With the 2012 NHL Entry Draft set to begin tonight and throughout the weekend, many young athletes from around the world are about to have their dreams come true as they eagerly anticipate their selection and the chance to play…
A pretty busy week for all things hockey. Mission Slyde Goalie Pads: For all roller hockey players, both player and goalie alike, big things are coming this way. Mission is coming out with their new Slyde Goalie Pads that will…
Mission Hockey will not only be revamping its player line this year, but will be releasing all new goal equipment as well. The Mission Slyde pads are highly anticipated and look to change the way roller hockey goaltenders move around…
How well would a team perform if their star player went down? Perhaps that’s the issue the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association tries to address when they vote on the Hart Trophy, which recognizes the player “adjudged to be the most…
It’s that time of the year when GM’s like Chuck Fletcher and other front office personnel decide which current players to keep or let go on the free agent market come July 1. For the Minnesota Wild and their goaltending…
When a young defenseman posts 78 points in only his third year in the NHL, you get him under contract for as long as possible. That’s exactly what the Ottawa Senators did today when they inked defenseman Erik Karlsson to…
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘offense gets the glory, but defense wins the game’? The best blue liners do it all: Make great outlet passes, help contribute offensively and on special teams, block shots, and defenseman usually get the…
We here at Hockey World Blog, with the support of Dekree and Blue Ice Hockey, have put together a NHL Playoff Bracket Challenge. The challenge, predict the outcome of the NHL playoffs, round by round. With 58 participants, including HWB writers’, two…
Formerly known as the Lester B. Person Award, the Lindsay Award honors the the best of the best in the league and recognizes the NHL’s “most outstanding player” during the regular season as voted by the NHL Players Association. This…
Former NHL superstar Alexie Kovalev has aspirations of returning to the NHL, and he would love to make that return to his former club, the Montreal Canadiens. “I’d definitely like to come back to Montreal,” Kovalev recently told the Montreal…