If you watched the game between the Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers last night or caught the highlights on any sports network’s morning loop then you were certain to see the devastating hit laid on Flyers forward Jakub Voracek by Red Wings defenceman Niklas Kronwall. Over the past few seasons Kronwall has become what Scott ...
Yesterday I looked at the Western Conference head coaches who will be getting some mention for the Jack Adams Award. Mike Babcock, Barry Trotz, Ken Hitchcock, Dave Tippett and Alain Vigneault have all done excellent jobs this year and can all lay claim to being very deserving for the award. Today four coaches from the Eastern Conference take ...
As the NHL begins towards the stretch drive of a tightly contested regular season, there is something that is starting to stand out. While individual performances from the likes of Evgeni Malkin, Steven Stamkos and Henrik Lundqvist are bound to create the most buzz, the 2011-2012 season has quickly become the year of the head ...
For the first time in two months there is a new name atop the list of the best bargain players in the NHL. Pierre-Alexandr Parenteau supplants Brian Elliott at number one in the February edition of Bang For The Buck: *Note: The list does not include players who are still working off their rookie contracts ...
Who would have thunk it? After 63 games of their season, the Winnipeg Jets are in first place of a division in the National Hockey League. At this time last year the Jets weren’t even a blip on the NHL radar, let alone division leaders. On Thursday night, with the eighth playoff spot and possibly ...
Having looked impressive during their current three game win streak, there hasn’t been much to complain about in any aspects of the Winnipeg Jets game. They have created offense, played with energy and toughness, and have taken care of their own end in front of the solid goaltending of Ondrej Pavelec and Chris Mason. In ...
Embarking on what is without question the most important stretch of games for them this year, the Winnipeg Jets could not have asked for a better way to start their current eight-game home-stand Coming off a huge win in Minnesota last night, the Jets were in tough against the defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins tonight ...
With the near certainty that Rick Nash will be traded, contending teams are lining up in hopes of landing the prize piece at this year’s trade deadline. The list of suitors for the star forward is apparently short but they are all reported to be high-profile teams either considered to be Stanley Cup front-runners or ...
There could not have been a better time than last night for the Winnipeg Jets to play a team below them in the standings on home ice. With the two teams in the way of the final playoff spot in the East (Toronto and Washington) struggling of late, the Jets had an excellent chance to pull within two ...
As the trade deadline approaches, much of the excitement will be drawn from speculation of where the major players will be heading. Names like Jeff Carter, Bobby Ryan, Ales Hemsky and Tuomo Ruutu are considered to be some of the top guns expected to be moved and are all names that will certainly be discussed at ...
