Hockey History
1940: The Best Team in New York Rangers History
August 13th, 2018 When the New York Rangers and 1940 are put together, there is a certain stigma that is attached to it. The feeling is not unlike that of the Boston Red Sox and 1918, or the Chicago Cubs and 1908. For the Rangers, 1940 was the year that they won their 3rd Stanley Cup in a...
Memories of the Montreal Forum
August 12th, 2018 On a Tuesday night in Montreal, people flock to a movie theatre on the corner of Ste Catherine and Atwater streets to see films at half the regular price. The deal attracts a lot of teens and young adults, many of whom are too young to remember when the building was the...
Paul Coffey & the Whalers: Brief but Memorable
August 12th, 2018 Few hockey players have ever been distinguished by a particular sound. One player however, skated so precisely - seemingly as if he possessed the legs of a Clydesdale - that every time he took a stride, the noise of steel cutting through ice resounded throughout the arena...
The Greatest Team of All Time: The Montreal Junior Canadiens
August 11th, 2018 The Junior Canadians were loaded with talented french teens including Gilbert Perreault, Richard Martin, Marc Tardif, Rejean Houle, Ian Turnbull, Andre Dupont, and Jocelyn Guevremont
The NHL's Exclusive 13 x 30 Club
August 11th, 2018 The 2017-18 season was an incredible season for Russian sniper Alex Ovechkin as he joined not one, but two exclusive clubs. On Mar. 12, he became the 20th member of the 600-goal club and on Jan. 25, the 10th player to join the 13 x 30 club, a group of players who scored 30...
Top 10 Weirdest Goalies in NHL History
August 7th, 2018 It's a commonly-held belief in NHL circles, and hockey in general, that goalies tend to be a bit weird. It's more strange to find a goalie that isn't weird than it is to find one that is. After all, who would willingly sign up to have people fling frozen rubber...
Oldest Players With 100-Point Seasons
August 7th, 2018 It is difficult to score in the NHL. Not exactly breaking news. That's why only three players -- Connor McDavid, Claude Giroux, and Nikita Kucherov -- reached the 100-point mark last season. That doesn't seem like many players, and it's not compared to the 1981-82 season...
The Best Nicknames in Hockey
August 6th, 2018 Colorful hockey nicknames are an integral part of the game’s history. They’re as much a part of hockey as the blue line. You’re given one early by your mite’s coach only later to be called something else by your teammates. Your mom may not want to know what your...
The 10 Best Colorado Rockies
August 4th, 2018 Enough time has gone by that a large number of today's hockey fans do not realize that the New Jersey Devils were once the Colorado Rockies. And even before that, the franchise began as the Kansas City Scouts. After the team's inception into the NHL for the 1974-75 season,...
Two of the Cheapest NHL Trades Ever
August 3rd, 2018 So often we delve deep into the analytical side of trades in sports. Which players needed the change more? Which team is going to come out on top? Was there even a winner or loser in the deal? Did they overpay for a star or underpay for a valuable role player? All these...
10 NHL Oddities We'll Never See Again
August 2nd, 2018 The saying is that records are meant to be broken, but in certain cases, they simply won't be broken. Barring radical changes to the playing style and rules of the NHL, it's highly unlikely that we'll ever see anything like the below occurrences. Some relate to scoring,...
The Best NHL Forwards Ever
August 1st, 2018 The NHL has a long and storied existence. Legendary teams, lines and players serve as a reminder of days gone by while today’s players continue to forge the legacy left behind by the pioneers of our beloved game. Like any legendary player, their contributions...
A Trade that Shaped a Franchise
July 26th, 2018 In today's look at important off-season trades over the years, we set our sights back to 1967. While this particular deal did not take place at the NHL Annual Meetings held in the first week in June, it is inextricably linked to the events that were scheduled for that...
