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Sports Central May 29, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
Detroit vs. Pittsburgh: The Battle Begins This year's edition of the Stanley Cup Finals will be a rematch of last year's Finals, when the Red Wings dropped the Penguins in six. |
Sports Central June 2, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
Red Wings, Finish Them! Are you hoping for the Pittsburgh Penguins to comeback in their series against Detroit? Hoping for some more drama, much like we've witnessed in the past playoff series? |
Sports Central June 11, 2008 Ross Lancaster |
A Novel Concept: Last Two Are Best This year, for probably the first time since the 2001 Finals between the Avalanche and Devils, the two best teams met for the Stanley Cup championship. |
Sports Central May 17, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
The Frozen Final Four Now that we are down to the Conference Finals, it is time once again to weed out the contenders from the pretenders. |
AskMen.com Sheldon Souray |
Sheldon Souray's NHL Playoff Blog The 2008 NHL playoffs are here, and we're excited to bring you hockey insight from one of the league's best defensemen, the Edmonton Oilers' Sheldon Souray. |
Sports Central May 23, 2013 Andrew Jones |
2013 NHL Playoff Contenders and Pretenders Let's take a look at the remaining teams and their chances of hoisting Lord Stanley's Cup. |
Sports Central May 11, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
Top Suprises of the NHL Playoffs Whether it be young players making a name for themselves or Game 7s, there have been a lot of things surprising about the NHL playoffs so far. Here is a look at some of them. |
Sports Central April 24, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
Are Canucks Championship-Bound? There is little doubt that the Canucks have the most potential of any Canadian team left. |
AskMen.com May 29, 2008 Sheldon Souray |
Sheldon Souray's NHL Playoff Blog The 2008 NHL playoffs are here, and we're stoked. We're also excited to bring you hockey insight from one of the league's best defensemen, the Edmonton Oilers' Sheldon Souray. |
Sports Central March 24, 2009 Mike Chen |
Stanley Cup Contenders or Pretenders? With less than a dozen games on the schedule for each team, every so-called elite team has run into its share of problems. Let's see how the mighty have fallen. |
Sports Central May 8, 2007 Mark Janzen |
Previous Playoff Failure Key to Success Hockey is a playground in which only the battle-tested can emerge victorious. |
Sports Central April 8, 2013 Andrew Jones |
NHL 2013 Contenders and Pretenders It's hard to believe the NHL playoffs begin in only a few weeks. The shortened season leaves a lot more questions than a typical season. |
Sports Central June 3, 2009 Mike Chen |
Stanley Cup Finals: Close Doesn't Count Call it flukey bounces, luck, or karma; whatever it is, the only stat that matters is the big W next to the Red Wings' name on the box score for the first two games and the Penguins win in Game 3. |
Sports Central June 19, 2013 Andrew Jones |
The Year of Rask Rask, the goaltender for the Boston Bruins, is just too hot to stop right now. The question that Blackhawks fans are probably asking right now is "how are we supposed to beat a guy who swept the offensive powerhouse Pittsburgh Penguins, blanked them twice, and only allowed two goals in four games?" |
Sports Illustrated April 14, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Os-good as it gets ...Osgood may not be the most dramatically talented goalie in the NHL playoffs but he may be the most valuable.... |
Sports Central May 18, 2009 Mike Chen |
NHL Conference Finals Primer Here's why each of these teams will - and won't - move on to the final battle for the Stanley Cup. |
AskMen.com Sheldon Souray |
Sheldon Souray's NHL Playoff Blog The Edmonton Oilers' defenseman gives his insights on the NHL Playoff season. |
Sports Central May 20, 2009 Andrew Jones |
Why This is the Year for Sid the Kid Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin have two things Alexander Ovechkin doesn't have: each other and a much more engrained sense of team play. |
Sports Central January 7, 2009 Bill Hazell |
The Top 10 Games of 2008 (Pt. 2) A look at what made the NHL Stanley Cup finals and NBA finals so memorable this year. |
Sports Central May 25, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
Humble in Hockeytown The young Chicago Blackhawks may have bitten off more than they can chew against the veteran Detroit Red Wings. |
Sports Central June 9, 2014 Andrew Jones |
Stanley Cup Finals: It's the Kings' to Lose I hope I'm wrong and we're in for a few more overtimes and another game seven, but I think the Kings are just too feisty for the Rangers. |
Sports Central May 9, 2004 Tyler Norwood |
NHL - The Times Are Changin' An outmatched and undersized Calgary Flames knocked out the President trophy-winning Detroit Red Wings. It wasn't luck. It has ushered in a new age. |
Sports Central July 16, 2009 Mike Chen |
The NHL's Wilder Wild West Here's why some teams in the NHL's Western Conference won't have teams shaking in their skates come next season. |
AskMen.com Sheldon Souray |
Sheldon Souray's NHL Playoff Blog Hockey insight from one of the league's best defensemen. |
Salon.com June 4, 2002 King Kaufman |
