0 comments by Tim on 11/11/2011
Today you will be given a history lesson on the handful of National Hockey League players who volunteered their time and their lives to fight in one of the great wars. You’ll read about Allan Davidson, Red Garrett, Joe Turner and Conn Smythe. This blog entry will not be one of those places. Those were […]
0 comments by Tim on 11/10/2011
In 1991 the newly formed San Jose Sharks used their first two selections in the NHL Entry Draft to draft a pair of Memorial Cup winning teammates. The Sharks took the opportunity to grab Spokane Chiefs forwards Pat Falloon and Ray Whitney. In their draft years Falloon and Whitney were offensive dynamos. Falloon scored a […]
0 comments by Kelly Thomas Reardon
Boxscore | Game Summary Be sure to scroll down below the game wrap up where I discuss the “waiting game” of the Flyers… The Flyers and Lightning came into tonight’s tilt featuring high powered offenses that have been scoring boatloads and winning games. Both teams will look to try to get on the board early […]
0 comments by Jon Steitzer on 11/9/2011
How Great is this card? Forget for a moment that it’s Jaromir Jagr. I’m going to assume that since you’re reading a hockey blog you are familiar with him. He seems to have put together a nice career. Good for him. Of course it is worth mentioning at the time this card came out […]
0 comments by Kelly Thomas Reardon
Flyers Lightning 8-4-2 (18 points) 7-5-2 (16 points) 4th in the East 7th in the East 2nd in Atlantic 2nd in the Southeast Last 10: 5-4-1 Last 10: 6-3-1 Blog: Flyers Goal Scored By Blog: Raw Charge Flying High… The Philadelphia Flyers have been doing an incredible job of time traveling despite not owning a […]
0 comments by John on 11/8/2011
If you don’t address the problems that you have, chances are that they won’t go away. And if you believe that statement, then you’ll agree with me that the NHL has a few issues to take care of. This past weekend there were a few controversial statements that surfaced in the release of former NHL […]
0 comments by Tim
Here we have a short survey of ailments currently plaguing every NHL team as well as a redeeming quality. These are by no means definitive reasons as to why a team is succeeding or failing. They’re accessory statistics that might give you a bit of extra insight into the play of teams across the league. […]
0 comments by Kelly Thomas Reardon on 11/7/2011
This Week in Terrible Hockey will be a weekly feature that points out a particular play, game, player or franchise who has just done a terrible job at professional hockey. This week in terrible hockey, I’m going to take a look at Steven Stamkos’ hat trick clinching power play goal from Friday night against my […]
0 comments by Nichols
Ken Hitchock, I’d like to introduce you to the the City of St. Louis. St. Louis sports fans, meet the new head of your beloved Blues. In case you haven’t heard the news, the St. Louis Blues fired head coach Davis Payne on Sunday; replacing him with one of Outback Steakhouse’s most illustrious clients. […]
0 comments by Kelly Thomas Reardon on 11/5/2011
Apologies for being slightly off-topic here, but I feel this is the best place for this post as it was NHL writers discussing this topic. Thanks for bearing with me. A debate was started up this morning on Twitter between several prominent NHL writers (among them Dave Lozo, Greg Wyshynski, and others) about the right […]
0 comments by Jon Steitzer
It’s early in the NHL season and aside from Jets, Islanders and Blue Jackets fans, I can’t imagine too many people have become overly concerned about the entry draft yet. Of course that will change as the season develops and we might as well get started now. Every couple of weeks I’m going to highlight […]
0 comments by Tim on 11/4/2011
I was browsing Swedish Elite League team Djurgarden’s website earlier today, when I came across this bold headline. Apparently Djurgarden player Mario Kempe was none to happy with a recent loss. He didn’t mince words. I initially though it was just a bad translation since I was using Google Translate, so I took it to […]
0 comments by David Rogers
The 2011-12 season has turned the page on October and is in its second month. November is the time where the truth typically comes to light and the cream starts to rise to the surface. Hot starts typically begin to fade and cool starts begin to warm. In the game of fantasy hockey, one of […]
0 comments by Jon Steitzer
To say that being an NHL goaltender is a difficult job is one of the biggest understatements one can make. In the past 20 years 336 men have tackled that job, only 127 of those players passed the 100 game threshold, and 111 of those goaltenders never passed 10 games. The man who is currently […]
0 comments by Kelly Thomas Reardon
Source: Every Leafs fan on Twitter That’s right. The Toronto Maple Leafs are first overall in the NHL after a dozen games. The Leafs are being led by nuclear hot Phil Kessel, whose 10 goals, 21 points and +10 all lead the entire league. He’s even a single assist off the league lead as well […]
