Eddie Olczyk Enters US Hockey Hall of Fame
Former Blackhawks center Eddie Olczyk will be enshrined in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame. A former third overall pick of the 1984 draft by…
Stanley Cup Champions
Does Free Agency Build Championship Teams?
The reviews are in – this year’s free agency period gets…a yawn. The free agent crop was thin going into this offseason, and player movement has slowed to a crawl…
Book Review: The Year of the Los Angeles Kings
The Year of the Los Angeles Kings: Celebrating the 2012 Stanley Cup Champions By Andrew Podnieks. (2012, Toronto: Fenn/McClelland & Stewart. Softcover. Pp. 160. $19.99. ISBN 978-0-7710-5510-4.) Forty-five…
What’s So Wrong With Being on the Bandwagon?
As I was walking around the Prudential Center concourse before Game 5 between the Kings and Devils with my black #32 Jonathan Quick jersey on, one word rang clear over…
Ole Ole Ole Ole! Habs Kick Leafs in Lottery Balls
And just like that it was all over. The Habs defeat the Leafs 4-1 in the season’s last game in the city where the sport was conceived. The fans were…
A deeper look inside the Boston Bruins’ eight-game winning streak
Statistically speaking, the Boston Bruins are not the best team in the NHL. Despite being the team that has scored the third highest amount of goals (64), has the second least amount of goals allowed (39) and has the highest goal differential of any team in the league (+25), the Bruins aren’t even in the top ten.
Blame it on their 3-7 start; a product of a lazy hockey when the team got a bit too comfortable after their summer with the Cup, showing little signs of passion and not playing effectively for the full 60 minutes. Eight straight wins later, good enough for an undefeated November, and the Bruins have turned things around in a big, bad way.
Bruins Stanley Cup hangover no cause for concern
It’s amazing how quickly the blissful memories of winning a Stanley Cup can be forgotten. Hockey is a “what have you done for me lately” kind of business, and after…
Seven Things about Mark Recchi
Mark Recchi isn’t the oldest guy to win the Stanley Cup, but he’s up there. He said going into the final that he would call it a career should the Boston Bruins…
Odd streak to end with Luongo?
Roberto Luongo came within one win of being the first #1 goaltender since 1976 to win a Stanley Cup while also wearing the number 1 on his back. Here’s…
Why The Pittsburgh Penguins Will (and Won’t) Repeat
While it’s impossible to accurately predict what will happen this season, here is a list of five reasons why the Pittsburgh Penguins won’t repeat as champions next year, followed by a list of five reasons why they will.