5 Ducks Come Back to Anaheim With Olympic Hardware Kyle Larkin | February 24, 2014 Before we commend our Ducks on their fine work in Sochi, let’s all give a hearty round of applause for the Canadians, Swedes and Finns for their dilligent work. Also,…
Grading the Penguins Olympians Meesh Shanmugam | February 24, 2014 Seven Penguins and a coaching staff went to Sochi. Four Penguins will return with medals. It certainly isn’t a bad haul for the group as a whole, but the Penguins…
Team Canada’s Gold Defence: How They Silenced the Critics Eric McKelvie | February 24, 2014 Team Canada was under heavy scrutiny in the months and years leading up to the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Many fans and analysts questioned whether the goaltending would be good enough…
The Importance of the Empty Netter Brady Smith | February 24, 2014 Hockey is a unique sport. There isn’t another sport (maybe with the exception of Soccer) where you can take a player off the playing surface and add an attacker. But…
Making The Grade: Red Wings’ Olympic Report Cards Jordan Hoy | February 23, 2014 The Detroit Red Wings had a solid showing at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. It’s now time to take a look back on their individual performances and handout some report cards:…
USA Men’s Hockey: Is Dan Bylsma to Blame for Disappointing Finish? T.J. McAloon | February 22, 2014 The fall of the USA Men’s Hockey team was a disappointment to everyone involved. It was a “collapse” as defenseman Ryan Sutter put it, a “failure to show up” as…
Olympic Toll, Old Hat For Blackhawks Andy Dudones | February 22, 2014 With the NHL season resuming in less than a week, the Chicago Blackhawks will be returning to a bleaker reality than they’ve grown accustomed to in the past. The time…
Why Team Canada Beat Team USA Sean Sarcu | February 21, 2014 When the dust settled, it was Team Canada moving on to face Sweden in the gold medal game, having edged the Americans 1-0 in the highly-anticipated semifinal matchup. The score…
Olympic Hockey Problems: Club Team or Country? S. J. Ientile | February 21, 2014 Every four years, we as hockey fans cast regional club team allegiances aside in order to embrace patriotism at the Winter Olympic hockey tournament. Watching NHL players at the Games…
Olympic Medal Round Provides Pressure Test For Young Avs Colin Mills | February 20, 2014 Do you hear that *sigghh* coming from the Rocky Mountains? No, it isn’t the Westerlies coming to give us a bite of wind chill; it’s the collective exhale of the…
The Olympic Effect Josh Smith | February 20, 2014 Is there an Olympic Effect on NHL players? There’s been much debate about having NHL players participate in the Olympics. Obviously, shutting down the National Hockey League for nearly a…
Anton Belov and the Defence of Team Russia Marcy Di Michele | February 20, 2014 When penning a post-mortem of Russia’s painful exit from the Olympic games, you could point to any one of the main issues that plagued the team: underperforming stars, questionable systematic…