In any conversation about the most prolific defencemen of all time you will undoubtedly hear the mention of names like Bobby Orr, Doug Harvey, Raymond Borque, and Paul Coffey. Along with these past NHL greats often comes the suggestion of current Detroit Red Wings captain Nicklas Lidstrom, and why not? At the end of every ...
Zdeno Chara graces the cover of the 2011-12 NHL Media Guide, hoisting the Stanley Cup at Rogers Arena centre ice with his massive maw stretched wide in a triumphant scream. (Understandably, the Vancouver Canucks were one of the teams that took advantage of the NHL’s policy allowing individual teams to pay for local versions of the ...
For now, all seems right with the Boston Bruins. The components that were deemed missing and the efforts that were lacking when the team started the season all showed up at once on Thursday night when the Bruins beat the red-hot Toronto Maple Leafs, 6-2.
The game was all Boston, really. The team showed a full-60 minute effort, had success on the power-play and big games for many role players who had seemed be complacent to start the season. Maybe it was Shawn Thornton’s spirited bout early in the first period with Colton Orr that set the tone or perhaps the Bruins first power-play goal of the night that built the B’s confidence back up. Whatever it was, worked.
Five games into the 2011-12 season, the Boston Bruins have three losses and haven’t looked strong at all. Here, we take a look at the five players who need to improve the most to see the Black and Gold return to the form that won them a Stanley Cup. 5. Shawn Thornton – It ...
Jim Neveau, NHL Senior Columnist While it may not have the pageantry of the NFL’s opening Thursday night game, or the tradition of Opening Day in MLB, the start of a new NHL season is always an exciting event for fans of the sport. The prospect of all 30 teams starting from scratch toward the ...
Well I’m-a goin’ back down maybe one more time Deep down home, October road And I might like to see that little friend of mine That I left behind once upon a time Oh, promised land and me still standing It’s a test of time It’s a real good sign Let the sun run ...
Eastern Conference // Western Conference With most teams kicking off training camp this week, preseason hockey right around the corner and puck drop slightly less than a month away, you can practically smell that chill in the air that can only mean one thing — hockey season is fast approaching. I’d assume all of you ...
Who knows — maybe size does matter. The San Jose Sharks have built a roster blessed with size combined with enough speed and grit to excel in the ridiculously-competitive Western Conference. Newcomers Brent Burns (acquired via trade with the Minnesota Wild), Michal Handzus (free agency), Martin Havlat (trade with Minnesota), Andrew Murray (free agency), and ...
You can’t teach size. Imagine your favorite team having an organizational player possessing NBA size, strong skating skills for a big man, a rocket shot from the blue line, and even a non-objectionable smell. Bruins’ fans across the land might smugly point to their own behemoth Zdeno Chara, and yet they’d be wrong — ...
The Russian website sports.ru recently featured a pair of great interviews with Evgeni Malkin of the Pittsburgh Penguins as he recovers from knee surgery. Both interviews were conducted in Russian and translated to English, but the insight into ‘Evgeni Malkin the Person’ is something many in Pittsburgh have never seen. A week ago he talked ...
