With the departure of future Hall-of-Famer Nicklas Lidstrom and Thomas Holmstrom to retirement, this shortened season was supposed to be the Detroit Red Wings’ year of rebuilding. Scratch that “rebuilding” talk. When the shortened season resumed on January 19, none of the so-called hockey experts gave the Red Wings a chance to crack the top ...
The Blue Jackets have vexed the hockey world with their improbable turnaround in the last month. Going into the Nashville game on Saturday night, the Jackets were sporting a record of 13-12-6 instead of the anticipated record of 5-24-2 or somewhere in that neighborhood. With the trade deadline looming, it was previously a foregone conclusion ...
When most teams take a look at what their shopping list is leading up to the trade deadline or the off-season, very few can say that a top six power forward isn’t on it.
The Edmonton Oilers are no different.
There are five entertaining NHL hockey teams that every fan must see on TV. They score a boatload of goals, they fight, and they are entertaining to watch every night. These five teams attract new fans and keep their current fans mesmerized by their play. Most of the time, a team’s attractiveness is due to their high-scoring ...
After Thursday’s practice, head coach Joel Quenneville met with members of the media and stated that Ray Emery had earned the start against the San Jose Sharks. “Ray hasn’t had a home game yet and he’s played very well for us,” Quenneville said. “This gives him a chance to get the net in Chicago, and he deserves it for ...
With a shortened 48-game NHL season, a whirlwind of travel for players coming back from Europe and a hurried six game training camp the 2013 season is far from a normal one. With teams trying to put their best foot forward in hopes to getting off to a good start, GM’s are trying to see ...
With the NHL lockout on the verge of dragging into 2013, one of the events that has been circled on the calendars of starved hockey fans for some time is the upcoming 2013 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia. And while many are excited for a pre-dawn wake up call to support this year’s ...
Even the NHL lockout wasn’t able to keep some of the league’s best players off the ice. Members of fifteen NHL teams hit the ice Saturday night as part of Operation Hat Trick to help raise money for victims of Hurricane Sandy. Over 10,000 fans were in attendance, making this the largest sold-out event at ...
Even hut-dwellers in N’Djamena, Chad are keenly aware that social media has revolutionized how we communicate. Moreover, it allows us a glimpse into the unsolicited, unfiltered minds of celebrities and sports figures, a phenomena rarely available before the advent of Twitter. We’ve gone from not enough information to almost too much in a blink of ...
The Philadelphia Flyers have taken some major hits this offseason, and most of those punches have hit their defensive corps square on the jaw. The future of former captain, Chris Pronger, has appeared to slowly fade into the darkness.Pronger’s former partner, Matt Carle, jumped ship and signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning during free-agency. The ...
