Posts About "Mike Ricci"

Ultimate California Hockey Road Trip: Sharks Are Winning, Times Are Good

January 25th, 2017 Visit California and The Hockey Writers sent Larry Fisher — an at-large contributor, columnist and podcast host — on the Ultimate California Hockey Road Trip with stops in San Jose, Anaheim and Los Angeles. This is the fourth of nine stories tracking those travels: • Gearing Up for the Ultimate California Hockey Road...

What If... Eric Lindros Had Stayed with the Quebec Nordiques?

September 3rd, 2013 The sports world is full of "what if's" and the hockey world is no different. In this piece, in what I hope is a reoccurring segment, I look at what would have become of Eric Lindros and the Quebec Nordiques had he played for them. The Backstory Eric Lindros had entered the 1991 NHL Entry Draft as the undisputed number one...

Jagr to Brodeur - Gems from the 1990 Entry Draft

July 31st, 2013 It is with incredible irony that from the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, two of the NHL's longest serving players, Czech forward Jaromir Jagr and Canadian goaltending legend Martin Brodeur, are not only still playing, but are going to be teammates with the New Jersey Devils in the 2013-14 season, some twenty-three years later. (Jagr signed with...