Posts About "J.P. Dumont"
NA3HL Club Arrives In Nashville
May 24th, 2014 In 1997, a group of investors led by Craig Leopold proposed an expansion franchise to the NHL for the city of Nashville, Tennessee. Not known for its hockey, but rather its country music atmosphere and southern sports of baseball, basketball and football, the game should not have worked in Music City. However, commissioner Gary Bettman...
The ZSC Lions Win Swiss NLA Championship In Dramatic Fashion
April 17th, 2012 The ZSC Lions have won the Swiss Championship in a frantic finish to the playoff final series, taking Game 7 against SC Bern with a Steve McCarthy goal 3 seconds before the end of regulation for a famous 2-1 victory and securing the Zurich club's first championship since 2008. The series started evenly with Bern winning the first...
Swiss NLA Hockey Playoffs: ZSC Lions Reach Final
March 25th, 2012 The NLA playoffs in Switzerland usually provide some surprises and 2011/2012 has been no different. The ZSC Lions, who finished 7th overall in the regular season with 27 wins and 23 losses in 50 games, have swept not only last years' NLA champion HC Davos but also this years' regular season champion EV Zug, remaining undefeated on their...
R Niedermayer, JP Dumont, J Tambellini And C Huet: Where Are They Now?
February 25th, 2012 What do a 37-year-old 1000-NHL gamer, a former 3rd overall NHL draft pick, a Stanley Cup game 7 player last season and a $5.6 million a season netminder have in common? Think cowbells, clocks, cheese and chocolate! All 4 ex-NHL stars are currently plying their trade in the Swiss NLA Hockey League, with most having success in the small...
Saying Kaddish in Nashville: The Predators Departed, 2011 Edition
August 4th, 2011 Seasoned fans are only too aware that this is the time of the year when owners and GMs will assure everyone that old favorites are being sent out to live on a farm where they can be happy and run free. With the totality of every heart that beats in a sweater (be it NHL issued or an eBay knockoff) we want to believe that there is a...
Predators GM David Poile Faces the Press
July 1st, 2011 by Jas Faulkner, Nashville Correspondent In the hallway where Predators GM David Poile was scheduled to meet the press, the general energy was business as usual. Just a few feet away, the Centennial Sportsplex B rink was full of rookies and the sound of blades scraping against the ice, pucks hitting the dasher boards, whistles...
