Greetings From Smashville! K2 Summit Edition Jas Faulkner | April 17, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor In as many years, the NHL promotions people have featured two players who are and were “Who is that guy?” to the rest of the…
A Fan’s Survival Guide: Team-less in the Stanley Cup Playoffs Geoff Rosenthal | April 12, 2012 As an Avalanche fan, I rooted against the Vancouver Canucks and Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday night. For various other reasons, I’m rooting against the San Jose Sharks tonight. Generally,…
Don’t Tread/Score On Me: Tim Thomas in Washington Matt Stephen | April 10, 2012 The biggest controversy of the Bruins season is sure to crop up again as Tim Thomas competes for the cup in the same city he snubbed the celebrations for last…
Cherries of Wrath! Don Cherry and Other Low Hanging Maple Leafs Fruit Stephen Stoneman | April 4, 2012 If you’re not Canadian or if you’re not a hockey fan, you may not get Don Cherry. He is a Canadian institution almost more so than the broadcasting corporation that…
Greetings From Smashville! Hitting The Big D Edition Jas Faulkner | April 2, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor On Friday, March 30th, Predators head coach Barry Trotz hit five hundred.* Funny. He doesn’t look a day over forty-nine. That he reached this milestone…
“Because It’s The Cup” Commercials Miss The Mark Geoff Rosenthal | March 29, 2012 Two years ago, the NHL marketing team took sports commercials to a new level by introducing the “History Will Be Made” ad campaign. Combining some of hockey’s most famous moments…
The 10 Best Names In The NHL David OConnor | March 26, 2012 It seems that everywhere you go, there is always someone who has one of those names that makes you think, “Wow, that’s an awesome name!” Sometimes it’s the kid who…
Greetings from Smashville! From Russia With Grudge Edition Jas Faulkner | March 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor writer’s note: Sorry this is late. This has been an “I’m in Nashville? Really? Radulov? Are you yanking my chain?” kind of week. I did…
Greetings From Smashville! A Wing and a Prey-er Edition Jas Faulkner | March 16, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Peyton Manning was here earlier this week. It might have been to get some hot chicken with the boys at the Titans Front Office, but…
Greetings From Smashville! Landslide Edition Jas Faulkner | March 9, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor They say that handsome is as handsome does and many of the faces in the video released by YouCanPlayProject.org got that much more so after…
Breakaway: The Bollywood Hockey Movie Stephen Stoneman | March 4, 2012 I didn’t quite know what to expect when I first saw comedian Russell Peters telling us about his new bollywood hockey movie called Breakaway. I knew only that I wanted…
Greetings From Smashville! Rock Paper Scissors Edition Jas Faulkner | March 2, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor First, a note of apology to HockeyHillbilly: I am not in the habit of ignoring responses. The reason for last week’s silence from me was…
