Posts About "2013 Stanley Cup"
Life, Love, Loss and Hockey
July 4th, 2019 Ice hockey is so much more than a sport to many around the globe. It is a lifestyle, it is family, it is a tradition and it is an escape from reality. Hockey has been all of those for me during this roller coaster called life. It is that last quality, an escape from reality, that has been the most important to me over the past seven...
Chicago's Original Six: An Overview of the Blackhawks' Dynasty Players
July 2nd, 2016 It is not uncommon to see hockey players come and go. With the infamous salary cap, it is becoming rare to see players at a particular team for a long period of time, and even more rare to see a team reach dynasty status. Since the Chicago Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup in 2010, 2013, and 2015, the team has reached dynasty status, and...
Which Blackhawks Stanley Cup Team Was the Best?
June 9th, 2016 The landscape of modern sports is a complex one at best. With salary-cap implications dictating each and every move that a franchise makes, creating dynasties has become a nearly impossible task. While there have been many dynasties across major league sports in the past, forming a modern-day, salary cap-era dynasty as the New England...
Jonathan Toews or Patrick Kane, Who Would You Choose?
February 24th, 2014 Let's play a game of "Who would you pick?" If forced to give a definitive answer, would you choose Jonathan Toews or Patrick Kane? Both have been instrumental in Chicago's pair of Stanley Cup Championships in the past four years, and both have plenty of years left. However, one may prove to be more valuable to the franchise than the...
The Ironclad Intangibles of Andrew Shaw
February 8th, 2014 In terms of intangibles, is there anyone in the NHL more underrated than Andrew Shaw? Although the Blackhawks boast 10 players who were selected to represent their countries in Sochi, would the Blackhawks be where they are without their 22-year-old unsung hero? While Shaw's statistical achievements may be light, the intangibles of Andrew...
Bruins Proud, Even in Defeat
June 25th, 2013 The Boston Bruins may have lost in the Stanley Cup Final, but there's still much to be proud of about this bunch and what they accomplished.
Anything But a Disappointment: The Story of the 2013 Boston Bruins
June 25th, 2013 Life gets played out in moments. Snapshots of memories that stay with you all throughout your life. Still frames that shape the past with while still influencing one's future. Life is a game of seconds, after all, and there are seconds that will stay with you forever. At one point this year, the Boston Bruins became more than just a...
Bruins On The Brink (Again)
June 23rd, 2013 The Boston Bruins find themselves in familiar yet altogether foreign territory heading into Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. One on hand, they face the task of holding serve on home ice in order to push the series to a deciding 7th game, a situation that has a distinct 2011 feel to it. At the same time, the 2013 version of this team...
Bruins vs Blackhawks: The Hockey Night in Canada Montages
June 21st, 2013 With an extra day between games in the Stanley Cup Final, it seems like a good time to look back at what has transpired through the first 4 games of the series. One of the most talked about aspects of the series from an entertainments perspective has been the Hockey Night in Canada montages. Before every game, many take to Twitter to see...
Stanley Cup Final Proving To Be A Wild Ride
June 20th, 2013 Written by Ian C McLaren, Lead Boston Bruins Writer. If there was a common term used to describe Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, it was "roller coaster." That back and forth, up and down affair between the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks featured an uncharacteristically high amount of defensive breakdowns and wonky goal...
The Beauty of the Stanley Cup Final
June 20th, 2013 It's no surprise that this Stanley Cup Final is playing out the exact stereotype of what hockey is all about. It's a battle; a game of chances defined by who wants it more and who is willing to sacrifice the most for a win. The 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Final has seen four games; three of which have gone to overtime, with the other game...
Bruins Dominating the NHL Stats Leader Board
June 19th, 2013 Quick: go to NHL.com, click on the stats home page, and check the league leaders in all major NHL stats categories heading into Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. There, you will find the 2 leading Conn Smythe candidates, as well as an impressively old school plus/minus plateau. Here, let me save you the trouble and share this tweet...
The Resurgence of the Boston Bruins' Third Line
June 18th, 2013 Down 1-0 against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, Bruins' head coach Claude Julien shuffled up his bottom-six forwards to try and generate some chemistry, putting together a third line of Chris Kelly centering Daniel Paille and Tyler Seguin. Since then, including a 2-0 Game 3 Boston victory over Chicago, three...
