Ireland finished last season IIHF in 3rd behind Germany and Japan with 23 points and falling to Germany. It was a difficult end to the S72 IIHF tournament for Ireland losing 3-0 unable to score. With an overall younger core, Ireland will be the most scary moving forward in the next couple of seasons. Beau Kavanagh is excited to be leading the way in net for Ireland. Brendan Laroux and Seamus O'Slapahan lead the way on the blueline for Ireland as the top point getters last season and look to continue their offensive success heading into the upcoming tournament. Mads McBride continues to be the top point getter for Ireland who is also the veteran leading the way for the boys in green and orange. Hargreeves as the top center looks to stay on top with his goal scoring ability and activating the wingers on his line. With a young core maturing at the right time, Ireland looks to be a force for seasons to come.

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Beau Kavanagh unfortunately does not share Irish ice with any of his Great Falls Grizzlies teammates. However, Beau has begun a positive relationship with defenseman Billy Brooks and centerman Adrian O'Rugg on Ireland that he will also share the ice with in Baltimore next season once called up. Beau believes the chemistry will help them succeed down the road once he makes the jump to the SHL. Developing chemistry is an underrated stats that cannot be measured nor evaluated but only developed the more players spend on the ice together. Especially with dman Billy Brooks who he will play very closely with. "The more we play together the faster out chemistry builds which will only help the team moving forward". Beau is very excited to make the jump to the SHL and knowing some familiar faces in the locker will only make the transition that much easier to help him successfully adapt to the big league. O'Rugg and Brooks both have had great careers thus far with Baltimore and Beau can only hope to have similar success.

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Edmonton does it again and brings home the Challenge Cup! What a series! Any series that goes 7 games is proof that both teams matched up well against each other and gave it their all. Congrats to the Forge who gave it their all but ultimately fell one game short of their ultimate goal. Justin Time was able to edge it out over Base Pack in the goalie bout. What I found most interesting was that both goalies came into the league together in S67! Since the series went to 7 games it really could have gone either way. Sometimes the bounces just don't seem to go your way and as a result you don't receive the outcome you'd expect. 

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