Posts About "Sandis Ozolinsh"

Top 10 Latvians in NHL History

December 7th, 2017 Perhaps no time did the country of Latvia fall into the gaze of the hockey world more than when the country of just under two million people helped attain the most votes in fan voting for the 2015 NHL All-Star Game. Due the support of his fellow countrymen, Latvian Zemgus Girgensons was the runaway leader by well over 300,000 votes. With...

Worst Colorado Avalanche Trades

February 17th, 2017 With all the rumors and reports of Colorado Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic trying to find a market for a few pieces of the Avs roster -- namely Matt Duchene and Gabriel Landeskog -- we thought we'd re-publish this from The Hockey Writers Archives. Written by former THW contributor Kevin Goff and originally published March 14,...

Top 5 Defensemen in Sharks History

July 19th, 2015 The San Jose Sharks are celebrating their 25th anniversary season in 2015-16. While they have yet to win the Stanley Cup, they have had a long run of success. Overall the Sharks have made the playoffs 19 times in their first 24 seasons. A near 80% franchise playoff success rate is pretty darn good. The Anaheim Ducks may have won a...

Tuesday Trade Review: Nolan for Ozolinsh

March 10th, 2015 The Background: Quebec/Colorado Gather round children, it's story time. Once upon a time there was a mediocre hockey team in Canada called the Quebec Nordiques. They were so mediocre that Eric Lindros didn't want to play for them after being selected by the team in 1991. But even though the supposed "Next One" did not wish to...