You learn something new everyday. I was sitting way atop the rafters in the pressbox at the Wells Fargo Center taking in a game between the Flyers and Rangers. Next to me sat, David Strehle, Flyers writer for TheFourthPeriod.com. We began talking about possible free agents the Flyers could be looking at for the ...
This is a guest post written by Adam Williams Scott Niedermayer sits at a table at the head of the Kamloops Blazers board room, on his right sits Mark Recchi, on his left the Memorial Cup. His number 28 hangs around the room on vintage Blazers jerseys and plastered on pucks and t-shirts. Niedermayer ...
A look at the best players to ever suit up for the New Jersey Devils: PATRIK ELIAS: Heading into the 2013 season he is the franchise leader in points (894), assists (533), goals (361) and power play goals (99) while holding the franchise record for the most points in a season (96) and the most ...
written by Marc Lapierre (@MarcLapi) Along with Chris Chelios, Scott Niedermayer headlines the list of 2013 first-year eligible candidates for enshrinement in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Like his boyhood idol Paul Coffey, Niedermayer was such a dazzling player, silky-smooth on the ice and maybe the best skater in the league during his heydays. ...
One would think that a trip to the Hockey Hall of Fame would be easy for someone of Chris Pronger’s caliber. He has won a Stanley Cup and two Olympic Gold Medals, while also adding a James Norris Memorial Trophy and a Hart Trophy to his resume. Yet, despite likely played in his last game ...
With Zach Parise taking his talents to the Twin Cities, the New Jersey Devils now find themselves asking, ‘How do we replace Parise’s offense and his presence on the team?’ Despite the bleak outlook amongst the team’s fans, GM Lou Lamoriello still has a myriad of options to improve the reigning Eastern Conference Champions. First ...
In the chorus of his 1974 hit song “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli, proud son of Newark and world famous crooner, sings, “So close, so close and yet, so far away.” Undoubtedly a tribute to some long lost love of his, Valli’s words are also a fitting eulogy to the bittersweet season completed by ...
The title “middle man” is rarely, if ever, viewed as a desirable one. Fancier monikers utilized might be “broker” or “intermediary”, but really, that’s simply sugar-coating the fact that the “middle man” is a go-between. Generally, it conjures up images of being slightly talented enough to ascend from the bottom rung, but not capable enough ...
Ryan Murray THW Close-Up: Date of birth: September 27th, 1993 Place of birth: White City, Saskatchewan, Canada Ht: 6-0 Wt: 185 Shoots: Left Position: Defense NHL Draft Eligibility: 2012 *** Click here for the live updated NHL 2012 Draft Preview Guide – The Next Ones - your quintessential draft resource. *** Murray’s late September’s birthday kept him from ...
Watching live AHL hockey for going on 20 years in Albany, I’ve seen my fair share of solid goaltenders. Most notably Corey Schwab, Mike Dunham, Peter Sidorkiewicz and Michael Leighton, to name a handful. One netminder I missed by a year, Martin Brodeur. That is until recently, at my first ever New Jersey Devils game. ...
