John Powers

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | John Powers

If this were a prize fight — and given the International Skating Union’s new “fan engagement” emphasis on whirling lights and maximum decibels it could be — Saturday night’s men’s free skate could be hyped as Ice War: The Rematch. That victory restored the crown to the Americans, ending Shoma Uno’s two-year reign after Nathan Chen, Malinin’s countryman, had claimed three in a row. For decades the men’s side of the sport has featured a clash of shifting superpowers.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | John Powers

“Let’s get this party started!” That was Ilia Malinin’s message to the ticketholders on the Hub Vision screen before he took the ice at TD Garden on Thursday afternoon. The men’s short program at the World Figure Skating Championships had been underway for five and a half hours and more than three dozen competitors already had skated. But the party couldn’t truly start until the American world champion turned up to launch his Flying Circus, which is unlike anything the sport ever has seen.

4 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | John Powers

You probably haven’t heard of Adeliia Petrosian but from Volgograd to Vladivostok she’s renowned as the Motherland’s reigning ice queen. Petrosian, a 17-year-old Muscovite who’s barely tall enough to peer over the boards, has won the last two Russian titles. In an ordinary year – remember those? – Petrosian would have been at TD Garden on Wednesday afternoon competing in the women’s short program at the World Figure Skating Championships.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | John Powers

Officially it’s the Hockey East championship, but during the league’s four decades it might as well have been called the Bay State Invitational. Year in, year out there has been at least one and usually two Massachusetts sextets playing for the trophy at TD Garden. Sometimes the title match has been a Beanpot reprise, as it was in 2019 when Northeastern beat Boston College, and last year when BC dispatched Boston University.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | John Powers

Connecticut rallied for three goals in the second period Thursday evening and went on to stifle Boston University, 5-2, in their Hockey East semifinal at TD Garden. Sophomore forward Joey Muldowney, who had a pair of goals in a quarterfinal victory over Providence, tallied a hat trick to lead the fourth-seeded Huskies (22-10-4).