The Resilient Rangers Face Tragedy Head On
At just 63-years-old, the mother of New York Ranger Martin St. Louis unexpectedly passed away on Thursday night— the night before the Rangers faced elimination in Game 5 of the…
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Malkin and Datsyuk Lead KHL All-Star Game Voting
The KHL All-Star Game is slated for the weekend of January 12-13 in Chelyabinsk, home of the KHL’s Traktor. The starting lineups for the annual event were selected via fan balloting,…
KHL Players of the Month – November
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) recognizes the top forward, defenseman, goaltender, and rookie each month. Selections are made by the KHL Statistics and Information Bureau based upon both statistical results…
KHL Players of the Week – November 19
Each week, the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) salutes their Players of the Week. The top forward, defenseman, goaltender, and rookie are selected based on their statistics and performance, as determined…
Hockey Cards: A Journey Through the Past
Hockey cards play an integral role in the early education process of young hockey fans (though not nearly as much now, in a post-internet age). From simple datum like stats…
NHL Lockout Rumors: Russian Edition
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeny Malkin will play in the KHL this season should there be a NHL work stoppage. Talking to Russian Sport-Express newspaper, Malkin said he would return to…
Kontinental Hockey League Welcomes New Faces, Releases Schedule
The Kontinental Hockey League has released its schedule for the upcoming 2012-2013 season. The league will welcome the return of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, which took a year off after the team’s…
Calgary Flames Round-Up: back in action, remembering Brad McCrimmon and the home stretch
THE STATS LINE 23-22-6 record [21st overall (in points percentage)] 2.33 goals-for per game [27th overall] 2.69 goals-against per game [13th overall] 17.8% power-play success rate [16th overall] 83.3% penalty-kill…
Hockey’s Five Mournful Moments of 2011
As 2011 comes to a close, it provides a time for hockey fans to reflect. In the first of a two-part series, The Hockey Writers’ Steve Kendall will examine the…
From Abdelkader to Zuccarello – 8 November 2011
Islanders’ Nabokov was pulled from net after he allowed three goals on twelve shots to be replaced by Al Montoya. Montoya seeing his first ice time since October 20th. The change in goal tendering sparked the Islanders offense as Michael Grabner scored to make it 3-2 heading into the first intermission.
From Abdelkader to Zuccarello – 20 October 2011
If you were in the Metro Detroit area over the last few days you may have had a run in with a Red Wing or two as they were out on their Hockeytown Thanks Tour. Players were seen around town including captain Nicklas Lidstrom making pizza’s at a local Little Caesers and Pavel Datsyuk serving coffee via the drive thru at Tim Horton’s:
From Abdelkader to Zuccarello – 17 October 2011
Off to a slow start this season it took just over two minutes into yesterday’s game for Anahiem’s Bobby Ryan to record his first goal of the season. Ryan put a snap shot past Jaroslav Halak just as a penalty to St. Louis’ Nikita Nikitin for holding expired.