So, your Toronto Maple Leafs have qualified for the playoffs again, eh? First time since 2004. There’s a palpable excitement in Toronto as the city’s hockey heroes have finally made their way into the post-season. It’s been so long. A Lot Has Changed You know, back in 2004, the White House was occupied by Republican ...
On October 7, 1972, the Atlanta Flames played their first game in the National Hockey League. They ventured onto Long Island to tangle with the debuting New York Islanders at Uniondale Arena. The Flames won 3-2. Four decades later, the latest NHL lockout nullified any plans for celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first Flames ...
Sadly for LeafNation, playoff memories are not recent at all. They pre-date the 2004-05 NHL lockout. They don’t include any Stanley Cup final appearances, let alone championships in the last 40-plus years. Still, LeafNation is a passionate group that cherish memories, no matter how many years removed. Though the players in these most recent playoff ...
Who says that you can’t win Coach or GM of the Year multiple times? Since its inception in the 1973-74 season, the Jack Adams Award, given to the best head coach in the regular season, has only seen five coaches win the honor multiple times (Scotty Bowman, Pat Burns, Jacques Demers, Jacques Lemaire and Pat ...
A large crowd of people turned out at practice today to watch a very special Winter Classic Alumni Team practice. The crowd was estimated to be over 1,000 people to see the likes of Eric Lindros, John LeClair, Jeremy Roenick, and many more hit the ice. The atmosphere at practice was very fun and very ...
It was during a Twitter conversation with a fellow Leaf fan that I realized these are somewhat confusing times for Leaf Nation. Fairly good times, but confusing nonetheless. Before people start cracking jokes about parade plans or reading the standings upside down, I want to point out it’s not about counting playoff berths at the quarter ...
With most of Massachusetts closed down due to the snow, it is a great time to reflect upon the goings-on in the world of hockey … a show-day edition of Hockey Blog in America: Boston’s Patrice Bergeron continues to evolve and improve as a player. Now three years removed from a concussion suffered from a ...
After just one season behind the bench of the Edmonton Oilers, Pat Quinn has decided to step down as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers. It was certainly a season to forget for the veteran NHL bench boss, as the dreadful Oilers finished dead last in the league with 62 points and a record of ...
The Edmonton Oilers appear to be gutting the team in more places than just on the ice. GM Steve Tambellini fired chief of medical staff Ken Lowe, and dismissed the rest of the locker room staff as well. Allegedly, the Oilers off ice training system was in shambles. The weight room was not up to ...
Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic With the Oilers on pace for their worst season ever, the hearts and minds of Oiler Nation have turned to the Taylor Hall lottery and the much needed rebuild to come. What remains unclear however is the fate of the Oilers’ management team with rumours beginning to swirl ...
