In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we’ve put together the best all-Patrick starting lineup in NHL history. Please welcome to the ice your starting Patricks: (Apologies to those Patricks who chose not to embrace the second syllable of their first names. While plenty of Pats like LaFontaine, Verbeek, Flatley, Falloon, and Hickey all had respectable ...
They say that good things don’t last forever. While being nothing more than an assumption, of course, it mostly rings true in the sports world and particularly, the National Hockey League, where parity reigns supreme and you are not the best until you are hoisting the Stanley Cup in June. There are no trophies or ...
Going into their game against the suddenly beatable Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night, the Edmonton Oilers hadn’t scored a goal for two consecutive games and found themselves in a familiar spot: dead last in the Western Conference standings. The season started off with so much promise. There were high hopes for the Oilers. Nail Yakupov was every bit as ...
As part two of last week’s article, If We Had An NHL All-Star Game – Team East, we continue picking the roster of the game we never had. If we were playing some pick-up road ball in the street in between periods on TV, these are the guys you’d want on your team. They’d be team ...
At the midway point of a remarkable run, the Chicago Blackhawks are still undefeated. Of course, this means nothing at the end of the day, as you do not get to rise the Stanley Cup over your head for winning regular season games. But impressive? Absolutely. And no matter where the rest of the season ...
When the NHL announced the 2012-13 season would be delayed due to a lockout few could have predicted that this shortened season is just what the Blackhawks needed. Heading into Friday’s match against The Colorado Avalanche the Blackhawks are an amazing 21-0-3 in this lockout shortened 48 game season. When the Blackhawks ended last season ...
Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and nuclear devices. Not in hockey games. That being said, the Blue Jackets played their eighth consecutive one-goal game Friday night.
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 ...
The Chicago Blackhawks have been fantastic this season. Looking at their 16-0-3 record, that’s an incredibly obvious statement. Even more obvious is the fact that they’re getting contributions from all over in this record-setting run, including from a few players who are starting to garner some attention as Hart Trophy candidates. Though you could make an argument ...
Bounceback years from the Blackhawks star players has resulted in an historic start to the season for Chicago.
