“We have to take a step back to go forward,” GM Lou Lamoriello said the day Ilya Kovalchuk suddenly announced his retirement from the NHL to return to his native Russia and play in the KHL. And this season could…
As surprising as it sounds, 2013 was the first time the National Hockey League and the NHL Players Association jointly conducted a orientation camp for its rookie players. The program was held earlier this week and was implemented as part…
This isn’t a flashback to the 1992 film Wayne’s World, where Mike Myers and Dana Carvey has scenes where they played ball hockey in the middle of the street. You are looking at players participating in the Canadian Olympic…
It can be debatable whether or not the shootout is popular in the NHL. However it has been popular at the college level and that trend will continue when college hockey’s newest league starts play in a few weeks. The…
Brendan Shanahan will receive some additional Hall of Fame help in the NHL Player Safety Department. According to Larry Brooks of the New York Post, former Rangers defenseman Brian Leech will replace Rob Blake as a member of Shanahan’s team.…
Philadelphia Flyers fans received scary news when word came down that captain Claude Giroux suffered a cut to his right index finger when the shaft of his golf club shattered during a swing. He’s expected to miss 5-6 weeks, meaning…
The calendar changing to August means many things for hockey fans. Fans are looking at the schedule plotting out what games of their favorite team they will attend. Players are returning to the gym and rink for conditioning and tryout…
If you didn’t follow the IIHF World Championships over two months ago, let me refresh your memory. Sweden played Canada in the quarterfinals, and in that game Vancouver’s (and Sweden international) Alex Edler laid a knee-to-knee hit on Carolina (Canadian…
Lou Lamoriello didn’t need much time to figure out who would replace Ilya Kovalchuk and David Clarkson. And of the players remaining on the free agent market, he got one of the biggest fishes in the sea. A source told…
For those fans who believed their country wouldn’t be represented by NHL players at the 2014 Olympics can be relieved to know that the NHL will take a break in February so the best players can compete in the Olympics.…