It’s outta here!
Fenway Park will play host to the 3rd annual Winter Classic at 1 p.m. on New Year’s Day. The 37-foot-high Green Monster will look down upon the clashing of two gritty teams: The Boston Bruins and the visiting Philadelphia Flyers.…
Month December 2009
Canadian Olympic squad a checklist of NHL All-Stars
Team captains, Stanley Cup champions, scoring leaders and former league MVPs round out the roster of arguably the most talented Olympic squad to travel to the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Defenseman Scott Niedermayer (pictured) will captain the Canadian national…
Hot in the Desert
In the off-season, most fans would not even put the Phoenix Coyotes as a contender this year, let alone a winning team. To much of the nay sayers dislike, the Coyote’s are red hot. The Coyote’s are 7-2-1 in their…
Slovakia announces Olympic lineup
Marian Hossa, Marian Gaborik and Zdeno Chara highlight the twelve current NHL players selected to play for Team Slovakia at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Gaborik and Hossa will lead the offensive rush for Slovakia and provide most of their…
Samuelsson sounds off on Olympic roster snub
Mikael Samuelsson issued some choice words for Team Sweden officials for excluding him from the Olympic roster after helping the team win gold at the Turin Olympics in 2006. “I’m probably going to get in trouble for this, but (Team…
What is Hockey?
The preliminary rounds of the International Ice Hockey Federation World Under 20 Championships are under way and some superb hockey is being played. I highly encourage you to watch some of the games, especially USA and Canada on New Year’s…
Team Sweden sticks to a proven formula with Olympic roster
Sweden decided to stick with familiar names and a veteran squad as 13 players from the team that won gold in Turin four years ago again grace the roster for Team Sweden as they attempt to defend their gold in…
Team Russia announces Olympic roster
The 23-man Olympic roster for Team Russia was officially announced today. Russia became one of the first countries in serious contention for gold to unveil their squad. Team Canada is expected to release their roster next week and Team USA…
K-F-C
K is for Kovalchuk: The All-Star left wing and Captain of the Atlanta Thrashers has come to a “snag” in talks for a new contract with his current club. Next year, Kovalchuk becomes an unrestricted free agent. Kovalchuk entered the…
More players placed on IR while others return to action
So things have been hectic for a couple of weeks, but finals are now complete and school is over for the semester and my stellar GPA is still in tact. Okay, so that part is no more true than my…