Posts About "NHL All-Star Game"
Edmonton Overdue for NHL All-Star Game
May 31st, 2017 This post was originally pubished on December 4th, 2016. It's been revised with the latest news that Tampa will get the All-Star weekend. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has announced that the Tampa Bay Lightning will host the 2017 NHL All-Star Game at the Amalie Arena next season. The events will take place over the weekend of January...
Remembering the 1998 NHL All-Star Game in Vancouver
January 27th, 2017 With last night’s loss to the Coyotes in the books, the Vancouver Canucks, with the exception of All-Star representative Bo Horvat, are officially on vacation. This season’s All-Star break comes at a good time for a team that has over-achieved thus far. The break provides a chance for reflection and introspection, but, truthfully,...
California Dreamin’ About Ultimate Hockey Road Trip
January 23rd, 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 second of nine stories tracking those travels: • Gearing Up for the Ultimate California Hockey Road...
Alfredsson Ascends into History
August 24th, 2016 When the Ottawa Senators announced last week that the team would be retiring Daniel Alfredsson's number 11 it didn't come as much of a surprise. He is the first player in the Sens modern era to have his number hoisted to the rafters, following Frank Finnigan as the only other Ottawa player to be memorialized in this way. Alfredsson...
Replace The All-Star Game with Meaningful Hockey
January 31st, 2016 There's been a number of different proposals to fix the NHL All-Star Game from THN's Matt Larkin suggesting to make teams comprised of players of similar skill sets to THW's own Dan Rice offering up the idea to have the defending Stanley Cup Champion take on a team of All-Stars. However, the only real solution is to give fans what they...
NHL's All-Alternate Captain Team
January 26th, 2016 I remember when I used to enjoy the NHL All-Star game. This was back when it was North America versus the World. When star-studded linemates Joe Sakic and Peter Forsberg were pitted against each other. When big centres such as Mats Sundin and Mario Lemieux would go head-to-head. Of course, this was before I was even ten-years-old....
