With so much of the NHL’s recent royalty now sidelined for the season, there’s more than a few dejected fans out there right now. The Sharks, Wings, Canucks, and Penguins have all left their sizable followings with an unexpected amount of free time on their hands (and don’t even mention the situation in Leaf Nation ...
There are numerous cliches you could use to describe what happened to the Coyotes on Saturday night, but let’s stick with this one: So close, yet so far away. Many are confident that Phoenix has this all but locked up. They could triumph, but no matter how you slice it, the result of a vital ...
The Winnipeg Jets (version 2.0) just completed their long awaited dream season, returning to the city after an absence of big league hockey in Winnipeg for the previous 15 years and any reasonable person would have to consider it a success. Of course no one ever accused the average sports fan of being reasonable. In ...
If I was to ask Blackhawks fans who the ‘Hawks leading scorers would be after the first five game of the playoffs would be the unanimous answers would be Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane and they would be right but after those two there are some interesting names that occupy the 2nd slot. Toews and ...
Earlier in the NHL season, I wrote about Brian Campbell and his chance to win the Norris Trophy for the National Hockey League’s best defenseman. Campbell had an outstanding regular season this year for the Florida Panthers and was exactly the top level defenseman that the team needed. Campbell had 4 goals, 49 assists, and ...
In a series full of lost leads, ridiculous amounts of goals, and more than its share of penalty minutes, it didn’t seem like the first 30 seconds of any game would mean much come the final horn. Claude Giroux thought otherwise. “Before they dropped the puck, he came over and told me to watch the ...
Cameron Critchlow DOB: December 18, 1991 NHL Rights: N/A Drafted: Undrafted Height: 5’10″ Weight: 190 lbs Position: Left Winger Current Team: Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) ◊◊◊◊ Never known for his offensive ability, Critchlow managed to record 21 goals and add 29 assists for 50 points in 68 games for the Halifax Mooseheads this season as a ...
Clinching the Eastern Conference was the first task at hand. Now, the deep playoff run that the New York Rangers wanted to add to their storybook season is in jeopardy tonight. Heading back to Ottawa’s Scotia Bank Place for Game 6 of this turbulent series, the Rangers’ momentum has slumped. But, there is hope in ...
Alex Biega is a 6 feet 3 inch 209 pound defenseman currently playing for the Rochester Americans in the AHL. The Buffalo Sabres selected Biega in the 5th round (147th) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft. Due to NCAA regulations the Sabres were not able to sign him until he graduated from Harvard University in ...
The time has come for the National Hockey League to announce the finalists for each individual award, with Adam Henrique, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Gabriel Landeskog already having been named the final three up for the honours of the Calder Trophy, David Backes, Patrice Bergeron and Pavel Datsyuk up for the Selke Trophy, and Brian Campbell, Jordan Eberle and Matt Moulson up for the Lady Byng Trophy
