There are plenty of reasons to suggest moving on from the professional team you've played over 90 percent of your career for may be for the best. Stuff happens. Relationships fall apart all the time.   But feeling like the victim of an impartial decision-maker you thought you had a close relationship with is […]

The Olympics are over. You know what that means, don't you? It means more Ryan Miller rumors, of course!  The latest rumor to hit the Internet surrounding Miller's future in Buffalo is a little bit different than you might expect. This one suggests that Buffalo will hold on to their goaltender and will focus on […]

Team USA hockey failed to bring home a medal from Sochi. Coming off of their 2010 performance in Vancouver where they were one goal away from a gold medal, the 2014 result was extremely disappointing. Though demoralizing, the result wasn't exactly a surprising one. If you look back at the PDL Staff predictions from February […]

The loss by the ladies of team USA was worse, to me as an American fan.  It wasn't necessarily that women's hockey means more to me than men's hockey. It doesn't, though I do enjoy the U.S. women's team whenever I see them play. It's that I know that, for the two teams involved, this […]

I'm going to start this off by saying congrats to the Canadian women's hockey team for their 3-2 win over the US. Hard fought, gritty, and determined – those are the things that win you medals. I will also say that I am not a bitter American fan. Obviously when someone begins something with "I'm […]

Few events provide better stunned pictures than when a home team loses at the Olympics. Russia went down against the Finns, and the photos were incredible. Seriously. Here are some of our favorites: More like Vladimir "Poutin" Bunch O'Russians Sad Russian, Bros: And if anything, this will be the lasting pic from Sochi:

According to TSN, John Tavares will miss the remainder of the tournament with an apparent leg injury. As amazing as this may sound, the absence of a Hart Trophy contender isn't all that daunting to Canada's chances of advancing in the tournament in the wake of their surprisingly narrow 2-1 victory over Latvia. After all, […]

Patrick Kane has played with some truly amazing hockey players over the course of his career. So, who is the best player Kane thinks he has ever skated with? Is it Jonathan Toews, Marian Hossa or someone else on the Chicago Blackhawks? Nope. The answer is Toronto's Phil Kessel.  Patrick Kane calls Phil Kessel "probably […]

In a word, yes. The host nation, which went over 95 minutes of game time without scoring a single goal against Slovakia and Norway, could be in serious trouble when they take on Finland in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. Aside from Pavel Datsyuk's masterful two-goal performance against the Americans, most of the big names on […]

Pool play is over at the 2014 Winter Olympic men's hockey tournament and it gave us some surprisingly competitive games. While the rise of the Swiss as a death-trap of defensive hockey was somewhat expected, who saw Latvia putting three goals by Henrik Lundqvist? Or the Czechs going through a ton of drama before getting […]

Slovakia hasn't had too much to celebrate during the men's Olympic hockey tournament, but goaltender Jan Laco has been one bright spot to rally around. Called on to start in the country's third game of the competition, Laco stood strong and was narrowly defeated by Russia 1-0 in a shootout.  Despite his strong effort in […]

Via reader John N. ESPN was nice enough to provide mobile updates for the Olympic hockey tournament. But, they forgot one thing: hockey.   In case you were wondering, both teams went scoreless from the field and Russia won in a shootout.

With the preliminary round over, it's time to start looking ahead to Tuesday's "Qualification Playoff round" in which we'll see the first four of the 12 teams competing sent home. As we've done all tournament long, the Puck Drunk Love staff will attempt to make sense of it all, in advance of the final game of the […]

In the aftermath of the United States' dramatic 3-2 shootout victory over the host nation, Russian head coach Zinetula Bilyaletdinov was very critical of star winger Alexander Radulov's performance. Kevin Allen of USA Today got some of his thoughts on Radulov taking two critical penalties that led to both US goals: "Yes, he needs to be scratched among other […]

When the USA / Russia game started, no one could have imagined Americans gathered in their houses, and in their favorite bars holding their breath as T.J. Oshie skated in on the Russian net in the eight round of a shootout. As Oshie ticketed a puck past Sergei Bobrovsky, strangers high fived. Texts of " […]