What began as hopeful dreams of hometown teams and others to win the Stanley Cup remains with only two teams left to face one another, the Chicago Blackhawks of the Western Conference faces off against the Philadelphia Flyers of the…
Steve Yzerman has accepted the job of General Manager with the Tampa Bay Lightning organization. The news will be made official with a press conference which will take place later this afternoon. Yzerman takes over the role from Brian Lawton,…
It only took for games for the Chicago Blackhawks to down the top-seeded San Jose Sharks and earn their first trip to the Stanley Cup Finals in 18 years. “It doesn’t get any better,” said defenseman Duncan Keith in an…
To get our summer hockey fix, I have come up with the idea of a “Greatest Championship Team Ever” tournament. My tentative idea is to have a bracket-style tournament using What If Sports. I did something similiar for Super Bowl…
One of the beauties of the great game of hockey is that the home team is able to celebrate with a horn and song. You don’t see this in basketball because they simply score too much. You see it at college…
Bauer is continuing its production of limited edition equipment releases. This time, we’re seeing the Bauer Vapor X:60 LE hockey stick. It’s the same great stick as the original X:60, but with a new graphics and colors, as you can…
During the telecast of Game 7 of the Montreal vs Pittsburgh series on Versus, the announcers commented on the fact that Canadiens head coach Jacques Martin was again wearing his lucky tie. In fact, the announce team went through and…
Taylor Hall took a moment this past weekend to remind hockey fans why he will more than likely go number one or number two overall at the NHL Entry Draft this June. The following dangle comes courtesy of Hall during…
The Washington Capitals and center Nicklas Backstrom have agreed to a long term contract that will keep Backstrom with the Capitals for the next 10 years. His deal is worth $67 million over that time, marking a cap hit of…
Here are some thoughts on the playoffs over the past couple weeks: My post praising Miroslav Satan’s performance during the playoffs must have been the ultimate jinx. He carried a six game point streak when I wrote about how excellent…