Tag: NHL
Fire Bob Nicholson
What an absolute disgrace. Bob Nicholson, a man who has overseen one of the most laughable eras in professional sports,…
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Phil Kessel: Goal Scorer Turned Playmaker
Updated:Phil Kessel, player of 320 straight games with the Pittsburgh Penguins, has done a lot of great things since joining…
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The Lightning Win The Presidents’ Trophy For The First Time In Franchise History
No other team is touching the @TBLightning this season. They’ve officially clinched the Presidents’ Trophy. pic.twitter.com/jLWe76yr3G — NHL (@NHL) March…
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Colorado Opportunistic in 3-1 Win Over the Wild
March Madness is often fraught with people pouring over brackets and participating with a group of friends or various office…
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Phil Kessel erases Craig Adams’ worthless name from the top of the record book
This is a great day for hockey. A historical wrong is righted. On behalf of the Penguins’ community, Phil Kessel…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Colorado Avalanche 3/19/19 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (34-30-9) 77pts 5th in the Central 2.71 Goals For Per Game (24th in the NHL) 2.88 Goals Against…
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Wild Squander Golden Opportunity in 3-2 Overtime Loss to the Islanders
Updated:Prior to Saturday’s game against the New York Rangers, the Wild made a lot of pledges to exhibit some urgency…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. New York Islanders 3/17/19 @ 5:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (34-30-8) 76pts 5th in the Central 2.65 Goals For Per Game (28th in the NHL) 2.85 Goals Against…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. New York Rangers 3/16/19 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Updated:Minnesota Wild (33-30-8) 74pts 5th in the Central 2.69 Goals For Per Game (25th in the NHL) 2.89 Goals Against…
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The Heart Usually Rules The Head, When You’re A Sports Fan
Sports does crazy things to people, allowing emotions to get the best of fans and causing logic and reason to…
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Too little too late as Wild fall 4-1 to Dallas
Yesterday, Derek and I were chatting about the standings. He said to me, “you know Arizona surpassed Minnesota in the…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Dallas Stars 3/14/19 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (33-29-8) 74pts 5th in the Central 2.71 Goals For Per Game (25th in the NHL) 2.87 Goals Against…
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“Terrible Ted” Lindsay: One Of The Nicest
“Take the risk. Take the chance. Put your heart and soul into it, because when you put your soul into…
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Chasing history: Will Tampa Bay join the .700 Club?
Updated:Pensblog Pat with a solid recap of the Pens big win over Washington last night. Jake Guentzel was in the…
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Oilers Gameday: Vs. New Jersey
The Edmonton Oilers came into their four game home-stand knowing they needed to collect six of eight points in order…
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The Oilers and College Free Agency
The Edmonton Oilers took a swing yesterday when the NCAA free agency market opened up. Unfortunately for the Oilers, that…
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Andrej Sekera’s Emergence Fills Hole For Oilers
Updated:The Edmonton Oilers are 7-2-2 in the eleven games since the return of D Andrej Sekera, and I don’t think…
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Oilers Gameday: Vs. New York Rangers
The effort was there on Saturday night, and the Edmonton Oilers nearly completed the craziest comeback of the season, but…
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Hiring Keith Gretzky Is Not The Answer For Oilers
Updated:The media push is well underway for Keith Gretzky. The current interim GM of the Edmonton Oilers is getting the…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose Sharks 3/11/19 @ 7:00PM CST at Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild (33-28-8) 74 pts 5th in the Central 2.75 Goals For Per Game (25th in the NHL) 2.87 Goals…
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Watch: Top 10 NHL Goals Of The Week
The top ten goals of the week including Alex Ovechkin netting No. 45 against the Islanders, and Blake Wheeler posting…
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Watch: Top 10 NHL Saves Of The Week
Updated:The top ten saves of the week including Frederik Andersen flashing the glove from his belly, and Petr Mrazek‘s overtime…
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A Look Back: the Definitive History of Why the Minnesota North Stars left
Updated:Before I go any further, I’d like to give a huge thank you to the “Way Back Machine” at web.archive.org…
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Lack of energy and focus by Wild dooms them in 6-2 loss to Panthers
Updated:The Minnesota Wild surprised many by earning a shutout road win in Tampa Bay last evening. A sense of urgency…
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Condors Continue Playoff Push
The last time an Edmonton Oilers’ AHL affiliate made the playoffs was the 2014-15 season, before the club won the…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Florida Panthers 3/8/19 @ 6:00PM CST at BB&T Center
Updated:Minnesota Wild (33-27-8) 74pts 4th in the Central 2.76 Goals For Per Game (25th in the NHL) 2.82 Goals Against…
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Zucker hat trick and Dubnyk shutout shut down Lightning in 3-0 road win
Updated:While many hockey fans’ eyes might be fixated by high school hockey, the Minnesota Wild find itself in crucially important…
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Oilers Gameday: Vs. Vancouver
The Edmonton Oilers will look to keep the good times rolling tonight as they play host to the Vancouver Canucks…
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Game Preview: Minnesota Wild vs. Tampa Bay Lightning 3/7/19 @ 6:30PM CST at Amalie Arena
Minnesota Wild (32-27-8) 72pts 5th in the Central 2.76 Goals For Per Game (25th in the NHL) 2.87 Goals Against…
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