Head injuries, or more specifically, how the NHL plans to drastically reduce the number of them, remains the hot topic at the NHL GM Meetings in Florida this week. And why wouldn’t it be THE hot topic? Aside from the fact that the face of the game, Sidney Crosby, has been sidelined since January 5th [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 8, 2011
According to Sky Kerstein at 106.7 The Fan, right wing Alexander Semin will return to the Washington Capitals’ lineup tonight. Shortly following practice head coach Bruce Boudreau confirmed his talented forward would return after missing 12 games and exactly a month. To make room for Semin, the club reassigned forward Jay Beagle to the Hershey Bears [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 18, 2010
Jonathan Toews and the Chicago Blackhawks finally beat the Edmonton Oilers the way they know they could, via blowout. Toews would score three followed by Patrick Sharp and Bryan Bickell en route to a 5-0 win over the Oilers. In addition, Marty Turco shutout the opposition and got his first as a Blackhawk while Nikolai [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, November 14, 2010
The Chicago Blackhawks prevented the Anaheim Ducks from winning a franchise record seventh consecutive game by beating them in overtime 3-2. Sophomore Viktor Stalberg scored his sixth of the season in extra innings as the team also got a goal from Marian Hossa and Patrick Kane. Clearly facing a team that relies similarly on their [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 9, 2010
After a slow Monday to start the week, the NHL is back with seven games tonight. We’ll review some notes/comments from some of the matchups on-tap for tonight. As always, be sure to check out the Starting Goalies section and the Team Lineups page. Both sections are updated right up until game time. The Carolina [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 8, 2010
After a powerplay goal by Mike Green in overtime, the Philadelphia Flyers snapped their six game winning streak against the Washington Capitals. In an exciting, yet even match the two teams traded first period goals from Nikolai Zherdev and Eric Fehr and second period goals by Ville Leino and Alexander Semin. Both rookie goaltenders, Braden Holtby [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 6, 2010
The New York Rangers bounced back from a 4-1 loss against their rival Philadelphia Flyers to beat the snakebitten New Jersey Devils 3-0. This win proved especially important for the team as they not only avoided back-to-back losses but they also stayed within range of the first place Flyers. Even more interesting was the two [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, October 31, 2010
First of all I would just like to add an apology to the likely 1 percent of our readers who relied on our Curtis McElhinney/Jonas Hiller non-call. Usually I stay on the site until 10 or 10:30 to confirm Hiller but there was a death in the family which did not allow me to properly [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, October 23, 2010
UPDATE 10/23/10 @ 6:39 PM: Through the process of elimination, Mike Green will return to the lineup for the Caps. Veteran stay-at-home defenseman Tom Poti was not out during warmups which indicates Green as one of the six skating d-men. UPDATE 10/23/10 @ 5:08 PM: Mike Green will take warmups tonight. says Masisak via Twitter. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 21, 2010
The NHL has ten games scheduled on this wonderful Thursday evening. We have some exciting matchups ahead, as teams not only look to continue their win streaks, but also have some goalie controversies brewing. Speaking of goalies, be sure to check out our Starting Goalies section for all your news on tonight’s starts. Along with our goalies [...]
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
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