0 comments by David Rogers on 7/28/2014
Back in 2012, we took a quick look at the odd attendance figures emerging out of Dallas. Remarkably, the club set franchise records for largest single-game crowd and smallest single-game crowd during the 2011-12 season. Since then, attendance figures have been pretty ugly. The team averaged 79.1% capacity, the worst mark in the NHL, during […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/27/2014
Vancouver’s Eddie Lack took to Twitter to gauge fan reaction to a proposed new set of pads. The response was overwhelming positive. Here’s to hoping we see these bad boys in 2014-15.
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/26/2014
Here’s a blast from the past. Watch as the 1979 New York Rangers (yes, that means Phil Esposito and others) promote Sasson Jeans. There’s a whole lot of skating in jeans and bad singing. What’s not to love? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UilzHNm95Qg
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What would make the NHL better? This question is asked almost every summer as fans dissect different ways the NHL can improve its on-ice product. Specifically, which rules should the NHL introduce or abolish in order to take the sport to the next level? The list of changes below is far from complete. Feel free […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/25/2014
Pierre McGuire is an interesting man. The word “interesting” in the previous sentence could be replaced with a lot of different words, but it’s clear that most hockey fans feel that McGuire is one of the most awkward, if not creepy, broadcasters in sports. He knows his hockey and he knows how to make everyone […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/24/2014
The 2013-14 season was a rough one for a lot of NHL players. Injuries and lengthy slumps caused a number of players to fall well short of lofty expectations. The 2014-15 season brings a new opportunity for these players to once again find their footing and shake off the failures from the previous campaign. Here […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/23/2014
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at the management team in Vancouver discussing the Ryan Kesler trade. Fascinating stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzNgverfBlA
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/22/2014
Patrick Kane routinely makes competition at the NHL level look silly. Not surprisingly, he can also make the competition at a local men’s league look pretty silly too. Kane suited up for the Piranhas at a local rink in Buffalo and went on to score five goals and five assists in a 13-5 victory over […]
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Via Reddit Hockey, here’s an incredible look at hockey being played at the 1928 Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Look at the size of that playing surface! Now that’s a venue worthy of an outdoor hockey game.
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NBC and NBCSC will have a schedule loaded with NHL games during the 2014-15 season. The network will broadcast 103 regular season games during the season, with NBCSN shouldering the bulk of the schedule. NBCSN is slated to carry games on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights with a special Sunday night game in January. NBC […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/21/2014
Thomas Vanek appears to be connected to a federal gambling investigation currently taking place in New York. A report from WHEC suggests that Vanek is involved with a case involving The Marina Restaurant & Bar, located in Rochester, New York. The report details that Vanek voluntarily visited a federal court house with his lawyer, but isn’t […]
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Here’s a pretty cool picture which popped up on Reddit Hockey of a wedding cake any hockey fan would be proud to have on that special day. Would you call it a …Cup Cake? I’ll show myself the door.
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The days of Dallas Stars fans being able to support their team through their license plate may be coming to an end. The Texas DMV is currently eliminating specialty license plates which fail to meet the criteria of 200 buyers a year. Apparently the Dallas Stars’ plate falls into the category of plates which have […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/20/2014
Cam Talbot may not see too much playing time behind Henrik Lundqvist in 2014-15, which is a shame because he may now have one of the best goalie masks in the league. Check out Talbot’s new Ghostbusters mask which features Bill Murray, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and more, courtesy of Daveart:
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/19/2014
Remember when Milan Lucic lost his cool in the handshake line with the Montreal Canadiens? The Boston forward discussed the incident, acknowledging that he could have handled the situation differently while stating he has no intention of apologizing.
