Today the Columbus Blue Jackets have relieved Head Coach Ken Hitchcock and appointed Assistant Coach Claude Noel as interim head coach. The move comes as no surprise as the Blue Jackets have been struggling and currently sit in 14th place…
Brian Burke knows how to make a splash. The Toronto Maple Leafs GM announced today that the team acquired two former NHL All-Stars in Dion Phaneuf from the Calgary Flames and J.S. Giguere from the Anaheim Ducks. In return, Burke…
The Cold War. Michigan State and Michigan played at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing back in 2001 in front of a record setting crowd of 74,544 fans. These two college teams pioneered today’s NHL Winter Classic. Now the two teams…
Reports coming out of Montreal claim that defenseman Andrei Markov confronted goaltender Carey Price after the team’s 4-3 overtime loss to the St. Louis Blues last Wednesday. In the locker room immediately following the game, Markov reportedly told Price, “if…
With every team having played at least 50 games, I think we’re approaching a good time to start talking about the league’s most valuable players this season. I’ve separated my choices into three different categories to make things easier, the…
Tonight the Phoenix Coyotes visit Joe Louis Arena to go against Conference competitor the Detroit Red Wings. The two teams have met three times already with Detroit taking two out of the three. Will the Coyotes clip the mending Wings,…
Defenseman Niklas Kronwall will return to the lineup tonight for the Detroit Red Wings after going down on Nov. 21 with a sprained knee. “It’s nice to have him back,” coach Mike Babcock said. “We need a boost right now.…
Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock isn’t worried about the lack of production from players like Pavel Datsyuk this season. Instead, Babcock attributes the lack of production from key players, that also includes Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski and Henrik Zetterberg,…
The Detroit Red Wings have now lost consecutive games in shootouts, yesterday to the Stars and today against the Chicago Blackhawks. While yesterday’s shootout was filled with controversy over Steve Ott’s phantom goal, today featured a couple highlight reel goals…
In last nights contest between the Minnesota Wild and the visiting team Pittsburgh Penguins, Pen’s Sergei Gonchar laid a questionably dirty and hgih hit on Wild winger Cal Clutterbuck. The league this season is cutting down on head shots and…