Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh Penguins“It is a night they will talk about forever, and the Flyers all know it. For the record, it was May 14, 2010. It was the night when the Flyers did the impossible.” – Rich Hofmann, Phila. Daily News “Peter Laviolette sat there and for several seconds, his eyes seemed to tear up. The coach ...
With the 2012-13 Stanley Cup playoffs only a week away, it’s an exciting time to be a hockey fan.
Christmas in July! It’s a great concept usually celebrated by those in the southern hemisphere when winter falls in the 7th month of the year. The big ol’ jolly fat man in the red suit and white beard, we know as Santa Claus, by some unfathomable miracle, squeezes his rotund rear down chimneys to bring ...
When Philadelphia Flyers head coach Peter Laviolette joined the team in 2009, it was a welcome change for the often inconsistent franchise. Previous coach John Stevens left the team in a bit of disarray for Laviolette – who had led the Carolina Hurricanes to their first Stanley Cup four years earlier – though there was ...
In a very scary moment in Tuesday night’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers, Rangers defenseman Marc Staal was hit above the right eye with a deflected shot. Hoping Marc Staal’s ok. Took a puck right on the eye. img.ly/tcff — Liam McHugh (@liam_mchugh) March 6, 2013 Just 5:45 into the third period with the Rangers ...
After missing the past three games with injury, Ken Wiebe of The Winnipeg Sun reports the Jets’ stud two-way defenseman Dustin Byfuglien is set to return for Tuesday night’s tilt against the Philadelphia Flyers. After putting up a terrific scoring line of 3-4-7 in Winnipeg’s first six games, Big Buff went down with the ...
At just 23 years of age, Luke Schenn has yet to prove he’s an elite NHL defenseman. Drafted fifth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2008, he was hyped as the next big thing on the blue line – the type of player that a franchise could build its future around – but that ...
When filling out an all-time Wayne Gretzky roster, one may run into 99 problems but 99 ain’t one. Surely there is no dearth of talent, especially considering the team’s that Gretz laced ‘em up for. Ah but therein lies the problem, trying to piece together a roster as great as “The Great One.” Like any ...
With more than one-third on the 2012-13 NHL season, including the All-Star game and the Winter Classic, already cancelled due to the owners locking out the players over a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA), time is now running out to negotiate and sign a new CBA and save the remaining part of the season. With ...
Joffrey Lupul’s career took a dramatic reversal in 2006 and the worst part is that he had no way of knowing it was in the works or that it would cause a damaging chain of events. The Anaheim (Mighty) Ducks were Western Conference finalists a few years after their shocking appearance in the Stanley Cup ...
