Maple Leafs vs Sabres Line Brawl: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Nathan Kanter | September 23, 2013 Last night in a pre-season game between the Maple Leafs and Sabres, while I was enjoying my weekly fix of “Breaking Bad”, a line-brawl took place at the ACC. Over…
Defending the Undefendable – the David Clarkson Situation Alex Mai | September 23, 2013 Call it moronic. Call it asinine. Call it whatever you wish. Last night, David Clarkson jumped over the bench to engage Buffalo enforcer John Scott following an altercation with star…
Hockey News: Injuries for Vokoun and Gagner; Suspensions for Clarkson and Kassian? Marcy Di Michele | September 23, 2013 If you didn’t catch the mayhem in the Sabres/Leafs game last night, you may want to have a look. Goalie fight alert! [YouTube] Here’s a breakdown of exactly how and…
Boston Bruins: Shawn Thornton’s Last Stand Wayne Whittaker | March 5, 2013 By Wayne Whittaker, Boston Bruins Correspondent Shawn Thornton is most likely in the last contract of his NHL career. His current deal, which was signed just under a year ago,…
Props to Shawn Thornton For Taking Milan Lucic’s Fight Steve Kendall | February 1, 2013 When Boston’s Shawn Thornton dropped the gloves with Buffalo behemoth John Scott Thursday night, he earned the respect of his teammates, the fans, opposing fans, and likely Scott himself.…
How Milan Lucic Changed the Buffalo Sabres Ian C McLaren | September 10, 2012 In George Eliot’s novel, Adam Bede, Arthur, an Oxford boxer, says the following of his counterpart Adam (described as a ‘big fellow’): I could hit out better than most men at Oxford,…
John Scott Helps the Buffalo Sabres Toughen Up Eric Roberts | July 2, 2012 The NHL free agency is upon us! Hockey fans likely spent the majority of their Sunday afternoon feverishly refreshing their Twitter feeds, or were glued to their television set waiting…
NHL Free Agency: Which New York Rangers Will Return? Michael Rappaport | June 15, 2012 In the 2011-12 season, the New York Rangers established themselves as one of the best teams in the NHL. They recorded 51 wins and 109 points during the regular season,…
Yawns All Around: NHL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers James Neveau | February 27, 2012 Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist Another trade deadline is now in the books in the National Hockey League, and despite the huge expectations and people calling it the league’s “Christmas”,…
Rick Nash and the Blue Jackets embarrassed by Blackhawks Darren Coslov | February 19, 2012 When the face of your franchise could very well be handed a one-way ticket out of Columbus by next weeks National Hockey League trade deadline, the thought of it…
Bowman Finally Building His Blackhawks The Hockey Writers | July 11, 2011 For the first time in his time as general manager of the Blackhawks, Stan Bowman has the financial freedom to build the team the way he sees fit. Interestingly enough…
Finding A New Definition For “Enforcer” The Hockey Writers | January 7, 2011 When one looks at a list of fan favorites in the NHL, they’ll often find the team’s enforcer on that list. Unfortunately, that’s about as useful as they get. While…