The Press Box
Joe Bowen: The Best Calls from a Leafs Legend
October 19th, 2016 Sports broadcasting is an intricate, demanding, and arduous profession. Those who take to the airwaves on an almost nightly basis project their voices to an immense number of viewers, instilling energy and excitement while always, especially in our social media-laden world,...
An Hour With Mark Howe
November 18th, 2015 There's something to be said about the hockey community. It's a tight knit community of former players, media members and various others. Any given press box is it's own ecosystem and there are a lot of people who spend time traveling as professional scouts. One of these...
Blues Still Trying to Find Consistency, but Pile On Wins at Home
January 20th, 2015 The St. Louis Blues are currently 7-1-1 in the month of January, with 5 of those wins and the OT loss coming during the current 7-game home stand the team has been on since Thursday January 8th. They have been experiencing amazing offensive production and solid defensive...
NHL Realignment: Reading between the ”Ligns”.
December 5th, 2011 NHL realignment will be good for Canadian hockey fans. Just read between the lines or should that be “ligns”. The realignment being discussed this week at the NHL meetings in California would shuffle the teams into 4 conferences roughly based on geographical /...
Boston Bruins: On The Warpath
November 21st, 2011 The 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins started their 2011-1012 season with 3 wins and 7 losses in the month of October. Many have termed this as the inevitable Stanley Cup hangover. Actually this was more like a Stanley Cup Concussion. This was one of the worst starts...
Capitals Start Hot, But It's End That Matters
October 25th, 2011 The Washington Capitals are off to the hottest start in the entire NHL, and 11.7% of the way to completing the NHL’s first perfect season. The team is averaging 4.14 goals per game, .71 ahead of the second highest team (Chicago). Throw in that they are tied for fifth in...2011-12 NHL Fantasy Sleeper Top Ten Forwards
With the 2011-12 NHL season just beginning fantasy hockey players are frantically searching for late round sleeper picks and hidden gems. This list is your key to help with drafting those dark horse players. Some of these players may emerge from obscurity to fantasy...
Tuesday Sens Report – October 11, 2011
October 11th, 2011 Welcome to the first Tuesday Sens Report on thehockeywriters.com. Following the first two games of the season, the Ottawa Senators have a perfect losing record (0-2-0) and are facing the lovable Dany Heatley and the Minnesota Wild tonight at Scotiabank Place. The game...Islanders ‘Big Cubano’ Separating Himself Early
Coming into this season the New York Islanders looked to be dealing with a problem that has plagued many teams before, they had three starting NHL goalies. As has been made note of and mocked time and time again, the Islanders still have 11 seasons with Rick DiPietro,...
Edmonton Oilers: A Debut To Remember
October 10th, 2011 With Oilers fans watching everywhere, first-overall draft pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins could have shrank from the spotlight in his NHL debut. He did anything but: scoring a game-tying goal with 4:55 to play in the third period, all while centering the top line with Ales...
Winners and Losers of Week 1 of the NHL Season
October 9th, 2011 Every Sunday I will take a look back at the week that was in the NHL, and pick out some specific winners and losers. Of course if you think I missed someone add your own comment on the bottom. The first few games of the NHL season are under our belt, and almost every...
Is the Five Forward Power Play the Future of the NHL?
October 7th, 2011 In a sport where converting on a single power play can mean winning that game, teams may start to get a bit more creative in who they send out on those man-up opportunities. If the Rangers deploy the five forward power play and find success early in the season, certainly...
NHL 2011-2012: Is Your Team Scheduled for Success?
October 2nd, 2011 The 2011-2012 NHL regular season starts October 6th. The pre-season is finally over. Every hockey fan has by now looked at their team’s upcoming schedule with hopeful anticipation. Who do we play in the opener? What’s our travel schedule like? When do we play against...
