Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsAfter a nearly four month layoff, the NHL opened its abbreviated 2012-13 (is it still ’12-13 or just ’13?) season with some spirited action over the Martin Luther King Day weekend. With some of you still distracted by the NFL playoffs and family events over the course of the weekend, here’s a quick look at ...
With James Neal and the Penguins off to another fast start, there’s plenty of reason to believe he can finish the ’13 season with the Richard Trophy in tow.
We knew it wouldn’t take much to get the juices flowing in a Flyers-Penguins season opener in Philadelphia, and that was exactly the case. The wild sold-out crowd at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia roared in approval of the return of the National Hockey League and their Flyers. It was a playoff atmosphere early ...
It can be argued that Jamie Benn is the future face of the Dallas Stars organization. Quite frankly, that might be an undisputed fact. Despite an up-and-coming talent pool, as well as a solid nucleus of young players currently on the roster, Benn has established himself as a strong forward in a short amount of ...
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 ...
This is part 6 of 6: Part 1: Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks Part 2: Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals, Winnipeg Jets, Tampa Bay Lightning, Florida Panthers Part 3: Colorado Avalanche, Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild, Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers Part 4: Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators Part 5: St Louis Blues, Nashville Predators, Detroit Red Wings, Columbus Blue Jackets, Chicago Blackhawks Part 6: New Jersey ...
As another NHL regular season has passed us by, hockey stat junkies everywhere have another endless sea of numbers to sift through, everything from goals to goals against, shots on goal versus shots stopped, and much more. But while most fans will remember Evgeni Malkin’s 109 points and Steven Stamkos’ 60 goals, there are a ...
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 ...
Jim Neveau, Managing Editor After the first two games of this series, it could easily be argued that the Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks were pretty evenly matched. Both games had gone to overtime, both teams had displayed some very solid goaltending and an ability to capitalize on mistakes when they were on offense, and ...
In what has become a postseason dominated by disciplinary actions, hockey fans, writers, and analysts alike spent yet another day anticipating Brendan Shanahan’s verdicts today. This time for Penguins forwards Arron Asham and James Neal. With each player’s respective hearing reportedly over for hours, Shanahan and the Department of Player Safety deliberated over the Pittsburgh ...
