I’ve heard people complain about “boring hockey” for two days short of forever, but not more often than this season. The Blues were accused of playing “boring trap-style hockey.” Too much defense! Not enough running and gunning! Score more! While the latter would have been nice, especially during round two, most Blues fans didn’t notice […]

.   Winston Churchill once said of Russia, “It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma…” This quote is often applied to their players as well. Jingoistic hockey pundits call Russian players lazy and mysterious. They’re also accused of playing when they feel like it, and shutting down when they’re faced with adverse […]

If you’ve been with us since the first round of picks, we’ll quickly acknowledge that our prediction record might not be the best but we’re going to continue with another round of selections. We’re officially at the halfway point in the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and only four teams remain for the chance to […]

The original Winnipeg Jets never made it to the Western Conference finals, unfortunately for the fans and the city. The team that they turned into, the Phoenix Coyotes, start play in the conference finals tomorrow, and understandably some fans of the original team are a bit upset. Sad with nostalgia at what could have been, […]

Fans have been asking for months – will Jaromir Jagr play in 2012-13? If so, which club will he skate for? These questions were all put on the back burner while the Philadelphia Flyers competed in the Stanley Cup playoffs. However, after a disappointing second round exit the questions about Jagr’s future have once again […]

Image via totalprosports.com Professional sports team have PR departments. Usually, they’re meant to foster good will amongst the community and to get people’s butts in seats. Unfortunately, sometimes they have to play cover-up to their athletes’ questionable actions. Each professional sports league’s had a guy to goof up, not realizing that as a public entertainment figure […]

This wasn’t the greatest, most consistent season for Ilya Bryzgalov. The Russian netminder, playing in his first year with the Philadelphia Flyers, was a roller coaster ride unto himself during the regular season. He could go from dramatic highs of shut out streaks to miserable lows. The celebrity status given to him on HBO’s NHL […]

http://youtube.com/watch?v= i1Xg_DtnLyo[/youtube] Vladimir Putin’s name filled the headlines recently after being sworn in for his third term as the leader of Russia, making him the longest-serving leader of the country since Joseph Stalin.  Putin made headlines again, this time for his actions on the ice. Wait, what? You read that correctly. Putin took the ice […]

This is the RIGHT Glendale. Apologizies to the City of Glendale for me rushing through and previously posting Glendale, CA’s city seal. The City of Glendale isn’t exactly in the best of financial situations right now. Tax increases are coming, and public spending such as for police and other public services has been cut. It’s […]

There’s never a good time for a headshot to happen on the ice, and there’s never a good reason for it. The Philadelphia Flyers found that out the hard way as their top playoff scorer Claude Giroux has been suspended for an illegal hit to the head in last night’s loss to the New Jersey […]