In a province of just over half-a-million people (comparable to the population of the city of Hamilton, Ont.) there’s no shortage of fertile NHL talent coming from the East Coast area of Canada, otherwise known as ‘The Rock’. Four Newfoundland-born players are having successful runs with their respective NHL teams in the 2011 Stanley Cup ...
Last year at this time, Antii Niemi was shutting down the San Jose Sharks while backboning the Chicago Blackhawks to a Stanley Cup title. This year, the Sharks are the beneficiaries of Niemi’s strong play. The 27-year-old Niemi, who went 16-6 with two shutouts while posting a 2.63 goals against average and a .910 save ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. (THW) How smart does Doug Wilson look tonight? Last year the Sharks GM brought in defenseman Niclas Wallin because of his playoff success, and this year, blueliner Ian White to move and shoot the puck on the power play. White scored a power play goal early in the first period, his first-ever in ...
As I was noodling through ideas for a semi-regular column I would write about general hockey issues, news and notes, I discarded potential titles for such a piece that had anything to do with, well, anything. Let’s face it – anything is overrated. Sometimes it takes the opposite of what you expect – i.e. nothing ...
“Rest is a good thing, but boredom is its brother.” — Voltaire There are two camps when it comes to long breaks between playoff series: some believe the rest is essential and will keep a team healthy and fresh when it starts its next series; others think that too much time off creates laziness and ...
There is nothing like the NHL playoffs, as proven by this season’s opening round series that concluded last night. To put it into perspective, four of the eight opening series went to seven games, two went to game six and there was only one sweep. One can argue that the Washington Capitals’ defeat of the ...
By Franklin Steele Detroit may feel like they are stuck in a time warp. For the second straight series they will face the same opponent as they did last year, but this time they hope for a different outcome. After downing the Coyotes in a four game set, they will take on the team that ...
For the best in NHL playoff action turn to Versus tonight and every night! Check local listings. In front of 18,398 boisterous fans in the Verizon Center, the Washington Caps closed things out in convincing fashion Saturday afternoon, defeating the New York Rangers 3-1 to end the first round series in five games. The ...
The Detroit Red Wings have been resting their “old bones” for a few days now since handily and convincingly discarding the Phoenix Coyotes in a four game sweep. Not too shabby for a team that some felt were on the downward slope. Yet again, reports of the demise of the Red Wing have been ...
The series opened in Hockeytown unlike a year ago when the two teams started the same first round series in Phoenix. Coyotes snuck in and scored the first goal of the series, in fact probably the first goal of the 2011 NHL Playoffs. Now the Coyotes are sitting down 2-0 in the series to the ...
