Thunder-Cats Ho! The Battle for the Sunshine State Becomes Relevant Jameson Cooper | December 3, 2012 As the temperatures around America and Canada continue to drop, the anticipation for hockey in Florida is beginning to heat up. This past year Floridians turned out in substantially better…
Operation Hat Trick is a Great Success for Players, Charities Josh Smith | November 27, 2012 Even the NHL lockout wasn’t able to keep some of the league’s best players off the ice. Members of fifteen NHL teams hit the ice Saturday night as part of…
Stamkos Most Prolific Goal-Scorer in the NHL? Matt Metcalf | October 22, 2012 When thinking about the most dynamic goal-scorers in the NHL, some of the names mentioned would be Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Alexander Ovechkin. One of the best, Steven Stamkos,…
Hockey Withdrawal: A Common Sense Cure K. Ross Read | September 6, 2012 Ok, so we all know that CBA talks are at a stand-still. At a time when we should be buzzing with excitement about training camps and preseason predictions,…
Fantasy Hockey Preview: Beasts In The Southeast Chris Wassel | September 5, 2012 This is part 2 of 6: Part 1: Los Angeles Kings, Anaheim Ducks, Dallas Stars, Phoenix Coyotes, San Jose Sharks Part 2: Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals, Winnipeg Jets, Tampa Bay…
Armed and Dangerous: Fantasy Hockey Draft Strategy Fantasy Hockey Coach | September 5, 2012 By Peter Harling “You can’t win your hockey pool in the first round, but you can lose it” Hockey is full of tired old clichés and fantasy hockey…
Dispatches From Planet Hockey: Magickal Hockey Poppets Edition Jas Faulkner | August 27, 2012 A recent story by Ben Sumner of Caps Outsider revealed that it’s not just frosty Russian beauties and GMs who find Alexander Ovechkin cuddly. A toddler decided her best buddy Ovi was the perfect companion for a brief hospital stay. It seems that Ovi, or at least his Bleacher Creature counterpart, may have a soothing effect on little ones. Not too long after the story appeared, someone added a comment that their nineteen-month-old son cuddled a stuffed Ovi while recovering from heart surgery.
Could Steven Stamkos Improve on a 60-Goal Season? Justin Godfrey | August 15, 2012 As the labor discussions drag on through the summer NHL fans are starting to deal with the possibility of a lockout followed by a shortened or, in a worst case…
2012-13 NHL regular season predictions: Eastern Conference Fred Poulin | August 11, 2012 August is the time of the year where things are very slow regarding NHL news, especially since the free agency “frenzy” has cooled down and that NHL training camps are…
Comparing Ice Hockey to the Summer Olympics David OConnor | August 2, 2012 As the Summer Olympics are currently taking place in London, now is the perfect time to read about them. So why not bring hockey into the equation, and think about all the similarites between the two?
Translating AHL Success To The NHL Michael Gwizdala | June 15, 2012 In hockey, different organizations take a different tact when it comes to the philosophy of their respective AHL clubs. Some put a strong emphasis on winning, others development. There are…
Fantasy Hockey Chutes And Ladders: And The Winner Is? Chris Wassel | April 10, 2012 After six months, the fantasy hockey season is over. There were 26 weeks of battles and wars that had probably more subplots than “War And Peace”. I saw quite a…