Today in hockey history, the official birth of two NHL teams, a playoff win chock full of impressive records and milestones, a crazy winning streak, an individual extends his team-record streak, and a goalie who does something never done before by a goaltender. May 22, 1970 – After being verbally told that they would be awarded NHL franchises, the cities ... Read More »
Round 2 began last night with the Ottawa Senators, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, and San Jose Sharks playing their first games. Tonight, the Detroit Red Wings square off against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 1. Before my analysis, here are the stats. In Round 1: Games: Detroit – 7/Chicago – 5 Goals Scored: Detroit – 18/Chicago – 17 Goalie Faced: Detroit – Jonas ... Read More »
The Defending Stanley Cup Champions are at war to defend their crown. Last night, the Southern California Kings hosted the Northern California San Jose Sharks in the first game of the Western Conference Semifinals, and there wasn’t too much civil about it. The Sharks had a full week to recuperate and regroup after winning their series against Vancouver with a ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a player’s death means the birth of an award to honor that man, a Stanley Cup victory, an impressive yet not-so-impressive playoff record, a team moves to a different arena, and another team moves to a different arena with a bit of a, uh, twist. May 14, 1927 – The Canadiens donated the “Vezina Memorial Trophy” ... Read More »
It’s always exciting when playoff rounds go to Game Seven. That is what happened when the second-seed Anaheim Ducks hosted the seventh-seed Detroit Red Wings last night. The Ducks, who was a mighty intimidating team during much of the regular season, fell a goal short in the deciding game and were eliminated. Detroit will be heading to Chicago for the ... Read More »
How about them playoffs so far? Nothing quite beats the excitement of the NHL playoffs! There have been a lot of close games, highlight reel goals and amazing saves. Let’s take a look at the Western Conference teams who have advanced to the 2nd round. Chicago They just needed five games to eliminate the Minnesota Wild. Patrick Sharp had an ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a very notable person is born, a legend breaks his own record, the Gretzky-led Oilers set two remarkable records in the same game, and a controversial player with a very interesting and impressive accomplishment. May 7, 1883 – Hall of Famer and trophy Frank Selke was born in Kitchener, Ontario. I say trophy because most people ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, one of the most controversial goaltenders of all time is born, an expansion team records begins a short yet amazing streak, a playoff record, a first and great feat by a European player, and a fantastic, ridiculous accomplishment by an individual player. May 3, 1964 – Ron Hextall was born in Brandon, Manitoba. Hextall was known ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, one of the most insane accomplishments you’ll hear about that doesn’t involve a man named Wayne, the Sabres set a team record, a player completes an interesting feat, and a bit of lesser-known player does something that pretty much every kid in their basement dreams of doing. April 29¸1973 – Montreal’s Henri Richard played in a ... Read More »
At the age of 37, Martin St. Louis is the oldest player in National Hockey League history to lead all players in points at the end of the season. St. Louis — who will turn 38 in June — clinched the Art Ross Trophy, given to the player with the most points (goals and assists combined), in Saturday night’s season-ending ... Read More »
People love to hate, especially key players of rival teams. Los Angeles Kings Captain Dustin Brown is among the most hated, at least in the Western Conference. After all, he is notoriously guilty of making clean hits that plow guys over, while coaches demand penalties to be called that shouldn’t be. I admit it; I’m biased. I like Brown. There ... Read More »
For the second straight year, the St. Louis Blues have earned their ticket to the Stanley Cup playoffs. While the Blues have earned their spot the hard way, through hard-fought battles, roster shuffling, and close games, they have earned their way. A prediction that was shouted out earlier in the year. But while the Blues were predicted to make the ... Read More »
The Vancouver Canucks finish the shortened 2013 NHL Season tonight in Edmonton and will be heading into the post season with home ice advantage and another Northwest Division title. As everyone knows the Canucks normally in the past 6 years have had pretty good regular season success and have only missed the playoffs once in that time frame; the real ... Read More »
The Edmonton Oilers faced the Anaheim Ducks in back-to-back games, and unfortunately the outcome on Monday wasn’t much different from their April 21 game. The Ducks achieved a 3-0 shutout against the flailing Oilers, whose win against the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night apparently didn’t give them the momentum they needed. The Oilers were mathematically eliminated from the playoff race ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, the birth of a Hall-of-Famer, the first Game 7 overtime game in the Finals, a team finally records a series sweep, a very impressive short streak by an individual, a coaching legend breaks a record (and never looks back), and a goalie starts his postseason career strongly. April 23, 1943 – Hall-of-Fame goaltender Tony Esposito was ... Read More »
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