The prototypical Blues fan can speak up yet again. Since Brett Hull left for the Dallas Stars during the summer of 1998, fans have been calling for a sniping forward that will come up with the big goal when needed. The team cycled through the late Pavol Demitra, as well as 40-goal scorers Scott Young, ...
Much like the New Year, a new NHL season is also a time to hope. Minnesota Wild fans have hopes that cross and are at a crossroads this New Year: That there’s a 2012-13 season to showcase the second richest free agent signings in league history, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. In honor of the ...
After a couple of aimless seasons out of the playoffs, Minnesota Wild general manager takes a huge gamble to reset the course of the franchise. Sound familiar? On the first day of the NHL Entry Draft in June 2006, Doug Risebrough traded his first-round pick and highly-touted prospect Patrick O’Sullivan to the Los Angeles ...
Minnesota has suffered. It has for a while. Zach Parise, Ryan Suter, and 196 million dollars changes it all. The Minnesota Vikings are 0-4 in Super Bowls and their best two teams in franchise history never made the Super Bowl; 1998 and 2009. Gary Anderson missed wide left after being perfect the entire season in ...
Tomáš Hertl THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 11/12/1993 Place of birth: Praha, CZE Ht: 6’2″ Wt: 200 Shoots: Left Position: Centre/Winger NHL Draft Eligibility: 2012 1st year eligible THW Ranking (May): 20th Other Rankings (via Defending Big D) Final CSS European Rank: 5th Future Considerations: 20th ISS: 30th Hockey Prospect: 19th The Hockey Guys: 21st Craig’s ...
So as it goes, after 82 games, the San Jose Sharks have made the post season and once again will take on the St. Louis Blues. Ask old school Sharks fans about playing the Blues in the playoffs and they will bring you back over a decade to the 1999-2000 NHL season. The eighth seeded ...
Have you ever wondered if there are hockey leagues that rival the NHL in terms of talent, viewership, and fan-base? Well, if you have, then this segment should be just for you. It is widely known that players from around the world flock to the NHL for a chance to win Lord Stanley’s Cup and ...
As 2011 comes to a close, it provides a time for hockey fans to reflect. In the first of a two-part series, The Hockey Writers’ Steve Kendall will examine the 10 things that saddened him about the sport over the past 12 months. In part two, he will explain the 10 things about hockey that ...
The year of 2011 is coming to an end. For some, it couldn’t have gone by any slower. Others don’t want it to end so soon. Either way, it’s still the time of year for celebration and looking back at all the great moments we’ve had. In the hockey world, there were many triumphant moments, ...
Former Minnesota Wild player Pavol Demitra has died as a result of a tragic plane crash in Russia today. A Russian jet was carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) hockey team to Minsk, Belarus for a game when it slammed into a riverbank moments after takeoff. Only two people of the original 43 on the plane ...
