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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
