Today in hockey history, a journeyman player with an interesting career is born, a few players are inducted into the Hall of Fame, a team names its first coach, and one of the most infamous moments in NHL history takes place. June 19, 1947 – Former NHL center Walt McKechnie was born in London, Ontario. McKechnie might have set a ... Read More »
The Chicago Blackhawks dispatched with the Minnesota Wild and it only took five games. While the Blackhawks were the anticipated winners of the series, the Wild did put up a fight and gave the Blackhawks a decent series. What this series did is give the Blackhawks a good look at what they can expect out of their own play for ... 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 »
Well, the Sabres have certainly hit just about rock-bottom this year. It seemed that nothing went right for the Blue and Gold. While many fans were excited for the season to return, perhaps a lockout would have been better. The Sabres finished with a 21-21-6 record, good for 12th in the conference. There were several stretches during the season where ... Read More »
During the Stanley Cup playoffs, anything can happen. Top-seeded teams can quickly fall, under-dogs can seemingly come from nowhere and lesser-known players can become unexpected heroes. So far, for Chicago, they’ve done well proving they are same elite team as they were in the regular season. With a 5-2 win, the Blackhawks have taken a 2-0 series lead over the ... Read More »
With one more loss to take the 2013 Colorado Avalanche season rolled over and took its last agonizing breath before finally expiring. Compiling a 16-25-7 record, the Western Conferences worst team kicked the bucket with a 3-1 loss to the Minnesota Wild. Collective breaths were taken right before the axe began to fall. The first head to roll was ... 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 »
Tonight marked a milestone and an end to an NHL career for two Sabres players as their 2012-13 shortened season came to a screeching halt. Ryan Miller stopped all three shots he faced in the shootout and earned Buffalo a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders playing in his 500th NHL career game. “It was a lot of fun,” ... Read More »
Minnesota Wild fans came into the Xcel Energy Center expecting to see the Wild throttle the Edmonton Oilers and advance with an easy win; the Oilers surprised both Minnesota and perhaps their own fans by pulling out a 6-1 victory over the stunned Wild. The game started out explosively, with Edmonton’s Mike Brown and Minnesota’s Zenon Konopka duking it out ... Read More »
In the season opener against the Chicago Blackhawks, the Kings lost defenseman Matt Greene when his back was hurt badly enough that it required surgery. His injury, coupled with the missing Willie Mitchell, has had the Kings seeking ways to find the right fit, defensively. But that all changed on Thursday when the LA Kings announced that Greene had been ... Read More »
Having been demolished 8-2 by the Edmonton Oilers when they last met on the ice in Calgary, the Calgary Flames entered Rexall Place for their Saturday, April 13 game with a score to settle. The Flames are aware they won’t be making it to the playoffs, but came into this game hoping to jeopardize their provincial rivals’ chances. Unfortunately for ... Read More »
A lot of people are wondering how the Sharks are playing such great hockey despite their lack of scoring. At the beginning of the season the Sharks had no trouble scoring and winning games. They outscored their opponents 29 to 12 in the first seven games of the season. After that remarkable run, February came along and destroyed what had ... Read More »
Excitement is rushing through the “Lou” today, as the Blues are coming off a big win over the Chicago Blackhawks. But the good vibes have narrow sights, as the Blues are still a long way from where they want to be. Despite St. Louis’ shootout win against Chicago, the Blues have only 38 points on the season so far, which ... Read More »
Today in hockey history, a crazy goalie in the crazy goalie era, a playoff beatdown, an embarrassing streak comes to an end, a fact that Jets fans might want to avoid, an Avalanche great sets a team record, and one hell of an eventful day. April 8, 1934 –Red Wings’ goalie Wilf Cude led his team to a 5-2 win ... Read More »
The Sabres were relatively quiet on trade deadline day only making one trade. However, the trade was significant as the Sabres traded Captain Jason Pominville to the Minnesota Wild for F Johan Larsson, G Matt Hackett, 1st rd pick in this year’s draft and a 2nd rd pick in the 2014 draft. The Sabres also sent a 2014 4th rd ... Read More »
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