Before “Rock the Red”, the Washington Capitals motto was once “Caps Intensity”. The team’s season opener Saturday night against the Carolina Hurricanes lived up to the old adage among 18,506 Capitals faithful, winning 4-3 in overtime. The back-and-forth match between the Hurricanes and Capitals began slowly, as Carolina just came into Washington a day after ...
The weather cools down, the days get shorter and it seems hockey fans across the nation are salivating as the season of puck approaches. While fans are trading in their flip-flops for closed toe shoes as they enter the arena for the first time in months, many NHL prospects are eagerly awaiting their chance ...
With the state of the new NHL salary cap there appears to be more emphasis on providing franchise draft picks with the opportunity to play sooner and more often. Every June, the NHL Entry Draft rolls around and organizations turn to their scouting department and General Managers to make the best possible selection for the ...
In a region where football has replaced cotton as king, a Yankee sport continues to grow. For the past three years the Southeastern Collegiate Hockey Conference (SECHC) has been the organizing body for non-varsity hockey clubs at schools within the NCAA’s traditional SEC. This year, the SECHC kicks off its fourth season as part ...
You can follow all our Habs stories on Twitter at THW_Canadiens As free agent frenzy comes to a standstill and development camps across the continent finish, most fans have come to the point where they wonder if their team has come out a winner or a loser from both the draft and free agency. I ...
The free agency frenzy has all but died down. The major moves have been made and sanity has been restored to NHL GMs and owners, for the time being anyway. But while all the big names are signed and there have been plenty of surprises, there are still plenty of players looking for a contract ...
After today, Joe Corvo will no longer wear number 77. The Boston Bruins acquired the hard-shooting offensive defenseman from Carolina for a 4th-round pick in the 2012 NHL draft. The 34-year-old blueliner is coming off a season where he scored 40 points in 82 games, the third time in eight seasons that he’s reached ...
The Carolina Hurricanes made a big splash Tuesday by acquiring defenseman Tomas Kaberle five days into free agency. The former Bruin and Maple Leaf will make $12.75 million over the next three years. According to an ESPN report, the deal carries an annual cap hit of $4.25 million. “Tomas is one the best puck-moving defensemen ...
Mark Recchi isn’t the oldest guy to win the Stanley Cup, but he’s up there. He said going into the final that he would call it a career should the Boston Bruins bring the big prize back to Beantown. Most people smiled and nodded. “Yeah, right, Mark.” Not that they doubted his retirement - a lot of hockey fans ...
Mark Recchi is one of the few players to win Stanley Cup championships with three different teams – as discussed in Seven Things about Mark Recchi. So who else is in this exclusive club? A lot of people cite Recchi as the tenth member, but it seems unfair not to include Jack Marshall just because won all ...
