Posts About "Stanley Cup Final"
Are the Bruins Stanley Cup Favorites?
January 10th, 2018 Predicting the Stanley Cup winner in January is about as fruitless as picking the winner at the start of the season. While trends, statistics and team compositions can indicate and project whether certain players or teams are on the upswing or not, there's a reason the athletes on the ice play the games. If projections were all that...
Off the Crossbar: Smashville to Have Hearing with Bettman
June 9th, 2017 NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has scheduled an emergency hearing for the entity known as Smashville. The list of violations committed over Games 3 and 4 hosted by the Predators includes Excessive Cheering, Unsportsmanlike Volume and Gathering with Intent to Party. Bettman has vowed to personally show the rowdy Volunteer bunch that there...
Off the Crossbar: Golden State Warriors Challenge Cup Winner to Game on Ice
June 8th, 2017 With a perfect 15-0 postseason record, the dominant Golden State Warriors are well on their way to winning the 2017 NBA championship and could do so with an unprecedented 16-0 record. But even after finishing off LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, they believe they will still have more to prove. http://gty.im/692370026 “We...
Stanley Cup Final Filled With Inconsistencies
June 1st, 2017 The NHL playoffs, where the calls are made up and points don't matter. At least that's how it has seemed at times since the puck dropped in Game 1 of this Stanley Cup Final. Pittsburgh has gone hours without shooting the puck. Nashville has won nearly every stat line and still finds itself losing. The ice crew at PPG Paints Arena has had...
Not Your Typical Stanley Cup Final Primer
May 29th, 2017 The 2017 Stanley Cup Final stage has been set. The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to become the first team since the Detroit Red Wings in 1997-98 to win consecutive Stanley Cups, while the Nashville Predators will try to bring home the Cup in their first try. Offense vs. Defense It promises to be a matchup of great offense vs. great...
Stanley Cup Final Predictions
May 29th, 2017 Here at The Hockey Writers, we compiled predictions from our writers for the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Twenty-five of our writers contributed their predictions on the Stanley Cup Quarterfinals (Eastern Conference and Western Conference here). Then for the semifinals, 30 of our writers predicted which team would win each series (Eastern...
Looking Back on a Wild Year
December 28th, 2015 If you're a Minnesota Wild fan, this past year might not seem like it was anything truly special. There was no Cup; no first-round choice in the draft; no huge offseason acquisition or mega-trade. But if you look a little closer, the past 365 days have actually been pretty good for the State of Hockey. So before the calendar switches...
Dynasty Cup-Check for the Kings
June 23rd, 2015 On Monday June 15 of last week, the Chicago Blackhawks won their third Stanley Cup championship in six years. The debate of whether Chicago is a dynasty had already been ignited when the team had taken the title twice over a four-year period. In 2013-2014, the Los Angeles Kings would win their second title in three years sparking the...
Stanley Cup Final NHL 94 Sim: Game Two
June 6th, 2015 The Stanley Cup Final is in full swing after Game 1 took place from Tampa Bay on Wednesday night. After having control for much of the game, including taking a 1-0 lead in the opening period, the Tampa Bay Lightning watched as the Chicago Blackhawks took over in the third period. Chicago tied the game game late on a goal by...
Stanley Cup Final: What Fans Think and What Fans Know
June 4th, 2015 Chicago vs. Tampa Bay in the Stanley Cup Final As the Tampa Bay Lightning contributor for this website, my responsibilities are to write about the team. Every facet of this organization from top to bottom and everything in between. As the Lightning are battling in the Stanley Cup Final against the Chicago Blackhawks, the team is...
Stanley Cup Final NHL 94 Sim: Game One
June 3rd, 2015 At long last the Stanley Cup Final is here. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Chicago Blackhawks have had to scratch and claw their ways to the final round for the chance to lift the greatest trophy in all of professional sport — The Stanley Cup. It’s a battle of teams that feature two of the league's top players in Tampa Bay's...
Tampa Bay Lightning: 2015 Eastern Conference Champions
May 30th, 2015 Fighting for the Finals It had been well documented how Henrik Lundqvist, dubbed The King by his legions of followers, had never lost a Game 7 at Madison Square Garden. King Henry was 7-0 in his career in do-or-die, win or go home, final game eliminations. It was a daunting task facing the Tampa Bay Lightning as they headed to New...
23 Years Ago Today: Greatest Comeback In Penguins History?
May 26th, 2015 Josh Yohe, of DKonPittsburghSports.com, made an observation today: What many consider the greatest game in Penguins history took place 23 years ago today. Enjoy. https://t.co/4OsY4fLODx — Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) May 26, 2015 A couple of things: The goal where Mario Lemieux banked it in off of Ed Belfour, as the...
