With the year coming to a close, the members of Hockey World Blog decided to reflect on the exciting events of 2010. There have been many goals, saves, checks and fights that have occurred in rinks all over the world,…
While the first two episodes were leading up to the Winter Classic, this episode profiled the match up between the two teams before their showdown on January 1. We were pleasured with over 25 minutes of coverage of the game…
Pittsburgh Penguin’s Sidney Crosby’s streak has finally come to an end. Last night, against the New York Islanders, team and goaltender Rick DiPietro turned away 37 of 38 shots to take a 2-1 win by means of a shootout. Crosby…
CCM has gone extra lengths for the upcoming Winter Classic as they have made Alexander Ovechkin a customized pair of CCM U+ CL skates to wear for the game. The main thing you’ll notice is there is a lot more…
In a surprising move, the New York Islanders trade 26-year-old defenseman James Wisniewski to the Montreal Canadiens for two draft picks. This season on Long Island, Wisniewski was tied or the team lead in points this season with 21. His…
It looks like Bauer will be continuing their recent tradition of releasing limited edition gear. This time, we’ll see a special red and black paint job on the Bauer Total One LE Limited Edition hockey stick. I definitely like the…
A quick look at the long-range forecast thanks to www.weather.com shows some uncharacteristically warm weather headed to Pittsburgh this weekend for the NHL’s annual Winter Classic. The warm front will begin on Thursday when temperatures rise to approximately 41 degrees…
It looks like Santa brought the NHL both good gifts as well as lumps of coal. Washington and New York Islanders have been playing their way out of their slumps lately. On the other side, Detroit seems to lose a…
The holidays came early for hockey fans yesterday as a plethora of heavyweight bouts took place around the NHL with nearly every team in action before the Christmas break. Zenon Konopka registered two fighting majors against the New Jersey Devils…
After the basic storylines was formed in last week’s episode, we got to see more between the players and coaches off the ice. With Pittsburgh, we saw coach Dan Bylisma’s life off the ice. We ate dinner with his wife…