Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL flip-flops Parity amongst discipline? The 2013 National Hockey League(NHL) post-season has been one of the most physical in recent memory. The parity of the league has resulted in closely matched teams where any impact in the game, be it minute or otherwise, can result in a game winning play or series wining scenario. Being ...
It wasn’t too long ago I wrote about Brendan Shanahan’s position as Senior Vice President of Player Safety and Hockey Operations, and how he was fairing. Controversy has begun to swirl around the NHL community after Shanahan’s decision to not suspend Rick Nash came down Friday evening. Not only was Nash not suspended for a hit ...
Last year, Brad Richards scored 66 points in 82 games for the New York Rangers. In his six-year career with the Buffalo Sabres, Patrick Kaleta has accumulated a total of 50 points. In terms of actually comparing the hockey talents of the two, one would first have to suspend disbelief to somehow rationalize the usage ...
The NHL season has not gone the Sharks way. After starting a perfect 7-0-0, San Jose has gone 1-6-3 since then and have fallen to seventh in the Western Conference. Now, things may go from bad to worse, as they will could be without one of their top forwards for 10 games. Ryane Clowe will ...
The NHL’s department for player safety announced Friday night that they have suspended Edmonton Oilers forward Taylor Hall two games for his hit on Cal Clutterbuck. Unless you’re a fan or member of the Minnesota Wild, you probably wouldn’t consider Taylor Hall a dirty player. The controversial hit on Clutterbuck was the second time a player from the Wild ...
When the Washington Capitals welcome Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Verizon Center at 12:30pm today, they will do so without veteran defensemen John Erskine. The 32 year old playing in his 7th season as a member of the Washington Capitals organization, was suspended for three regular season games as a result of ...
Oilers’ radio personnel Dan Tencer reiterated the news out of Chicago that the Phoenix Coyotes had talked with the NHL in hopes of reducing forward Raffi Torres’ suspension for the shortened season. Coyotes appealed to NHL to reduce Raffi Torres’ suspension due to short season. No go. “It was a short conversation” says AGM Brad Treliving ...
On 28 October 2012 in a game against the Rockford Icehogs, San Antonio Rampage center Andre Deveaux reached a unique hockey milestone: He was assessed his 50th American Hockey League misconduct. It’s a dubious honor for arguably the dirtiest player in the AHL. With his fifth AHL team in nine years, Deveaux’s historical baggage tends to ...
It’s official. The NHL season has been cancelled until Nov. 30. You will need to find your fantasy hockey fix elsewhere. This will give you time to save up for the eventual official Rick Nash New York Rangers jersey. It will also give you time to square away a solid defense to your friends who ...
A big problem is brewing on Gary Bettman’s watch: how to deal with an apparent spike in brain trauma among hockey players. The owners hired him in February of 1993 with an agenda that included two goals: one, promote “the product” of hockey to a wider audience, and two, effect a change in the game’s ...
