but p wants to go to college, she doesn't want to quit lacrosse just yet, so she doesn't know what to do. she listens to everyone's advice, and chooses not to go for the draft at 18 (the first eligible year). she goes to northeastern for two years, finally making the decision to enter the... pwhl draft the year she turns 20 (final year of her eligibility).

she's drafted first overall by pwhl toronto, and finishes her northeastern schooling online. her rookie lap is insane, the entire hughes-matthews-barzal family exploding into cheers.

her first game is incredible, she scored 4 goals and the game winner in ot. after that, it's history

[extraliga-related]

🇨🇿 CZECH U18 WJC 2023 ROSTER

GOAL

Adam Dybal (HC Karlovy Vary, CZ U20)

Michael Hrabal (Omaha Lancers, USHL)

Jan Kavan (Kometa Brno, CZ U20)

DEFENSE

Jakub Dvořák (Bílí Tygři Liberec, Extraliga CZ)

Josef Eichler (HC Plzeň, CZ U20)

Adam Jiříček (HC Plzeň, CZ U20)

Matteo Kočí (HC Karlovy Vary, CZ U20)

Martin Matějíček (HC Dukla Jihlava, CZ U20)

Jan Skok (HC Plzeň, CZ U20)

Vojtěch Vochvest (BK Mladá Boleslav, CZE U20)

OFFENSE

Matyáš Adámek (HC Karlovy Vary, CZ U20)

Adam Csabi (HC Karlovy Vary, CZ U20)

Andrej Fábry (Sparta Praha, CZ U20)

Jiří Felcman (SC Langnau U20, U20-Elit)

Miroslav Holinka (HC Oceláři Třinec U20, CZ U20)

Vojtěch Hradec (BK Mladá Boleslav, CZE U20)

Adam Jecho (Tappara U18, U18 SM-sarja)

Jan Kučera (HC Plzeň, CZ U20)

Dominik Petr (Lukko U20, U20 SM-sarja)

Eduard Šalé (Kometa Brno, Extraliga CZ)

Pavel Šimek (Saint John Sea Dogs, QMJHL)

Jakub Štancl (Växjö Lakers J20, J20 Nationell)

Adam Židlický (Mississauga Steelheads, OHL)

[college-girl199328]

The Steelheads franchise is expected to bolt Mississauga’s Paramount Fine Foods Centre for Brampton, TSN hockey insider Darren Dreger said on the social-media site X, citing sources.

The team confirmed the report in a message to season ticket holders, the news website Insauga.com reported, saying the move should be made in time for the start of the 2024-25 OHL season. The team reportedly plans to move into the nearby CAA Centre, which housed the Brampton Battalion until 2013 before the franchise marched to North Bay.

When the Steelheads’ move becomes official, it would end a 26-year tradition of OHL hockey in Mississauga, which began hosting the IceDogs in 1998 before the franchise moved to St. Catharines in 2007. The Toronto St. Michael’s Majors immediately replaced the IceDogs in 2007-08 before being sold in 2012 and renamed as the Steelheads, who made the OHL final in 2017.

Brampton also entered the league in 1998, making a trip to the OHL final in 2009 before heading to North Bay amid declining attendance. The Steelheads have also struggled to draw fans, averaging a league-low 2,256 spectators per game this season, according to HockeyDB.com.

[blogynews]

"Unbelievable Showdown at Home: Guelph Storm Falls Just Short Against Fierce Mississauga Steelheads!"

The Guelph Storm, a team from the Ontario Hockey League, found themselves in a difficult situation early in the game against the visiting Mississauga team. The Steelheads took a 3-2 victory over the Storm on Friday night at the Sleeman Centre, with Chas Sharpe scoring two goals for the winning team. One of the key factors in the game was the performance of Mississauga’s rookie goalie, Jack…

[blogynewz]

"Unbelievable Showdown at Home: Guelph Storm Falls Just Short Against Fierce Mississauga Steelheads!"

The Guelph Storm, a team from the Ontario Hockey League, found themselves in a difficult situation early in the game against the visiting Mississauga team. The Steelheads took a 3-2 victory over the Storm on Friday night at the Sleeman Centre, with Chas Sharpe scoring two goals for the winning team. One of the key factors in the game was the performance of Mississauga’s rookie goalie, Jack…

[blogynewsz]

"Unbelievable Showdown at Home: Guelph Storm Falls Just Short Against Fierce Mississauga Steelheads!"

