Cats Ship Tomas Fleischmann To Anaheim
A Czech comes in, a Czech moves out. It’s like osmosis or something…Yeah, that’s totally how osmosis works. Mere minutes before the Florida Panthers took the ice against the visiting Buffalo Sabres,...
View ArticleWhy Ottawa’s First Half Is Punishing Their Playoff Race (Game #78 – 04/04/15)
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View Article2015 Playoff Short Shifts – Day 7
Washington @ NY Islanders – NY leads 2-1 (Game Four – 7:30PM tonight – Nassau Coliseum) -The Islanders may have limped in to the playoffs, but they’ve turned it around against Washington, and find...
View Article2015 Playoff Short Shifts – Day 9
Leaving on a Jet Plane -The Winnipeg Jets were the first team eliminated from the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs last night, and are still looking for their first playoff victory as a franchise (remember,...
View Article2015 Playoff Short Shifts – Day 13
Washington @ NY Islanders – series tied 3-3 (Game Seven 7:30PM – Verizon Center) -Remember when the Islanders lost to the red-hot Blue Jackets in a shootout to close the regular season? If they had won...
View Article2015 Playoff Short Shifts – Day 14
While there’s no playoff action today (the first round wraps up tomorrow night with Game Seven of the Detroit–Tampa Bay series), but there’s a few things to talk about and catch up on. Isles Cast Away...
View Article2015 Playoff Short Shifts – Day 16
Washington @ NY Rangers (Game One – 7:30PM – Madison Square Garden) -For the fifth time in the past seven seasons, there will be another chapter added to the Capitals–Rangers playoff rivalry. The...
View Article2015 Playoff Short Shifts – Day 20
Washington @ NY Rangers -Series tied 1-1 (Game Three – 7:30PM – Verizon Center) -The Rangers scored more than two goals in a victory for the first time in the 2015 playoffs with a 3-2 win over...
View Article2015 Playoff Short Shifts – Day 29
Washington @ NY Rangers – Series tied 3-3(Game Seven 7:30PM – Madison Square Garden) -For the third time in the 2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs, a series is going the distance. This will be the second...
View ArticleRussia shuts out USA, Advances to Gold Medal Game at 2015 World Championships
The first two periods left each team holding its breath, but a four goal outburst in the third period led the Russians to victory against the Americans in their semi-final matchup. What the first two...
View ArticleTop 10 On-Ice Storylines for 2015 NHL Training Camps
For us hockey junkies, the opening of NHL training camps across North America is a welcome sight. We’re a month away from the beginning of the regular season, and each of the thirty teams have their...
View ArticleProjected 2016 NHL All-Star Game Squads
With the NHL announcing a brand new format for the 2016 All Start Game in Nashville this season, fans of the new three-on-three overtime format are going to get plenty more of what they love. Whether...
View ArticleThe NHL’s Naughty & Nice List Heading in to Christmas 2015
After Tuesday night’s action, the NHL is officially on Christmas break until Saturday. With Santa in the final phases of preparation for the annual global gift distribution, I give you the three teams...
View ArticleWhat’s Preventing Nazem Kadri from Reaching “Star” Status?
Observe the following scenario: You’re at home eating dinner with your family and there’s one slice of pizza remaining in the box. You sit at the table, contemplating whether or not you genuinely want...
View ArticleRussia Defeats Switzerland at the 2016 World Championships
The Red Army received some powerful reinforcements ahead of Saturday’s 2016 IIHF World Championship tilt against Switzerland. And, when the dust settled following Team Russia’s 5-1 victory at the...
View ArticleRussia Knocks-Off Germany, Advances to Semis at the 2016 World Championships
Twenty minutes into the 2016 IIHF World Championships’ Thursday quarterfinal slate, Russia found itself in a bind. Despite outshooting their German opponents 13-6–and otherwise controlling the flow of...
View ArticleFinland Finishes-Off Russia, Advances to Gold Medal Game Final
It was highly reminiscent of the 2014 Olympic quarter-final between these two nations in Sochi, where the Finns also conceded an opening goal, but bounced back to oust their highly touted neighbors...
View ArticleTop Teams Are Set To Make A Deep Run In The 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs
We’ve finally hit that favorite fan stretch with less than a week away from the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs. There’s only a handful of teams still battling it out to clinch a spot as others look on to...
View ArticleThe UNABRIDGED history of the Capitals and Penguins playoff history
For many younger hockey fans the Penguins vs Capitals rivalry started when superstars Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin came into the league for their respective teams. However, the history of the...
View ArticleThis is what Alex Ovechkin’s next contract will look like with the Washington...
Alex Ovechkin is a goal scoring machine. He is currently eighth all-time with 706 goals in the NHL, and would likely finish fourth all-time if the NHL holds a full season this year. Brett Hull is...
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