Category Playoffs

Parity Sees Success With Predators Cup Run

According to Merriam-Webster, Parity is a noun that is defined as “the quality or state of being equal or equivalent”. Long story short, it means that all parties involved should have a similar or equal chance of succeeding. When it…

2017 NCAA Tournament Field Announced

The NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Committee has selected the six automatic bids and 10 at-large teams that will compete for the 2017 national championship. Play will begin Friday in Fargo, North Dakota when Boston University takes on North…

Canada vs Europe: Tale of the Tape

With Game 1 of the World Cup taking place later tonight, here is how both teams stack against each other. Scoring Canada has the advantage, scoring 19 goals from 10 players. Europe’s 10 goals have come from seven players. Three…

2018 Olympic Qualifying Down to Winner Takes All

The 2018 Winter Olympics are still 523 days away, but come Sunday evening the field for the men’s hockey tournament will be finalized. This weekend is the Men’s Final Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Oslo, Norway; Riga, Latvia, and Minsk, Belarus.…

IIHF World Championships Enter Knockout Round

56 preliminary round games have been played. The field has been chopped from 16 to eight teams, with newly promoted teams Hungary and Kazakhstan going back down to Division 1 A in 2017 while  Italy and Slovenia taking their place in…

NHL Playoffs Schedule is Released

Now that the regular season is over, it’s time to focus on our attention on the 16 teams attempting to lift the Stanley Cup. For the second time in the history of the NHL, a Canadian team did not make…

2016 NCAA Tournament – East Regional Preview

East Regional Site: Times Union Center, Albany, New York Saturday’s schedule: No. 1 Quinnipiac (29-3-7) vs. No. 4 RIT (18-14-6), March 26, 4 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN; No. 2 Massachusetts Lowell (24-9-5) vs. No. 3 Yale (19-8-4), March 26, 7:30 p.m. Eastern time,…

2016 NCAA Tournament – West Regional Preview

West Regional Site: Xcel Energy Center, Saint Paul, Minnesota Saturday’s schedule: No. 1 St. Cloud State (31-8-1) vs. No. 4 Ferris State (19-14-6), March 26, 3 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNews/WatchESPN; No. 2 Denver (23-9-6) vs. No. 3 Boston U. (21-12-5), March 26, 6:30 p.m.…

2016 NCAA Tournament – Northeast Regional Preview

Northeast Regional Site: DCU Center, Worcester, Massachusetts Friday’s schedule:No. 1 Providence (27-6-4) vs. No. 4 Minnesota Duluth (18-15-5), 4:30 p.m. Eastern time, ESPN3/WatchESPN; No. 2 Boston College (26-7-5) vs. No. 3 Harvard (19-10-4), 8 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPNSaturday’s schedule: Semifinal winners, 9 p.m.…

2016 NCAA Tournament – Midwest Regional Preview

Midwest Regional Site: U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio Friday’s schedule: No. 1 North Dakota (30-6-4) vs. No. 4 Northeastern (22-13-5), Friday, March 25, 2 p.m. Eastern time, ESPNU/WatchESPN; No. 2 Michigan (24-7-5) vs. No. 3 Notre Dame (19-10-7), Friday, March 25, 5:30 p.m. Eastern…