After a long lay off the WHL playoffs are set to resume Thursday night with Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Calgary Hitmen and the Edmonton Oil Kings. Out west the Kamloops Blazers will begin their battle with the top ranked Portland Winterhawks in Game 1 on Friday night, in Portland. These [...]
Yale 21-12-3 ECAC vs. Quinnipiac 30-7-5 ECAC Final 6:00 p.m. (CT) ESPN (206 DirecTV / Dish 140) Yale’s offense is ranked #26 nationally and #26 defense. Quinnipiac’s offense ranked #15 nationally and #1 defense For the first time in 24 years, the NCAA Champion will hail from the ECAC of Division I hockey. The last [...]
Today, I have been thinking about this past season that ended at the West Region in Grand Rapids, Michigan with a 4-1 loss to Yale. Like I mentioned in another article, this is most wonderful time of the year. It’s also very stressful. There is a finality, which surrounds the college hockey tourney. Seasons and [...]
The Kelowna Rockets avoided elimination from the WHL playoffs Saturday as they hung on to beat the upstart Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 in Game 5 of their first round playoff series. The win gave the Rockets their second straight win in the series, after losing three straight overtime wins. As the two teams return to Seattle [...]
For UND hockey fans, the end of every season is always tough, especially for the last 13 years. UND hockey fans don’t take losing well and UND hockey is a way of life, much like football is in Nebraska or Texas. But I digress. If you would have asked me how I thought this year [...]
I have done a few feature articles on Thomas Welsh for Inside Hockey and The Hockey Writers Combine and decided to catch up with him and see how things are progressing for him. Originally, Thomas had committed to Penn State University, but changed his mind and is now playing for the OHL’s Mississauga Steelheads. Over [...]
The OHL season is half over and there have been a lot of interesting goings-on in the league. Whether it is a big trade, a long suspension or watching OHL stars performing well at the World Juniors, the OHL has never had a dull moment going into the new year. Some things have remained the [...]
With the OHL’s trade deadline of noon today, there have been some big names changing cities. In a year that is far from normal, with the NHL lockout looming large, there have been a number of star OHL players, and in the CHL overall, that may not have been available otherwise. With the lockout ending [...]
After a long lay off the WHL playoffs are set to resume Thursday night with Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Calgary Hitmen and the Edmonton Oil Kings. Out west the Kamloops Blazers will begin their battle with the top ranked Portland Winterhawks in Game 1 on Friday night, in Portland. These [...]
The Kelowna Rockets avoided elimination from the WHL playoffs Saturday as they hung on to beat the upstart Seattle Thunderbirds 4-3 in Game 5 of their first round playoff series. The win gave the Rockets their second straight win in the series, after losing three straight overtime wins. As the two teams return to Seattle [...]
It sure seems like the WHL playoffs are headed towards a rematch of last year’s thrilling finals between the Portland Winterhawks and Edmonton Oil Kings. The only two WHL games Friday night featured the two front runners and both came away with big wins. Portland stomps In Everett the Winterhawks completely dominated the Silvertips, scoring [...]
Early this morning, Hockey Canada sent out the following tweet: View this tweet at twitter.com This decision, of course, comes on the heels of Canada’s lopsided 5-1 defeat at the hands of Team USA in the WJHC semifinals, a game in which Malcolm Subban was pulled in favour of Jordan Binnington after allowing 4 goals [...]
A few weeks ago, it was said here that with the benefit of playing in a group free of Canada, Russia and the USA, Team Switzerland has an outside chance at qualifying for the quarterfinals at the 2013 World Junior Hockey Championship. After a 7-2 win over Latvia and two tough SO losses to both [...]
After it was announced that he had made the 24-man roster that will represent the United States at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia, Guelph Storm G (and Leafs prospect) Garrett Sparks took to twitter to unveil his sleek new mask. View this tweet at twitter.com The artwork for the mask was done [...]
Here is the list of NHL hockey players that are currently participating in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs that have played Division I college hockey. The players are listed by their NHL team. These are players that have played in at least “one” Stanley Cup Playoff game during in the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs. I have also listed their point [...]
Here is the list of NHL hockey players that are currently playing in the third round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs that have played Division I college hockey. The players are listed by their NHL team. These are players that have played in at least “one” Stanley Cup Playoff game during in the 2013 [...]
Here is the list of NHL hockey players that are currently playing in the third round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs that have played division I college hockey. The players are listed by their NHL team. These are players that have played in at least “one” Stanley Cup Playoff game during in the 2013 [...]
Here is the list of NHL hockey players that are currently playing in the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs that have played college hockey (Division I & III). The players are listed by their NHL team. These are players that have played in at least “one” Stanley Cup Playoff game during in the [...]
One of the hot-button issues that fans of the newly formed NCHC are very concerned about, is how the games are going to be officiated. The next question is; who’s going to be the officials for the NCHC next season? One of the things I heard next is, please tell me that ref so-and-so isn’t [...]
Here is the list of NHL hockey players that are currently playing in the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs that have played college hockey (Division I & III). The players are listed by their NHL team. These are players that have played in at least “one” Stanley Cup Playoff game during in the [...]
