0 comments by David Rogers on 7/30/2014
Brad Marchand isn’t a very big fan of Tomas Plekanec. When Marchand was asked which NHL player irritates him the most, he quickly responded with the name of the Montreal forward.
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/29/2014
Dustin Brown received a small bonus from his FedEx delivery guy. On a package Brown recently received, someone wrote “Rangers Rule!!” complete with an underline. That Rangers fan is a long way from home. Give credit to Brown for his snappy comeback.
0 comments by David Rogers on 7/28/2014
Patrick Kane appears alongside Dwyane Wade, Bryce Harper and J.J. Watt in Gatorade’s latest commercial. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCsSXGJw-fE
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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 Laura Astorian on 7/25/2014
The NHL has released tacky sweater themed jerseys in the past for the holiday season, which I compared to the tacky sweater worn by Colin Firth’s Darcy in Bridget Jones’ Diary. I can’t imagine that they were such big sellers among the fanbase that someone in marketing wanted to spin off actual ugly sweaters, but […]
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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 […]
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0 comments by Randy Holt on 7/24/2014
Two of the last three seasons have brought about immense success for the Los Angeles Kings, while the NHL’s other two California teams are mired in constant playoff struggles, attracting a reputation for being brilliant in the regular season, but failing to meet the same type of expectations when the postseason rolls around. While it’s the San […]
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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 Derek Rocco on 7/23/2014
Patrick Kane keeps summer interesting. When he isn’t destroying local men’s leagues in Buffalo, he is mocking St.Louis Blues fans:
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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.
