More news of two teams with the possibility of clinching a spot in the playoffs comes out of the Western Conference with the Nashville Predators and the Detroit Red Wings. So far there are only 11 spots left in the playoffs, and in the West only the St. Louis Blues and the Canucks have clinched. The Nashville Predators will be given a spot tonight, even though they are not set to play tonight. Their achievement of a playoff gig is contingent upon if both the San Jose...
Who would have thought that the first team to clinch a spot in the playoffs would be the St. Louis Blues? Blues fans perhaps, but maybe not everyone else in the league. A first guess may have been more along the lines of The Rangers or The Red Wings, who seemed to be dominating the entire league for quiet some time. Although since their current injuries, they have been a less present force on the ice. The Blues seem to come out of nowhere...
In the thick of the playoff crunch time, the Buffalo Sabres are out for the 8th seed and a spot in the playoffs. If the Sabres continue to play like they have been in the past few games, this goal might be achievable, which is all thanks to Olympic goaltender Ryan Miller. The Sabres have won their last three games, mostly due to Miller’s ability to block shots and keep them out of his net, evident by his back to back shutout wins earlier this week....
Yesterday was Hockey Day in America, which really means “hey other sports fans watch hockey!” As a avid hockey fan, I hope the NHL’s marketing ploy worked this year. Compared to other sports, Hockey does not seem to get much of a following in the States as it does in Canada. It’s definitely getting a lot better lately, and there are a lot of big hockey towns in America, but a lot of the cities down south and in the Western Conference don’t seem...
The Detroit Red Wings have beaten the 20 home wining streak record last Tuesday when they beat the Dallas Stars at home 3-1. Since they have beaten the previous record set by The Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers ,who shared the record of 20 straight wins, they are now the only team to ever win 21 games in one season at home. Which is pretty impressive, and it doesn’t look like the Wings are going to stop there. They clearly have been dominating the...
While the Rangers are taking care of business on the East Coast, the Detroit Red Wings are on fire right now. They just got the go for the Winter Classic next year, in which they are hosting and are leading the entire league with 78 points. If that wasn’t enough for them, the Wings haven’t lost in their home arena since November. Last night they edged the visiting Philadelphia Flyers in a 3-4 hockey victory to log their 20th straight home win. OK all...
Well kind of. The Detroit Red Wings are set to host the 2013 Winter Classic game against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. With how popular the past Classic game between the Flyers and the Rangers were this past January, the NHL is realizing how important the game really is the fans. The 2013 game will also give more fans access to the highly anticipated game but even with 115,000 available seats, the NHL thinks this will not be enough to meet...
After this mornings phone hearing of Chris Stewart for his hit from behind in last night’s game, The Department of Player Safety have sentenced him with a three game suspension. The offense on the ice had so much impact because of the game misconduct that referees gave him during the on ice game, which led to him being ejected from the ice. Since this offense was so critical and could have damaged Kronwall a lot, the department sat down to talk about whether or not any...
The NHL is stepping it up when it comes to player safety, especially with Senior Vice-President of Player Safety and Hockey operations, Brendan Shanahan on the case. After calling a hearing for the Lucic hit, another hearing regarding player safety is being called for St. Louis Blues’ forward Chris Stewart. During the first period of the Blues/Red Wings game last evening, Stewart checked Detroit Red Wings Niklas Kronwall from behind. Due to this offense, Stewart was handed a five minute major penalty for this nasty...
By now most hockey fans have heard of the controversy that occurred during a Tampa Bay Lightning and Philadelphia Flyers game last Wednesday Night. The Lightning have always used the 1-3-1 system of forechecking in which they sit in the neutral zone and wait before moving the puck into the defensive zone of their opponents. Clearly fed up with being beat by this system before, The Flyers took to retaliating against them with their own version of the 1-3-1 trap by refusing to attack. Since The Lightning...
