If Chicken Little were a hockey fan, he would be announcing that the sky is indeed falling. In an NHL Board of Governors meeting on Monday night, the group approved a radical realignment to the entire league. Set for the start of the 2012-2013 season, the plan would eliminate both the Eastern and Western Conference […]

I guess there is something to be said about businesses that work around the clock. In a Jim Irsay like fashion, the Anaheim Ducks made changes that would shake the franchise overnight. Rather than picking the team up and moving, it was announced late last night that head coach Randy Carlyle was relieved of his […]

For those who are interested in what happens beyond the ice surface, Forbes.com has just the ticket for you. Today they released their annual National Hockey League rankings that evaluate teams on based on financial earnings and debts. Categories that calculate the final number are things such as operating income, player expenses, gate receipts, net […]

Have you heard that Sidney Crosby is coming back? No? Well now you have. If you are like most people, chances are you’ve already heard that he is coming back tonight somewhere around 2,000 times. The entire hockey media world has stopped and proceeded to make their pilgrimage to Pittsburgh as Crosby will be in […]

COLUMBUS, OH – In an attempt to increase brand awareness, the Columbus Blue Jackets have reached a new merchandise sales deal with the Florida Panthers. Larry Hoepfner, the Executive Vice President of Business Operations, gleefully announced the new deal via a press release on the club’s website: “The Columbus Blue Jackets are happy to announce […]

Up in the illustrious NHL offices in New York City there sits a man, alone in the dark. It is 10 o’clock on a warm November night and the only light that shines in the room flashes from a lone flat screen television that is mounted on the wall. Accompanying the glow of the television […]

And the fans rocking the red, the sirens bursting aheadGave proof thro’ the night that Ovechkin was widespreadO say, does that Russian brown bear yet roarO’er the cold of the ice with the power of Thor This partial adaptation of Francis Scott Key’s poem Defense of Fort McHenry could’ve been something that was published in […]

If you don’t address the problems that you have, chances are that they won’t go away. And if you believe that statement, then you’ll agree with me that the NHL has a few issues to take care of. This past weekend there were a few controversial statements that surfaced in the release of former NHL […]

Believe it or not, it pays to discover. It was announced yesterday through a NHL.com press release that Discover Financial Services and the National Hockey League had the intention of signing a new multi-year sponsorship agreement which would name Discover as an official partner of the NHL. There was no mention as to when the […]