The Guelph Storm, a team from the Ontario Hockey League, found themselves in a difficult situation early in the game against the visiting Mississauga team. The Steelheads took a 3-2 victory over the Storm on Friday night at the Sleeman Centre, with Chas Sharpe scoring two goals for the winning team. One of the key factors in the game was the performance of Mississauga’s rookie goalie, Jack…

[goalhofer]

2023 NHL Draft Results: Picks 151-200

151st overall, Winnipeg: Thomas Milic (Seattle Thunderbirds/New Westminster, British Columbia) 152nd overall, New York Rangers: Rasmus Larsson (Västerås I.K. J20/Hässelby, Sweden) 153rd overall, Toronto: Hudson Malinoski (Brooks Bandits/Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) 154th overall, New Jersey: Chase Cheslock (Omaha Lancers/Rogers, Minnesota) 155th overall, Colorado: Nikita Ishimnikov (J.H.K. Avto/Snezhinsk, Russia) 156th overall, Columbus: Melvin Strahl (Modo Hockey J20/Sollefteå Stad, Sweden) 157th overall, Dallas: Arno Tiefensee (Adler Mannheim/Weisswasser, Germany) 158th overall, Carolina: Ruslan Khazheyev (Belye Medvedi/Chelyabinsk, Russia) 159th overall, Florida: Olof Glifford (HV71 J20/Jönköping Stad, Sweden) 160th overall, Arizona: Justin Kipkie (Victoria Royals/Calgary, Alberta) 161st overall, Anaheim: Vojtěch Port (Edmonton Oil Kings/Jihlava, Czech Republic) 162nd overall, Arizona: Samu Bau (Ilves/Helsinki, Finland) 163rd overall, Carolina: Timur Mukhanov (Omskie Krylia/Glazov, Russia) 164th overall, New Jersey: Cole Brown (Hamilton Bulldogs/Aurora, Ontario) 165th overall, Montreal: Filip Eriksson (Växjö Sjöers Hockeyklubb/Ljungby Stad, Sweden) 166th overall, Arizona: Carsen Musser (USNTDP/Sherburn, Minnesota) 167th overall, Chicago: Milton Oscarson (Örebro H.K./Örebro Stad, Sweden) 168th overall, Seattle: Visa Vedenpää (Oulun Kärpät A20/Oulu, Finland) 169th overall, Detroit: Rudy Guimond (Taft School Rhinos/Pointe-Claire, Quebec) 170th overall, St. Louis: Matthew Mayich (Ottawa 67's/Hamilton, Ontario) 171st overall, Vancouver: Aiden Celebrini (Brooks Bandits/Vancouver, British Columbia) 172nd overall, Philadelphia: Ryan MacPherson (Leamington Flyers/Windsor, Ontario) 173rd overall, Buffalo: Sean Keohane (Dexter Southfield School Shields/Milton, Massachusetts) 174th overall, Pittsburgh: Cooper Foster (Ottawa 67's/Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) 175th overall, Nashville: Austin Roest (Everett Silvertips/North Okanagan Municipality, British Columbia) 176th overall, Calgary: Yegor Yegorov (M.H.K. Dynamo Moscow/Moscow, Russia) 177th overall, New York Islanders: Zach Schulz (USNTDP/South Lyon, Michigan) 178th overall, New York Rangers: Dylan Roobroeck (Oshawa Generals/London, Ontario) 179th overall, Tampa Bay: Warren Clark (Steinbach Pistons/Windsor, Ontario) 180th overall, Seattle: Zeb Forsfjäll (Skellefteå A.I.K./Skellefteå Stad, Sweden) 181st overall, Minnesota: Kalem Parker (Victoria Royals/Blucher Municipality, Saskatchewan) 182nd overall, Los Angeles: Ryan Conmy (Sioux City Musketeers/Alexandria, Virginia) 183rd overall, New York Rangers: Ty Henricks (Fargo Force/Mission Viejo, California) 184th overall, Edmonton: Nathaniel Day (Flint Firebirds/Burlington, Ontario) 185th overall, Toronto: Noah Chadwick (Lethbridge Hurricanes/Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) 186th overall, New Jersey: Daniil Karpovich (J.H.K. Avto/Minsk, Belarus) 187th overall, Colorado: Jeremy Hanzel (Seattle Thunderbirds/Coquitlam, British Columbia) 188th overall, Boston: Ryan Walsh (Cedar Rapids RoughRiders/Rochester, New York) 189th overall, Dallas: Angus MacDonell (Mississauga Steelheads/Toronto, Ontario) 190th overall, Carolina: Michael Emerson (Chicago Steel/Yorktown, New York) 191st overall, Florida: Luke Coughlin (Rimouski Oceanic/Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island) 192nd overall, Vegas: Tuomas Uronen (H.I.F.K. A20/Kerava, Finland) 193rd overall, Tampa Bay: Jack Harvey (Chicago Steel/Stacy, Minnesota) 194th overall, Columbus: Oiva Keskinen (Tappara A20/Ylöjärvi, Finland) 195th overall, Chicago: Janne Peltonen (Oulun Kärpät A20/Oulu, Finland) 196th overall, San José: David Klee (Waterloo Black Hawks/Castle Rock, Colorado) 197th overall, Montreal: Luke Mittelstadt (University Of Minnesota Golden Gophers/Eden Prairie, Minnesota) 198th overall, Florida: Stepan Zvyagin (X.K. Dynamo Minsk/Moscow, Russia) 199th overall, Philadelphia: Matteo Mann (Chicoutimi Sagueneens/Tantramar, New Brunswick) 200th overall, Washington: Brett Hyland (Brandon Wheat Kings/Edmonton, Alberta)

[tagoteenetoutfit]

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[savoies]

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[rutgersmcgroarty]

"you know i'm super proud of [dbb], and super excited to see him picked... and there he is there"

[blue-and-steel]

Steelhead Valentines? Steelhead Valentines.

with a bonus freddie :)