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-23 posts tagged "NHL"
Michael Ivey | Friday, April 27, 2018
If you are a die-hard hockey fan like I am, you have also probably been glued to your television watching the Stanley Cup playoffs for the past few weeks. So far we’ve been treated to some exciting games and series, including an unbelievable Game 7 between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins on
Michael Ivey | Friday, April 13, 2018
The Stanley Cup Playoffs began Wednesday night, and there is certainly no shortage of storylines for the 16 teams competing for Lord Stanley’s chalice. First, you have one of the most surprising stories — not just in hockey, but perhaps in all of sports within the last decade — in the Vegas Golden Knights, who shocked
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Monday, Calgary Flames forward Jaromir Jagr cleared waivers and was assigned to play the rest of the season with a professional hockey team in the Czech Republic, HC Kladno. The move very likely represents the end of Jagr’s storied 24-year NHL career. Jagr, who will turn 46 in February, saw a decrease in production this
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, October 4, 2017
On Tuesday, it was reported that the Chicago Blackhawks will be allowed to place right winger Marian Hossa on the long-term injured reserve list (LTIR) for the entire 2017-18 NHL season. This means that Hossa’s salary cap hit of $5.275 million won’t count towards the Blackhawks’ salary cap list. In short, now the Hawks will
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, September 6, 2017
On Tuesday morning, TSN hockey reporter Darren Dreger reported that two NHL restricted free agents — Sam Bennett of the Calgary Flames and Andreas Athanasiou of the Detroit Red Wings — could decide to play this upcoming season in the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) instead of the NHL due to contract disputes with their
Michael Ivey | Wednesday, April 26, 2017
On Thursday morning, the Buffalo Sabres announced the firing of the team’s head coach Dan Bylsma and general manager Tim Murray. The Sabres finished last season with only 78 points and the worst record in their division. The firings should make sense in that the team wasn’t living up to expectations, so ownership decided to
Alex Carson | Wednesday, February 22, 2017
In 2002, then-New York Jets head coach Herm Edwards uttered one of the most recognizable press conference quotes of all time, reminding the world that, yes, “You play to win the game.” At least in theory. On Friday night in Columbus, Ohio, two of the NHL’s four best teams met in a game that lived up
Michael Ivey | Thursday, February 16, 2017
Bye weeks are known throughout the football community as the week of the season where a team doesn’t practice or play a game. Each NFL team has one while a college team can have as much as two each season. Now the term is expanding to another sport. Last season, the NHL announced that beginning
Michael Ivey | Thursday, January 19, 2017
The NFL Conference Championship games will take place this upcoming weekend, and all of the four teams remaining are currently in the middle of win streaks that range from 5 to 9 games dating back to the regular season. But the NFL isn’t the only professional sports league that has witnessed a great number of win streaks
Michael Ivey | Thursday, November 10, 2016
The 2016-2017 NHL season started four weeks ago, and fans have watched their favorite teams off to either fast or slow starts. It is common for some fans to only pay attention to their team and the players on it while ignoring what else is happening around the league. But the die-hard hockey fans out