Best Thing About Detroit Heading East Is…

  Revenge for 2009. Detroit’s oriental life will reignite the dwindling but constant fire between the Red Wings and Penguins. Rivalries are born in the playoffs, and they transform into…

Original 6 Showdown For The Cup

The Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins are in the midst of the first all Original 6 Stanley Cup Final in thirty-four years. The last time it happened was a 1979…

Detroit Red Wings – A Team That Stays Relevant

With the departure of future Hall-of-Famer Nicklas Lidstrom and Thomas Holmstrom to retirement, this shortened season was supposed to be the Detroit Red Wings’ year of rebuilding. Scratch that “rebuilding”…

Book Review: Hamilton’s Hockey Tigers

Hamilton’s Hockey Tigers. By Sam Wesley with David Wesley. (2005, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 96. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-55028-887-2.) Published during the last NHL lockout, who knew…

NHL Expansion Celebrates 45th Anniversary

With the demise of the Brooklyn Americans in 1942, the National Hockey League finally had an identity of its own – the so-called ‘Original Six’.  It was a time of…

The Morning After: Bruins out-muscle, but can’t outplay Canadiens

Less than 24 hours ago, the Montreal Canadiens were battling the Philadelphia Flyers away from the friendly confines of the Bell Centre, trying to snap their six-game winless streak. They did, of course, win big by a score of 5-1. Naturally, it was expected that the Habs would seem fatigued and come into Boston at a disadvantage.

That was Montreal’s excuse. Now what was Boston’s?

The Bruins may have out-muscled the Canadiens, excelling in the game with their physical-style of play, but it was Montreal who stayed focused and picked up the 2-1 win over the same team that ousted them from the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season.