The Red Wings in 5 Except for the chance that any team with a good goalie has, the Carolina Hurricanes have no chance in the Stanley Cup Finals. Nice uniforms, though. |
Sports Illustrated April 16, 2003 Michael Farber |
Wings on the Brink The performance of Anaheim goalie J.S. Giguere has defending champion Detroit one defeat from elimination. |
Sports Illustrated June 11, 2002 Jamal Greene |
Suit vs. Suit The fiercest rivals in the Stanley Cup finals are sitting in the owners' boxes. |
Sports Central May 29, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
A Whirlwind NHL Playoff Season The further the playoffs have progressed, the more of a guessing game it's become. It's refreshing for veteran hockey fans and exciting for those just tuning in ... or is it? |
Sports Central April 10, 2012 Bill Hazell |
Canada's Cup? It's been almost 20 years since a country that can truly appreciate it won the Stanley Cup. |
Salon.com June 14, 2002 King Kaufman |
Red-letter day The Red Wings' championship may have been a foregone conclusion, but unlike the Lakers, they at least had the decency to act happy about it. |
Sports Central May 13, 2011 Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Conference Finals Preview The conference semifinals of the NHL playoffs were not nearly as exciting as the opening round as a whole. |
Sports Illustrated April 12, 2000 |
Stanley Cup playoff picks |
Sports Central April 12, 2011 Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Playoffs Preview The table is set for the NHL's playoff race. Sixteen teams now vie to hoist the cup that really matters, the lord of all trophies, Lord Stanley's. |
Sports Illustrated June 5, 2002 Michael Farber |
Hurricanes love to work overtime Even though the Carolina Hurricanes do better than $15 an hour, even with the paltry pay scale of the Stanley Cup playoffs, there is no question they don't mind the overtime. |
Sports Central May 5, 2006 Charlynn Smith |
From Bottom to Top Welcome to the "new NHL," where anything can happen -- and it does. |
Sports Central March 22, 2012 Mike Chen |
Injuries Muddy Stanley Cup Playoff Picture Where will this impact be felt? Enough teams have been bit by the injury bug that the epidemic of fallen star players reaches wide. |
Sports Central June 2, 2008 Joe Boesch |
Crosby and Company With their hopes for a Stanley Cup diminishing, the Pittsburgh Penguins can only learn from the past and build for the future. |
Sports Central June 23, 2009 Mike Chen |
Penguins Won't Be Copied Next Year The Pittsburgh Penguins are a talented but flawed roster -- and to their credit, they overcame those flaws with a few lucky bounces and unsung heroes stepping up at the right time. But to try and emulate the Penguins is an equally flawed proposition. |
Sports Central December 7, 2010 Mike Chen |
The NHL's Jumbled Western Conference Just about every NHL team has had surging moments that demonstrated the true potential of the roster. And they've also had bouts of inconsistency, bad defense, lack of scoring, or injuries - or perhaps all of the above. |
Sports Central June 19, 2006 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Playoffs?! It is hard to remember either an NBA postseason or an NHL postseason that was ever so complete. |
Sports Central May 21, 2007 Chad Kettner |
Will the Cup Finally Return? The Ottawa Senators have a chance to bring the treasured trophy home -- for the first time in 14 years! |
Sports Central May 31, 2006 Bill Hazell |
Edmonton's Cinderella Story On Ice One exception to the power of home advantage in a seven-game series apparently is the NHL. The revitalized league has proven to be a utopia for underdogs in the 2006 playoffs. |
Sports Central June 12, 2012 Andrew Jones |
The Kings' Cup Throughout the 2011-12 regular season, the Los Angeles Kings did one thing very well: play defense. Their 2.1 goals against was second in the NHL and Jonathan Quick, the team's main goal tender, managed 1.95 goals allowed per game. |
Sports Illustrated June 11, 2002 Michael Farber |
Going to Hull Golden Brett crashes Edmonton's exclusive century club. |
AskMen.com |
Detroit Red Wings Hockey Dynasty Over the last century, very few teams have been able to carve out a continued dominance among the elite ranks of the National Hockey League. |
Sports Central April 28, 2011 Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Conference Semifinals Preview The opening round of the NHL playoffs saw only one sweep, four seven-game series, 11 overtime matches, and three double overtime matches. |
Sports Central February 23, 2010 Andrew Jones |
NHL Playoff Push As the world takes a break for the Winter Olympics, it gives us time to look at the NHL in its hiatus and examine the end of the season and the push to the playoffs. |
Sports Illustrated April 23, 2002 Daniel G. Habib |
Stumbling Start Top-seeded Detroit took an early pratfall against young and potent Vancouver in the NHL playoffs... |
Sports Illustrated March 2, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Sorting out some trade rumors NHL questions |
Sports Central April 10, 2007 Chad Kettner |
2007 NHL Playoffs Preview After a long season filled with ups and downs, hockey fans can finally buckle up for the most exciting time of the year, the Stanley Cup playoffs. Here are some predictions. |