Kristyn Repke
After living in two NHL cities (Orange, CA and Raleigh, NC), Kristyn graduated from Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and worked in the Columbus Blue Jackets' Digital Media department. She currently resides in Columbus and has been an NHL-credentialed reporter since the 2013-14 season.
Author's Posts
Blue Jackets Need to Skip the Seconds
February 3rd, 2018 Second periods. They can make or break teams if they are not careful. Teams often talk about their focus on starting out or finishing games strong. You don’t often hear teams emphasizing pushing the pace in the middle frame. Case in point: through the first 50 games of the season, second periods have not been a huge highlight for...
Blue Jackets Power Play Turnaround
January 31st, 2018 The Columbus Blue Jackets power play was the talk of the National Hockey League early on in the 2016-17 regular season. Their success rate was sky-high and teams could not solve them. Special teams were key in the Blue Jackets’ 16-game win streak and kept them at or near the top of the Metropolitan Division for most of the...
Best Time for a Blue Jackets Break
January 13th, 2018 The National Hockey League-mandated five-day "bye week": every team has one in January. With the way they are staggered, expect the standings to be an interesting mix throughout the next few weeks. The Columbus Blue Jackets headed into theirs after Friday's 5-2 loss to the Vancouver Canucks—a team that has won just 17 of 44 games...
Blue Jackets 3 Takeaways: Foligno, Consistency & Coaching
January 8th, 2018 This season, The Hockey Writers will have a recurring “Three Takeaways” feature after Columbus Blue Jackets match-ups, meant to serve as postgame quick hits. 1) Nick Foligno Breaks the Ice Blue Jackets captain Nick Foligno had not scored since Dec. 14 against the New York Islanders, and the pressure was weighing on him. He only had...
Blue Jackets 3 Takeaways: Wennberg, Contributions & Confidence
December 21st, 2017 This season, The Hockey Writers will have a recurring “Three Takeaways” feature after Columbus Blue Jackets match-ups, meant to serve as postgame quick hits. 1) Alexander Wennberg Gets Going In his first 24 games, Blue Jackets center Alexander Wennberg tallied only two goals and 11 points. It was way below the expectations he set...
Blue Jackets 3 Takeaways: Lopsided Losses, Failing Forwards & Bjorkstrand
December 13th, 2017 This season, The Hockey Writers will have a recurring “Three Takeaways” feature after every Columbus Blue Jackets matchup, meant to serve as postgame quick hits. 1) Lopsided Blue Jackets Losses A rare occurrence this season: the Columbus Blue Jackets on the wrong side of lopsided losses. Even rarer? Forfeiting seven goals. The last...
