Jim Neveau, Managing Editor/Coyotes Correspondent Glendale, Arizona – Hockey isn’t something that one expects to find in the deserts of Arizona this time of year. The Phoenix Coyotes have never been beyond the first round of the playoffs in their organization’s history, but this year, things seem to be different. After dispatching the Chicago Blackhawks ...
The NHL announced Monday that Philadelphia Flyers star and leading playoff point scorer Claude Giroux will be suspended one game for his hit on New Jersey’s Dainius Zubrus Sunday night. The hit that has the hockey world talking came at the end of a shift in which Claude Giroux appeared very frustrated over a missed ...
When the Nashville Predators returned home for game three of their best of seven series with the Phoenix Coyotes, they found themselves down two games to none, and in desperate need of a win to avoid being pushed to the brink of elimination by Coyotes. They needed their star players to step up and lead ...
Another installment from a guy who knows…
Ever since Brendan Shanahan dropped the hammer on Phoenix Coyotes’ forward Raffi Torres, suspending him for 25 games for a vicious hit on Chicago winger Martin Hossa. The suspension, the longest since Chris Simon was gonged for 30 games for stomping on the ankle of Jarkko Ruutu in December 2007, has many in the sport ...
Clinching the Eastern Conference was the first task at hand. Now, the deep playoff run that the New York Rangers wanted to add to their storybook season is in jeopardy tonight. Heading back to Ottawa’s Scotia Bank Place for Game 6 of this turbulent series, the Rangers’ momentum has slumped. But, there is hope in ...
Jim Neveau, Managing Editor Lost in all the wonderful drama that has been occurring so far in these NHL playoffs has been an undercurrent of disdain among fans and pundits of the game. These ill feelings are mostly directed toward the league itself, and especially Vice President of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan for his handling ...
Almost every team in these playoffs has had a martyr. For Ottawa it was Daniel Alfredsson, who was taken out of the series by an elbow to the head. In Chicago it was Marian Hossa who left the game on a stretcher after a jarring hit by repeat offender Raffi Torres. In Washington they have ...
The New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators have created a smackdown of a series with taunts, brawls and misconduct that has not been so favorable. While the playoffs raise emotions to high levels, the antics become distracting and dangerous. Coming in as a tough No. 8 seed, the Senators have not backed down despite ...
Dear Brendan Shanahan, You have an extremely difficult job. I would not want to be in your shoes. As head of the NHL Department of Player Safety, you have the authority to suspend NHL players for a variety of reasons with few guidelines to rely upon when making such decisions. Last night, leading into Game ...
