Raffi Torres Earned Every Moment of His 25-game Suspension Steve Kendall | April 24, 2012 Ever since Brendan Shanahan dropped the hammer on Phoenix Coyotes’ forward Raffi Torres, suspending him for 25 games for a vicious hit on Chicago winger Martin Hossa. The suspension, the…
Raffi Torres Suspended for 25 Games: What Does It Mean For the NHL? James Neveau | April 21, 2012 Jim Neveau, Managing Editor Lost in all the wonderful drama that has been occurring so far in these NHL playoffs has been an undercurrent of disdain among fans and pundits…
Coyotes Down the Blackhawks in Third Straight Overtime Thriller Patrick White | April 19, 2012 Corey Crawford is to Michael Leighton, as Mikkel Boedker is to Patrick Kane. It’s hard to tell whether Crawford was trying his best Leighton impression, or whether Boedker did his best Patrick Kane…
Mikkel Boedker Emerges In Game 3 For Phoenix Coyotes Sebastian Egerton-Read | April 18, 2012 Mikkel Boedker has not received a tremendous amount of attention in the aftermath of Game 3. Quite understandably, the attention has been focused on the Raffi Torres hit and its…
Phoenix Coyotes – Chicago Blackhawks: Five Thoughts on Game Three James Neveau | April 18, 2012 Jim Neveau, Managing Editor After the first two games of this series, it could easily be argued that the Phoenix Coyotes and Chicago Blackhawks were pretty evenly matched. Both games…
Mike Smith Still Key To Playoff Chances Of The Phoenix Coyotes Sebastian Egerton-Read | March 31, 2012 Radim Vrbata scored two goals and Mike Smith stopped 38 shots as the Phoenix Coyotes beat the San Jose Sharks 2-0 on Thursday night moving into the Western conference’s top…
Evaluating the Tenure of Scott Howson Part 1: Righting the Ship Alex Stallings | January 10, 2012 When the Columbus Blue Jackets hired Scott Howson away from the Edmonton Oilers the team was coming off the sixth straight season in which they missed the playoffs.
NHL Needs Harsher Fines Tim Kolupanowich | January 3, 2012 Phoenix Coyotes left wing Raffi Torres has been suspended by the NHL for two games for his hit on defenseman Nate Prosser of the Minnesota Wild. Torres not only left…
10 Ways To Make Hockey Better in 2012 Steve Kendall | January 2, 2012 Hand out real suspensions/Get players to respect one another: Concussions continue to plague the NHL…
From Abdelkader from Zuccarello – 31 October 2011 Monica McAlister | October 31, 2011 A condensed version on this holiday as many are rushing to get work done before heading to Halloween parties or to take the kids trick-or-treating tonight. In three markets there are games tonight as well. Check in to see some hockey related Halloween stories and videos.
Shanahan Sets Right Tone With Lengthy Suspensions Steve Kendall | September 27, 2011 During his playing days, Brendan Shanahan was a no nonsense player. He came to work, did his job, and expected others to do the same. He was as tough as…
Current Enemy Number One: The Vancouver Canucks Daniel Schöpf | August 28, 2011 So I am supposed to be ashamed of being a Canucks fan now? The memo arrived late but take a small trip out of BC with your Orca jersey and…