For the past three seasons, the Calgary Flames have been a playoff bubble team that has found themselves finishing just outside the annual Stanley Cup tournament with respective finishes of 10th, 10th, and 9th. While the preceding three seasons certainly birthed expectations of playoff contention, the Flames currently find themselves not just under the .500 ...
On June 5, 2012, the OHL will host its annual awards ceremony at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. All of these young men worked hard all throughout the season to achieve their accolades; each one is deserving of the honour he has received. This year’s awards ceremony will have one of the deepest ...
Every year, the National Hockey League’s awards are voted upon by the league’s general managers or the Professional Hockey Writers Association. The idea is to get a balanced cross-section of opinions and, hopefully, cancelling out any specific homerish voting patterns. With writers in all 30 NHL cities, some with multiple writers, and several at-large subject ...
Dear David Branch, The OHL championship final series between the London Knights and the Niagara IceDogs has begun and I feel that this is the best time to approach you with some grievances I have had, especially in the last few years. I follow your league quite religiously, as well as follow the ...
The Buffalo Sabres 2011/12 season was one to forget for Sabres fans, a year that started with high expectations and ended with them battling for the final playoff spot. But what is done is done and the Sabres can’t change the fact they missed the playoffs, it’s time for the boys to rest, heal their ...
When discussing candidates for the Calder Trophy, it’s always a little more challenging to compare goalies to skaters, because the stats are different, and the roles they play for their team are not the same. But since there’s only one rookie trophy, and if one of the qualifications for “rookie of the year” is the ...
