Posts About "Pavol Demitra"
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Remembered
December 1st, 2017 On September 6, 2012, there was cause for celebration in Yaroslavl, Russia. For the first time in nearly a calendar year, the city's hometown hockey team, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, took to the ice at Arena 2000 for a KHL regular season game. The contest, which was against Sibir Novosibirsk, was a chance for the organization and their fans...
Top 5 Minnesota Wild Forwards of All Time
October 10th, 2017 The Minnesota Wild franchise was founded as an expansion franchise in 2000. It has enjoyed some mixed success so far in its NHL history and the past offseason has provided hope that Hockey Town could be about to be awarded with a top-notch NHL team. This article series will look at the top five players for the franchise at each...
The Top-5 European Blues of All-Time
December 19th, 2014 The St. Louis Blues have built a top-six forward unit the past few seasons that is mostly comprised of Americans and Canadians. David Backes, Brad Boyes, Paul Kariya and T.J. Oshie are just some of the names that have been the core of the team’s offense for the better part of a decade. However, the Blues are now seeing Europeans...
Blues’ Lack of Scoring Dooms Season... Again
May 11th, 2013 The prototypical Blues fan can speak up yet again. Since Brett Hull left for the Dallas Stars during the summer of 1998, fans have been calling for a sniping forward that will come up with the big goal when needed. The team cycled through the late Pavol Demitra, as well as 40-goal scorers Scott Young, Keith Tkachuk and Brad Boyes to...
Minnesota Wild: A Tradition of Busted Hopes
January 2nd, 2013 Much like the New Year, a new NHL season is also a time to hope. Minnesota Wild fans have hopes that cross and are at a crossroads this New Year: That there's a 2012-13 season to showcase the second richest free agent signings in league history, Zach Parise and Ryan Suter. In honor of the New Year and a new season, let's look back...
Wild Gambles: Chuck Fletcher's All-In Signings
August 31st, 2012 After a couple of aimless seasons out of the playoffs, Minnesota Wild general manager takes a huge gamble to reset the course of the franchise. Sound familiar? On the first day of the NHL Entry Draft in June 2006, Doug Risebrough traded his first-round pick and highly-touted prospect Patrick O'Sullivan to the Los...
