Archive for the ‘Hockey’ Category
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
If there's one thing we're looking forward to around here it's the upcoming Winter Olympics in Vancouver. It is going to be sweet. The luge. Curling. Bobsled. Ahhh the frigid good times.
One of the best parts is the hockey tournament. Lots of nationalism and what not. Team USA as the ...
Posted in Hockey, Peter Forsberg, Winter Olympics | 1 Comment »
Monday, December 14th, 2009
I know hockey is a niche sport. But if you can’t get excited about Olympic hockey, then I question your sports fandom. It's the best Olympic team sport out there. Far superior to basketball, which is basically a three-team tournament (and that's only a new occurrence).
On paper, the United States ...
Posted in 2010 Winter Olympics, Dustin Brown, General, Hockey, Jack Johnson, NHL, Patrick Kane, Phil Kessel, Ryan Miller, USA Hockey | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 2nd, 2009
This is perhaps the best shootout goal I've ever seen.
It's so nasty I'd like to see Alex Ovechkin try it out the next time the Capitals are in a shootout. Seriously. I'm not even sure he could duplicate it.
But that man actually doing it is a Swedish fella by the ...
Posted in Alex Ovechkin, Edmonton Oilers, Hockey, Linus Omark, NHL | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Very soon we may have seen the end of fighting in NHL games.
Believe it. In their annual meeting, NHL general managers proposed rules changes that would result in fewer staged fights (right off a face off, for example), stiffer penalties for instigating with fists after a clean hit and would ...
Posted in Hockey, Hockey Fights, NHL | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
By now I'm sure most of you have heard/read about the NHL's new Sean Avery Rule. Not that you give a damn about hockey, but this was a pretty big story yesterday. The long and short of it is this: Sean Avery's antics during game three of the Rangers-Devils playoff ...
Posted in Hockey, Sean Avery | 4 Comments »
Thursday, April 10th, 2008
For the record, I have loathed Notre Dame to my very bones since I was a kid. So, why am I bringing you two Grotto-related news items in one day? I have no damn idea.But, as you probably don't know, the Frozen Four starts tonight. It's kinda like the Final ...
Posted in Frozen Four, Hockey, Slap Shot | 1 Comment »
