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....
Doughty and Quick Leading the Kings with All-Star Caliber Play
January 13th, 2016 On the morning of Jan. 6, the NHL announced the rosters for the 2016 All-Star Game held on Jan. 31 in Nashville, Tennessee. Divided into four divisional teams, each team will be comprised of six forwards, three defensemen and two goalies and defenseman Drew Doughty and goalie Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings were chosen to...
The NHL Doesn’t Need an All-Star Game
January 6th, 2016 For the last few seasons, the NHL All-Star Game has gone through numerous changes, from fantasy drafts, to North America vs. the World and now a 3-on-3 tournament. For each of these past few seasons and even beyond that, the All-Star Game has been … well, boring, uneventful and bland; but there is only one solution to make it better....
3 Problems with the NHL's New All-Star Game Format
November 21st, 2015 On Wednesday the NHL officially announced its overhaul of the league's All-Star Game. The league will move away from the standard two-team and three period contest and will install a three-on-three tournament with $1 million going to the winning team. The Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central and Pacific Divisions will all be represented by...
3-on-3 Makes NHL All-Star Game Watchable
November 21st, 2015 As many of you are already aware of, the NHL announced this past Wednesday that the format of the 2016 NHL All-Star game has been transformed into a 3-on-3 All-Star Tournament. The format of the NHL All-Star game has now changed a grand total of eleven times since it was first created in 1934. This new 3-on-3 tournament will take the...
NHL All-Star Game: Team Toews, City of Columbus Win Big
January 26th, 2015 The end result may not have stuck to script, but at the end of Sunday's NHL All-Star Game, the city of Columbus stood tall. The "visiting" Team Toews may have skated off with a 17-12 victory, but for captain Nick Foligno and his All-Star squad, it was all about displaying their skills and having fun. And with 29 combined goals, that's...
NHL to Start Using Tracking Chips in Pucks and Jerseys
January 25th, 2015 The tracking of advanced statistics in the NHL might become a lot easier. The league announced Saturday, a partnership with the company Sportvision with the intention to place tracking chips in pucks and players jerseys. The hope is that the chips, along with a series of infrared cameras, will help to read the data from the chips. So...
Top Former Canes Players With All-Star Tools
January 23rd, 2015 With the All-Star Game festivities set to be underway in Columbus tonight, the current discussion appears to be revolving around the lack of "stars" this All-Star game has. Whether it was the exclusion of former staples like Henrik Lundqvist or Zdeno Chara, or the string of injuries that have hit players that were chosen to attend, this...
