The first round of the National Hockey League playoffs has almost come to an end. Only two series have not been decided as of Sunday, with the Washington Capitals hosting the New York Islanders in the Verizon Center in a deciding Game 7 and the Detroit Red Wings heading back to Joe Louis Arena to attempt to upset the Tampa Bay Lightning in six games.
The National Hockey League draft lottery took place Saturday night, and every non-playoff team had a chance to win the right to draft first overall on June 26. The Buffalo Sabres and Arizona Coyotes actively spent this NHL season tanking to increase their chances of drafting consensus generational talent Connor McDavid of the Erie Otters. They came into the draft with lottery odds of 20 percent and 13.5 percent, respectively. As models of rebuilding franchises, these teams have been taking steps to surround whichever of McDavid or other generational talent—Boston University’s star center Jack Eichel—they had the privilege to draft. Instead, the third-worst team in the NHL will now have the chance to draft McDavid. The Edmonton Oilers won the draft lottery at 11 percent odds, and they will be selecting number one overall for the fourth time in the last six seasons. With those other three first overall picks, the Oilers selected Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Nail Yakupov, all skilled offensive players, and failed to focus on their defense through the draft at the number one position. All of their selections since 2010 have been in the top 10, but the only defenseman drafted of those picks was Darnell Nurse, the nephew of NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb, at number seven overall.
■ Pitcher Justin Gallanty ’18 has amassed five strikeouts in 2.2 innings pitched this season for the Judges.
Noah Berman ’15, Adam Mandel ’15 and Ashley Jean ’17 all reached the final pool of the NCAA Regional.
Last week’s action in the Barclays Premier League did not feature a game from the squad currently at the top of the table but still provided entertainment for soccer fans. Swansea, Manchester United, Newcastle, Stoke, West Brom and Crystal Palace were weekend winners, with West Brom in particular pulling off an impressive victory against the surprising Southampton squad.
Foilists Annie Kim ’16 went 2-1 to earn the victory.
■ Saberist Nina Sayles ’17 had an 18-3 record for the weekends competitions.
The softball team fought their way to a split in their latest doubleheader against Husson University on Saturday in Orono, Maine-their only game of the week due to weather postponements. The Judges took the first game by a score of 9-4 but fell in the second game 6-2, moving to 10-6 overall on the season. The Judges had several standout players throughout both games, highlighted by an offensive outburst from catcher Cori Coleman '15, who had five hits on the day. Coleman played catcher in the first game and took second base in the second game, going five for seven on the day with five RBI and four runs scored, including a pair of home runs. The pair of home runs were her first and second on the season. Outfielder Amanda Genovese '15 also contributed a standout performance, hitting four for eight and adding three more stolen bases to extend the Brandeis record for stolen bases to 98.
The Brandeis fencing team had another strong showing this week at the NCAA Northeast Regional Qualifier at Wellesley College on Sunday.
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