0 comments by Mike Burse on 11/21/2014
Much praise has been heaped on Barry Trotz for the coaching job he did during his 15 seasons in Nashville. He was the first coach the franchise had ever known and they became known for playing a dull shut down style. Never having elite scoring talent the Predators under Barry Trotz effectively won close games […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 11/20/2014
Vladimir Tarasenko didn’t weave through a sea of defensemen or stop time while faking a goaltender out of his pads, but he did score another nifty goal. Here Tarasenko swats the puck out of the air and past Carey Price for his 11th of the year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G214V7Atv0M
0 comments by David Rogers
The Edmonton Oilers are a fascinating bunch. Aside from all of the struggles and disappointing results, it seems like bizarre situations and general oddities seem to follow the Oilers around from arena to arena. In their game against the Vancouver Canucks, the Oilers elected to play a man down for approximately 20 seconds. Despite being […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Slava Voynov has been charged with a felony in the domestic abuse case which led to his indefinite suspension from the NHL back in October. According to ESPN, the exact charge is one felony count of corporal injury to spouse with a great bodily injury. Voynov will be arraigned on December 1st. Here’s what we know […]
0 comments by Derek Rocco
In a recent study offered by The Hockey News, they broke down team fanbases. [ THN ] In their “study” they named the Toronto Maple Leafs the number one fan base. It turns out they are also the saddest. If you missed our first installment of the NHL’s Saddest Fans, here’s what you missed. Now, […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 11/19/2014
Mike Milbury was a horrible GM for the New York Islanders. Every hockey fan knows this, but few have ever had the opportunity to say it to his face. Bob McKenzie saw an opportunity and went for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZpL4tMtYRs
0 comments by David Rogers
Tossing your jersey on the ice is the current popular way of showing your displeasure in the NHL. Jersey tossing incidents have been seen in games involving the Edmonton Oilers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, but it’s the latter which is the talking point today. One Maple Leafs fan tossed their jersey on the ice during […]
0 comments by Steve Lepore
International hockey has long had a bit of a problem when it comes to staging international tournaments: at any given time, there have only been at best, seven great hockey playing nations that could reasonably contend for a medal. Slovakia and the Czech Republic’s dropping off the world map in recent years in terms of […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Jimmy Fallon discussed the pros and cons of the NHL expanding into Las Vegas. The segment wasn’t great, but we did get a good laugh at Fallon trying to pronounce Semyon Varlamov and Alexei Ponikarovsky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kB32KE9TgPM
0 comments by Joe Webb
The Colorado Avalanche, after three straight seasons of failing to qualify for postseason play, rushed to a 52 win season last year and won their Division for the first time in a decade. However, the Avalanche would be eliminated in seven games to the Minnesota Wild in the Western Conference semifinals. Coming into this season, […]
0 comments by David Rogers on 11/18/2014
The Nashville Predators made the Toronto Maple Leafs look silly on Tuesday night. The Preds dropped a nine spot on the Leafs as they climbed back on top of the Central Division. As you might imagine, Maple Leafs fans weren’t too pleased. They reportedly even began to cheer for the Predators as the night wore […]
0 comments by David Rogers
Almost as soon as the Dallas Stars acquired Jason Spezza in a trade with the Ottawa Senators, the Stars made it known that Spezza was not a one-year rental. The club announced that they hoped to keep Spezza in the mix well beyond the 2014-15 season and were ready to negotiate. Spezza wanted to see […]
0 comments by David Rogers
This installment of Hockey Fights of the Week features plenty of familiar names. If you’ve followed this series over the last couple of seasons, there’s a group of guys you expect to find in our rankings. Rinaldo, Roussel, Glass and McLeod are just a few of the names we’ve featured prominently over the last couple […]
0 comments by David Rogers
The NHL is reportedly debating ditching the dry scrape of the ice which occurs between the end of the third period and overtime. The origin of the dry scrape rule came as a result of the NHL trying to improve the playing surface in the extra period. Unfortunately, the delay which occurs during the dry […]
0 comments by Mike Burse
Welcome to the first NHL Analytics Power Rankings. In what will become a regular feature here at Puck Drunk Love, I will publish a power ranking of the NHL teams based on advanced statistics. What goes into this ranking? Shot attempts for percentage, offensive/defensive zone starts, goals for percentage and puck luck are the elements […]
