The glamour. The stars. The noise. It seems like Los Angeles would be the perfect setting to recapture a playoff series that had escaped him. After giving up three goals in Game 1 and four goals in Game 2, the best thing Roberto Luongo could do is put those games in the past and become […]

Did you take a night off from watching Stanley Cup hockey on Saturday night? If so, you missed plenty of fireworks across all of the games going on from both Conferences. Physical play, dirty hits and fights galore summarized nearly every Game 2 on the schedule.  If you did miss out, fear not. We compiled […]

If you read the Puck Drunk Love staff predictions from earlier this week you will have noticed that all of us selected the Pittsburgh Penguins and Vancouver Canucks to advance past the first round. After two games in each series, both the Canucks and Penguins find themselves in a surprising 0-2 hole despite enjoying home […]

The Los Angeles Kings pulled out a huge win in a tight game against the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. The game went back and forth and featured some lucky, and unlucky, bounces which ultimately found the Kings having the last laugh.  Evidently the team Twitter account wanted to have a laugh as well. As […]

Steven Stamkos is arguably the best pure scorer in the NHL when he’s healthy. As it turns out, he’s one of the best pure scorers when he’s not healthy too.  Tampa Bay Online reported that Stamkos spent the last month of the 2011-12 NHL season with an injured left shoulder. If this news comes as […]

The Colorado Avalanche have a unique way of doing business. Evidently, Colorado’s front office prefers to handle all contract matters during the summer after the regular season has concluded. While we aren’t here to say Colorado is incorrect with how they choose to handle their business, it is worth noting that their method has created […]

The wait is finally over! The real hockey season will begin this Wednesday as the 2012 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs kicks off. Through NHL.com and the NHL Network, all the schedules for each of the first round match ups have been released: The Western Conference Vancouver Canucks (1) vs. Los Angeles Kings (8) St. Louis […]

The Chicago Blackhawks spent the 2011-12 season deploying Corey Crawford and Ray Emery in net. The goaltender that was the “number one” starter by definition was simply whichever netminder had the hot hand at the time. It has been a shaky system at times but ultimately it has been one that has worked, carrying Chicago […]