The Question of Sergei Gonchar
A perfect storm of factors have mixed together to make the 41-year-old Sergei Gonchar one of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ most fascinating preseason storylines. The 6’2″ Russian defender is currently signed…
Sergei Gonchar
Hockey Headlines: Oilers Captain; Seabrook Contract; James Neal Speaks
All of the latest news from around the world of hockey: James Neal talks about being a goal scorer. [Player’s Tribune] A penalty shot in 3-on-3 overtime. How about that.…
Sergei Gonchar Should Make the Penguins Roster
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a much different team than the one that ended the 2014-15 season. Names like Craig Adams, Brandon Sutter and Maxim Lapierre are gone and they were…
Penguins Training Camp is Crucial to Season Success
The Pittsburgh Penguins are a vastly different team heading into the 2015-16 season. It’s been an offseason littered with roster change. Brandon Sutter was traded and Phil Kessel was acquired…
Hockey News: Ducks Sign Hagelin; Gonchar Receives Tryout Contract
It’s time to take a look at news from around the NHL landscape: The Anaheim Ducks have inked forward Carl Hagelin for four years. [ESPN.com] It’s always important to look…
Penguins Sign Sergei Gonchar to Tryout Contract
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed veteran defenseman Sergei Gonchar to a professional try-out contract, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review’s Rob Rossi. The deal will bring the 41-year-old defender to camp…
Time for Montreal Canadiens to Unleash the Russian?
Admittedly, Montreal Canadiens defenseman Sergei Gonchar probably hasn’t been “released” in the most classic sense of the term in over a decade. Even then, comparing him to the Kraken, a…
New Contract Good for Stars and Klingberg
It’s been six years, but the Dallas Stars may have finally found someone to fill the shoes of Sergei Zubov. And Jim Nill wasted little time locking up the 22-year-old.…
Montreal Canadiens: Time to Panic?
Injuries are mounting, once-padded leads over divisional rivals have dwindled, and stats aside from save percentage and goals against hint at the first-place Montreal Canadiens being nothing more than paper…
Montreal Canadiens Set Up for Major Roster Upgrade In Offseason
With the NHL trade deadline just over two weeks away and the Montreal Canadiens first in the Eastern Conference standings, much of the speculation around the Habs right now is,…
Gonchar’s 1000th Career Point Draws Comparisons With Pelé In Russia
In this translated interview, originally appearing in Russian language on the portal Sport Express, Habs defenseman Sergei Gonchar talks about his 1000th career point, scored with a goal during the…
Dallas Stars Midseason Grades
Dallas enters the second half with a record of 18 wins 16 losses and 7 overtime losses for 44 pts. The Stars are 5 pts behind the Los Angeles Kings…