All-Star Weekend
NHL All-Star Snubs? Who Cares?
January 28th, 2018 Like every all-star event in every sport, there’s been conversation after conversation about which players were snubbed of the chance to play in the mid-season classic. For me, it was Toronto’s Frederik Andersen. While questions of why he wasn’t named to the team...
NHL's Biggest All-Star Snubs by Division
January 16th, 2018 Excitement revolving the 2018 NHL All-Star Game continues to grow, and more fuel was added to the fire on Jan. 10, 2018 when the league released the official rosters for each respective division. As is the case every year, each team will be represented by a wealth of...
Hurricanes Surprise All-Star
January 13th, 2018 Noah Hanifin is an All-Star. The Carolina Hurricanes defenseman was announced Wednesday as having been selected to play in the 2018 NHL Honda All-Star Game. He is the only member of the Hurricanes squad to have been selected and, frankly, is a bit of a surprise. Not a...
Eichel the All-Star
January 11th, 2018 You can now add All-Star to Jack Eichel’s list of achievements. For the first time, Jack Eichel was selected as the Sabres representative for the NHL All-Star game. The announcement came Wednesday...
2018 NHL All-Star Game: Notable Western Conference Snubs
January 11th, 2018 The NHL has announced the rosters for the 2018 NHL All-Star Game. Some big names are showing up for All-Star weekend, including the usual suspects. Then there are the surprise snubs, with prominent players missing from all four squads. In the Central Division, two of...
2018 NHL All-Star Game: Notable Eastern Conference Snubs
January 11th, 2018 The NHL announced the official rosters for the 2018 NHL All-Star Game to be played in Tampa Bay over the weekend of January 27-28. There are some big names on the rosters and some of the usual suspects. There's also an extensive list of names that are notably absent from...
2018 NHL All-Star Game Rosters
January 11th, 2018 The 2018 NHL All-Star Game is set to take place over the weekend of Jan. 27-28. As per tradition, the 63rd edition of the All-Star game will have its skills competition held the night before the games. This will be the third consecutive year the league will have a four-team...
Price Gets Undeserving, but Unsurprising All-Star Nod
January 10th, 2018 Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price is known for stealing games, but he just got away with highway larceny. Carey Price vs. the Atlantic Division Despite being named the Habs’s All-Star Game representative, Price is in the midst of a mediocre season. He has a 2.89...
2018 NHL All-Star Game Roster Predictions
January 9th, 2018 With many teams heading into their bye week, the NHL announced its 2018 All-Star Game captains and coaches. Three divisions—the Metropolitan, Atlantic, and Central—paired a player with their own head coach as the captain/coach combo. Washington’s Alex Ovechkin...
Gallagher Leads Canadiens as Unlikely All-Star Option
January 7th, 2018 Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher deserves to be named to the 2018 NHL All-Star Game above every other Hab. That doesn’t mean he will, though. Gallagher for Habs MVP Already the Habs’ unofficial first-quarter MVP, Gallagher has quietly put together an...
Is the NHL Scrapping the All-Star Game?
October 20th, 2017 Sometimes you'll see a headline and immediately scoff at the idea that it's true. That something so ingrained in a sport could be taken out and replaced. Whether it's billed as being for the growth of the game or even for as something as simple as money, the idea of it...
Edmonton Overdue for NHL All-Star Game
May 31st, 2017 This post was originally pubished on December 4th, 2016. It's been revised with the latest news that Tampa will get the All-Star weekend. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has announced that the Tampa Bay Lightning will host the 2017 NHL All-Star Game at the Amalie Arena...
Three 2017 All-Star Game Takeaways
January 31st, 2017 The 2017 NHL All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles has quickly passed, concluding with a dramatic championship game that saw the Metropolitan Division defeat the Pacific Division 4-3 in the finale after each team scored 10 goals in their first game to advance to the title...
