Posts About "Stanley Cup Final"
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...
