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NHL Shootout

The NHL Must Change This Rule

Sean Sarcu | February 17, 2014

The Olympics have been fantastic for hockey so far; Saturday’s tilt between USA and Russia drew the largest television audience of any event ever shown on NBC Sports Network. Throngs…

Categories News

Controversial Leafs Coyotes Shootout

Casey Gagnon | December 20, 2013

Thursday night’s shootout at Air Canada Centre between the Phoenix Coyotes and the Toronto Maple Leafs didn’t conclude without controversy.  The events that transpired in the first round were evidently…

Categories Arizona Coyotes

Fantasy Hockey: The Curious Case of the Shootout

Kevin Roche | October 17, 2013

In early September of 2004, a young Kevin Roche is twiddling his thumbs while flipping channels at his grandmother’s house. As he turns to ESPN, his jaw hits the floor.…

Categories Fantasy

NHL Shootouts: Is It Time For A Change?

Dan Rice | October 10, 2013

Is it time to get rid of the shootout in the NHL? It is the only of the four major sports that has a tiebreaking method in the regular season…

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NCHC Hockey: UND Hockey Players Love Shootout Option

Eric Burton | October 10, 2013

The NCAA hockey season kicked off this past weekend with a series of exhibition games and three regular season games. The newly founded National Collegiate Hockey Conference is set to begin league play on…

Categories College Hockey

NCHC Hockey: Conference to use Shootouts to Break Ties

Eric Burton | August 15, 2013

Today, it was announced, that the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) will use the shootout to break ties during conference match-ups, if the game is tied after a standard five-minute…

Categories College Hockey

The NHL Shootout and Other Potential Changes

Andy Graziano | March 20, 2013

Hockey has been in my blood for over three decades. I started playing at age six and watched the New York Islanders on WHT television with my dad after the…

Categories News

Kaspars Daugavins and the Problems with Shootouts

Tyler Kerdman | March 15, 2013

When the National Hockey League implemented the shootout back in 2005, it seemed as if there was unanimous support for an exhilarating and refreshing way to end ties. That sentiment…

Categories News, Ottawa Senators

Dissecting the Predators Shootout Struggles

Nick Vucic | February 1, 2013

It may only be seven games into the season for the Nashville Predators, but in addition to an anemic offense, the Predators have seen easy points slip away in the…

Categories Nashville Predators

Cherries of Wrath! Don Cherry and Other Low Hanging Maple Leafs Fruit

Stephen Stoneman | April 4, 2012

If you’re not Canadian or if you’re not a hockey fan, you may not get Don Cherry.  He is a Canadian institution almost more so than the broadcasting corporation that…

Categories Humor, News, Toronto Maple Leafs

How did the Calgary Flames get backed into this corner?

Ryan Pike | March 28, 2012

THE STATS LINE 35-27-15 record [20th overall (in points percentage)] 2.44 goals-for per game [25th overall] 2.64 goals-against per game [15th overall] 18.1% power-play success rate [13th overall] 83.7% penalty-kill…

Categories Calgary Flames

Colorado, Buffalo Both Looking For Playoffs

Chris White | March 15, 2012

The NHL playoffs are coming and few weeks ago, the Colorado Avalanche and Buffalo Sabres were both pretty close to being dead in the water when it came to the…

Categories Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche, News
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