Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsAfter releasing the list of finalists for this year’s Hart Trophy honors, hockey fans must be wondering who will win this year’s award. While Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin, and John Tavares were all named as finalists for the Hart Trophy, only one of the aforementioned players will walk away as the individual considered to be ...
Momentum is indeed a cruel mistress, and the story of Kevin ‘Wheels’ Wheeler is a true testament to the aforementioned statement. When Kevin forgot his hockey equipment that one frosty morning, it could have been easier to chalk the day up to a loss. But Kevin wouldn’t let down hockey, and hockey wouldn’t let down ...
Over the years, the Stanley Cup has been awarded to a multitude of teams that have battled their way to hockey immortality through blood, sweat, and tears. The road to the Stanley Cup is seldom an easy one, and sometimes it takes some heartbreak for a team to ultimately win hockey’s most prized possession. While ...
With the New York Islanders having secured a playoff berth for the first time since the last day of the 2006-2007 NHL regular season, hockey fans must be wondering how the upstart team will fare in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It has been an even two decades since the New York ...
Back in 2010, Garth Snow started a fairly successful trend that Islanders fans couldn’t have seen coming. Not many Islanders fans could have predicted that players such as Evgeni Nabokov and Michael Grabner would have developed into key pieces for a team that was rebuilding through the NHL Draft, but Snow didn’t stop the pillaging ...
For the majority of the 2012-2013 NHL season, New York Islanders fans watched a hockey team that displayed flashes of dominance at times, but played wildly inconsistent during other stretches. However, over their last twelve games the Islanders have managed to play to the tune of a 9-1-2 record and have strengthened their playoff positioning ...
Over the last few years, software applications for smartphones and tablets have revolutionized the way that sports fans have received up-to-date information on their favorite player, team, or sport. Applications such as ESPN ScoreCenter are a common download for both Android and iPhone users, but those looking for a newer application might be quite surprised ...
With some fantasy hockey leagues already in the first leg of their playoff rounds, many fantasy managers have their lineups set in stone. However, there is a flip side to that coin as other managers might be dealing with injury-depleted teams that could use some help from the waiver wire. For those that have lost ...
In part I of the winners and losers of the 2013 NHL Trade Deadline, I broke down some teams that might have walked away with the upper hand after completing their respective dealings. While some teams might have received the short end of the stick during deadline day bargaining, there are still a few teams ...
After all the dust settles from the 2013 NHL Trade Deadline, hockey fans can finally start picking apart the trades that have occurred over the last several days. While a number of trades were made before the trade deadline rolled around, players such as Jaromir Jagr and Derek Roy found themselves switching uniforms with about ...
