2015 NHL Awards Predictions
This Wednesday is the NHL Awards Show from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Rob Riggle is the host and musical entertainment will be provided by Daughtry. There are many awards up for grabs and here are our predictions for…
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Hockey World Blog NHL Award Picks: Hart Trophy
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…
Hockey World Blog NHL Award Picks: Norris Trophy
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…
Hockey World Blog NHL Award Picks: Ted Lindsay Award
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…
Hockey World Blog NHL Award Picks: Vezina Trophy
The impact of a quality goaltender can not be overstated enough. These are players capable of stealing games from their opponents or, at the very least, a quality goalie will give their team more than a fighting chance to win…
Hockey World Blog NHL Award Picks: Jack Adams Award
The Jack Adams Award recognizes proficiency in coaching as exemplified by “the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success.” The finalists for the Jack Adams Award include Ken Hitchcock, St. Louis Blues; Paul MacLean, Ottawa…
Hockey World Blog NHL Award Picks: Calder Trophy
Year after year the NHL becomes inundated with fresh new talent looking to become the next big impact players. As such, the Calder Trophy recognizes “the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the…
Hockey World Blog Stanley Cup Playoffs Final Picks
With two teams left, the New Jersey Devils and the Los Angeles Kings, Hockey World Blog writers predict their favorite to win. Sure, the odds may seem to be in our favor, but let’s be honest, this playoffs has been…
Hockey World Blog Stanley Cup Playoffs Conference Finals Picks
In a NHL Playoffs that has been unpredictable from the start, even to HWB writers, why not try to predict a little more? Both the Eastern and Western Conference Finals have been determined and we sound off about who our…
HWB NHL All Star Game Mock Draft
One of the new features of this year’s NHL All-Star Game is the All-Star Fantasy Draft where each captain, and their two alternate captains, choose their own team Fantasy Hockey-style from the pool of selected All-Stars. The members of Hockey…