Recent reports from Darren Dreger say that New York Rangers coach John Tortorella could be out of a job if the Rangers fail to advance in the playoffs. It’s entirely possible with Glen Sather picking up Rick Nash and shipping Marian Gaborik to Columbus that Tortorella may not be the coach Sather is looking for. ...
The Edmonton Oilers signed NCAA Frozen Four MVP and Yale captain Andrew Miller on wednesday to a one year contract. Miller, 24, had 41 points in 37 games for Yale this season and was one of the key players in winning the school’s first national title. Miller scored one of the biggest goals in the ...
PITTSBURGH — No NCAA Championship game since 1968 has gone scoreless through two periods. Yale and Quinnipiac came close. They played 39 minutes and 56 seconds of entertaining, yet scoreless hockey before Yale’s Clinton Bourbonais finally tipped a puck through Eric Hartzell’s five hole for a lead they would never relinquish, winning the game 4-0. ...
Yale stuns UMass-Lowell in overtime: “They gave us a taste of our own medicine.” Those were the words used by Joseph Pendenza of the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks. UMass-Lowell came into the tournament 3rd overall in the NCAA rankings. They’ve been able to comeback from being down in so many games this season. In this game, however, ...
A 2nd gold medal in the U18 World Championships and being drafted by his hometown Anaheim Ducks had Nic Kerdiles floating on cloud nine all summer. He was taking summer classes at the University of Wisconsin where he planned to suit up for his freshman season. That was until the NCAA and its sanctions stepped ...
Steve Tambellini and the Edmonton Oilers won the Justin Schultz sweepstakes last season and now they appear to be going back for another round. College player Danny DeKeyser is a hot new name that many NHL GM’s are looking at and Tambellini could be one of those names. Although Tambellini has not officially said that ...
I remember sitting opposite the draft board at the Consol Energy Center on the 2nd day of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. As a Flyers fan, I was happy the club had selected Scott Laughton the night before and Anthony Stolarz with their first pick of the day. Their 3rd round pick was still approaching ...
Paul Holmgren is at it again! It’s been the GM’s blueprint for a few seasons now: go out and find the next big NCAA player and sign him to a contract. Although not a star, Matt Read has done relatively well for himself, signing with Philadelphia soon after leaving Bemidji State. Could Kyle Flanagan be ...
The Rangers made a swap of tough guys, sending winger Mike Rupp to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for defensive-minded forward Darroll Powe. With that trade, the Blueshirts boast a league-high two alumni from Princeton University in their lineup – Powe and center Jeff Halpern. Four former members of the Princeton Tigers are currently playing in ...
It has come down to this. Two teams will battle early in the morning for the 2013 World Junior Championship. Some will be hearty enough and wake up really early for the “Bronze Medal Game” as Canada and Russia battle at 4:00 AM ET. It is hard to believe that the appetizer is the second round of ...
