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-39 posts tagged "NHL"
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
Brett O'Connell | Thursday, April 21, 2016
Editor’s Note: This week, the Sports Authority columnists answer the question, “In which competition is it most difficult to win a championship?” The prospect of winning a championship in any sport at any level is a daunting one. Particularly in team sports that participate in leagues, so many factors beyond individual ability are counted towards
Marek Mazurek | Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Editor’s Note: This week, the Sports Authority columnists answer the question, “In which competition is it most difficult to win a championship?” Look guys, let’s not make this harder than it needs to be. The toughest competition to win a championship in is clearly the NHL. As Daniel O’Boyle mentioned in his column yesterday, hockey
Daniel O'Boyle | Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Editor’s Note: This week, the Sports Authority columnists answer the question, “In which competition is it most difficult to win a championship?” There’s not really one definition for difficulty of winning a sports championship. The NBA’s hard to win if you can’t get a generational talent on your roster. A college football team can’t afford
Hunter McDaniel | Monday, April 11, 2016
The streak continues for at least one more year. Thanks to Ottawa’s 6-1 drubbing of the Bruins in Boston Saturday afternoon, the Detroit Red Wings find themselves in the playoffs for the 25th consecutive season, the longest active streak in any of the four major professional sports in this country. Even though the Red Wings did