New Jersey Devils defenseman P.K. Subban has always been a pretty divisive player. Some fans think the former Norris Trophy winner is one of the dirtiest players in the NHL. Yet several retired players and referees have come to Subban’s defense claiming that the slew foot technique he’s become known for is just a bad… […]
Henrik Lundqvist’s No . 30 was raised to the Madison Square Garden rafters Friday night, a well-deserved honor for the future Hall of Famer who backstopped the Rangers for 15 years and won everything but a Stanley Cup as one of the best and most consistent goalies in the business. Read more…
It would be easy to label it “just another weekend in hockey. ” And that’s what this was, as the NHL’s two minor leagues dealt with incidents of blatant and horrific racism. Read more…
Amazingly, what was a question before the season now seems a certainty. Alex Ovechkin is going to break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time goals record. There was some worry or dispute as to whether Ovie could hold his simply ridiculous pace as he got deeper into his 30s. He pretty much dispelled that in the season’s opening… […]
In the past week, the NHL news around here has been excessive violence , more excessive violence , the Flyers being hellaciously awful , and the latest lunatic turns in the decade-long saga of the league trying to make fetch happen in Arizona. Read more…
In the past week, the NHL news around here has been excessive violence , more excessive violence , the Flyers being hellaciously awful , and the latest lunatic turns in the decade-long saga of the league trying to make fetch happen in Arizona. Read more…
If you’re not a part of Flyers Twitter, well, consider yourself lucky. But you did miss fans of the Orange and Black having a totally normal one on Thursday as a movement to change PFPs to an unhappy fan wearing the bag over his/her head (much like the infamous days of New Orleans fans during […]
Once again, the NHL headlines will be dominated by an incident of a player using the vulnerability of another to excuse trying to end his night, season, maybe career. This one isn’t as cut and dried as Sunday night’s chicanery, though no less ugly. Read more…
“The best defense is a good offense. ” — George Washington — Michael Jordan Read more…
Twenty-three-year-old Riley Tufte got called up to the Dallas Stars’ roster last week to play for their fourth line. He saw a few minutes of playing time in victories against the Flyers and the Red Wings, but the big game for him was going to be his homecoming to face the Minnesota Wild in his […]