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A 2nd Stanley Cup for Brad Richards
June 17th, 2015 Whether to shoot, or make the pass - that is the question. In hockey, sometimes it comes down to one simple, and incredibly complex split-second choice. At 5:15 in the 3rd period during Game 6 of the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals, the answer was easy for Chicago Blackhawks center Brad Richards (#91): make the pass. It was the decision that...
The Four Hounds in the Stanley Cup Final
June 15th, 2015 Each of the 2015 Stanley Cup finalist teams have two men who have something in common, other than the desire to win the Cup and have their name engraved on the championship trophy! Each has lived in the tiny village of Wilcox, Saskatchewan, in Canada's western prairies, attending a boarding school that's been developing athletes,...
Senator's Owner Melnyk On Road to Recovery from Live Liver Transplant
May 21st, 2015 The billionaire owner of the Ottawa Senators, 55-year-old Eugene Melnyk, is on the road to recovery after receiving a live liver donation, donated by an anonymous donor earlier this week. The Senators tweeted earlier today with the hashtag #BeADonor that the Melnyk's donor was partly motivated to give such a generous gift so a healthy...
The Story Behind Stan Mikita's Blackhawks Kicks
May 20th, 2015 As last night's Game 2 between the Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks played on for 116 minutes and 12 seconds, 16-year-old Chicago girl, Hawks fan and young entrepreneur Liz Spurlock wasn't working on any orders for her customers. She'd tried doing that in the first game of this round, and when the Blackhawks lost 4-1 to the...
Sidney Crosby and Internationals
May 20th, 2015 Sidney Crosby and Internationals certainly go together well. Crosby with a new mantel piece #IIHFWorlds #CanadaIsGold pic.twitter.com/tcMIMQKVcG — Joseph Vito DeLuca (@joevitodeluca) May 17, 2015 The 27-year-old Pittsburgh Penguin has captained Team Canada twice - last year for the Sochi Olympics and this year at the the IIHF...
Why the IIHF Stats Rock
May 15th, 2015 After Canada's 9-0 hammering of Belarus yesterday in the Men's Ice Hockey World Championship in Prague, I was curious about the stats of the players on the Canadian team. With their easy domination of last year's host team, were they also dominating the stats of the 16-team tournament? I found that in some categories, they were -- but...
