The Ottawa Senators are now one game past the 41-game mark, a benchmark used to evaluate an organization’s progress. With 40 games remaining in the NHL regular season, and the Senators sitting in 6th place in the Eastern Conference, the biggest question facing the projected biggest loser of the East isn’t “can we make the ...
The National Hockey League season is at its midway point and with the Under-20 World Junior Championship recently completed scout’s notebooks are containing a little more information on the upcoming draft class. It is now time to complete my first Mock Draft attempt of2012 NHL Entry Draft. First off, let me put out a disclaimer ...
Welcome to the latest of many weekly columns on The Hockey Writers: The Prospect Panel. Each week, three of our prospect writers will be answering your questions, as well as some that many others that people will be wanting to have answers to very soon. In The Prospect Panel there will be discussions of all ...
The New Jersey Devils continued what is becoming an alarming trend this season Monday night in Ottawa, jumping out to a 2-0 lead before allowing the Senators to tie the game with a shorthanded goal late in the third period. The collapse was completed with the Senators scoring a power play goal in overtime. The ...
On Monday afternoon Mark Stone became a household name to Canadian hockey fans
Following a tumultuous start to his NHL coaching career, Randy Cunneyworth has finally collected his first big-league win. The struggling Canadiens snapped a five-game skid last night, defeating the host Ottawa Senators by a score of 6-2. The game was something of a homecoming for Cunneyworth, who spent three seasons captaining the upstart Senators ...
The year of 2011 is coming to an end. For some, it couldn’t have gone by any slower. Others don’t want it to end so soon. Either way, it’s still the time of year for celebration and looking back at all the great moments we’ve had. In the hockey world, there were many triumphant moments, ...
In the past week, the Albany Devils have faced a multitude of challenges. Over the weekend, it was a back-to-back set at home, where they went up against veteran goaltenders Antero Niittymaki of the Worcester Sharks and Manny Legace of the Springfield Falcons. Between them, the Devils came away with just two markers in regulation. ...
We have survived many calamities this early fantasy hockey season but now comes the next December edition of “Chutes And Ladders”. Riding the fortunes of a fantasy hockey team can be a lot like the original Milton Bradley game. There are enough twists and turns to drive any normal person crazy. So imagine what it ...
So the NHL Board of Governors were able to formulate a new alignment for the league. By all accounts, it’s been well-received. It seems to address geographic issues as best as possible, including those caused by Atlanta’s move to Winnipeg, while accommodating possible future moves (Phoenix east?) Not that there haven’t been criticisms. From the ...
