By Jon Gabrielle, NY Rangers correspondent.
As the expression goes, “it could be getting late, early!”
With the Ranger’s 6-3 loss to the Devils last night at the Prudential Center in Newark, the Blueshirts find themselves fading rapidly and for more than one reason.
And although 9th place in the conference standings doesn’t appear that far of a [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent
Far be it for me to have to be the purveyor of doom and gloom, but the Dallas Stars are facing a daunting challenge if they are to make this years playoffs.
With two untimely, if not completely unacceptable losses coming out of the Olympic break…the future indeed, does not look bright.
Without [...]
While many of us have of the luxury of soothing our post Olympic hockey hangover…the NHL trudges forward into it’s stretch run.
And while the trade deadline, once must-see TV, has diminished thanks to the owners lockout and subsequent cap hell most G.M’s find themselves in these days, there is never a dearth of interesting nuggets [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Special to The Hockey Writers
Let the hype begin!
Unlike the Super Bowl, which has seemingly 48 days to hype it’s event, the IOC and NBC has less than 48 hours to dissect, analyze, pick apart and present hockey’s glorious showcase; the men’s Gold Medal game!
The United States of America versus Canada. Nothing more [...]
By Jon Gabrielle Special to The Hockey Writers
By now, if you were one of the eleven million Canadians, excluding a world-wide audience, that watched Team Canada’s thrashing of the Russian Olympic team last night, then you’ve seen the hit. Or should I say, “slew foot?”
With just under three minutes left in the route, Alexander Semin had the [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Special to THW
Do I think that the USA will win the Gold Medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics? No, I do not. Do I think that they can win a Medal, any Medal at these games? Perhaps, but probably not. But would it absolutely shock me, and the hockey world, if they did [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Special to The Hockey Writers
Heading into the 2010 Winter Olympic games in Vancouver, Martin Brodeur, the future Hall of Fame goaltender of the New Jersey Devils, surely is ready to lead his country, on it’s home soil, to the Gold Medal. No one dares question that. Not even Brodeur himself.
In reference to [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, Stars correspondent.
Joe Nieuwendyk, the General Manager of the Dallas Stars, is a bright man. Anyone who has spent any amount of time with him, myself included, is well aware that this is as articulate an executive as one will find in any sport. An Ivy League education at Cornell University can have [...]
If you happened to catch the Atlanta Thrashers broadcast Friday night from the Verizon Center, and paid attention…you would have been privy to some of the human drama that took place off the ice and most of us relegate to the status of fantasy league banter. After all, it is a business and the moving [...]
By Jon Gabrielle, THW
While the Atlanta Thrashers were playing one of their last games with their disgruntled star, Ilya Kovalchuk, against the almost bankrupt Tampa bay Lightning in Atlanta last night, the boxscore reported the attendence at 11,390.
If you believe that figure, pull on this leg and it plays jingle bells! Besides wondering if there [...]
