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Sports Central
June 13, 2011
Andrew Jones |
The Goalie Showdown The Vancouver Canucks have the Boston Bruins on the ropes in the Stanley Cup finals, leading three games to two in a seven-game series.   |
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. |
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 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. |
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 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
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
April 16, 2012
Andrew Jones |
Flailing Penguins and Fickle Canucks The NHL playoffs are underway and so far, nobody can complain of boredom. At press time, there had already been seven overtime games and even a couple suspensions, one of which includes a sheet of Plexiglas that has been suspended indefinitely for attacking Boston's David Krejci. |
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
April 25, 2012
Mike Chen |
Will the NHL's Dead Puck Era Return? The NHL is nothing if not a game of Follow the Leader. The coaching systems of winning teams often dictates what other teams try to emulate, and coming out of this year's playoffs, the notion of a winning formula is about to change. |
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 Central
August 16, 2010
Mike Chen |
The Value of NHL Goaltending When word came out that Ilya Kovalchuk's contract was rejected, eyebrows were raised when arbitrator Richard Bloch called out other mega-contracts. |
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
July 1, 2006
Jeff DiNunzio |
NHL Games Far From Only Excitement One might suspect that the culmination of the 2005-2006 NHL season would be eagerly anticipated, if not a welcomed relief. However, this season was filled with pure, electric excitement. |
Sports Central
May 16, 2004
Mike Chen |
NHL - The Fast Skate Era While goal-scoring may still be low in the National Hockey League, an uplifting trend can certainly be seen in three of the remaining four teams chasing the Stanley Cup. |
Sports Central
September 21, 2010
Mike Chen |
Five Storylines For 2010-11 NHL Season NHL training camps have just gotten underway. Here are the top five storylines heading into the 2010-11 NHL season. |
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 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 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. |
Sports Illustrated
October 26, 2000
Kostya Kennedy |
Steely Pat gives way to Iron Mike Well, now it's only the Panthers who are still on the schneid. All told, Florida's NHL entries have started off a combined 2-8-3. Not much fun in the sun, huh? In other warm weather news: keep your eyes on the surging Sharks... |
Sports Central
May 26, 2014
Mike Chen |
Ousted NHL Contenders Face Summer Upheaval For San Jose, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Boston, stunning losses have showed the need to rethink the big picture. |
Sports Central
October 23, 2006
Charlynn Smith |
The NHL is Back This is the year hockey will shine again in the world of sports, and here are the reasons why. |
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 Central
June 10, 2004
Mike Chen |
NHL - Top-10 Playoff Moments Here are the top-10 memorable moments of the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs. |
Sports Central
May 29, 2004
Josie Lemieux |
NHL - Cup Finals: A Coach Speaks Out The final Stanley Cup round between the Lightning and the Flames is more than captivating. Considering the high talent on each team, nobody knows who will win. |
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
July 14, 2010
Mike Chen |
The New Western Balance of Power The Blackhawks have essentially lost much of their secondary scoring and one of their primary penalty killers. Something else has to give, which rips apart much of the vaunted depth of the 'Hawks. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2012
Mike Chen |
Can Caps Find Their Way Under Hunter? The Caps started hot, then floundered, then really floundered, then finally seemed to find their footing under new coach Dale Hunter. For a team loaded with talent, there won't be any answers until we get to May. |
Sports Illustrated
February 7, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Preparing a view from the bigtop OK, puckheads, we're in this odd little cluster of games between All-Star weekend and the Olympics... |
Sports Central
March 14, 2006
Mike Chen |
NHL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers This year's NHL trade deadline featured plenty of movement, but not a lot of substance. |
Sports Central
June 11, 2015
Mike Chen |
Will NHL's Copycat Teams Mimic Tampa's Speed Game? There was a moment, just a few minutes of Game 2's third period between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Chicago Blackhawks, that showcased the NHL at the very best. |
Sports Central
May 22, 2004
Pete Sweigard |
NHL Ushers in a New Era The NHL has been slow to embrace the youth movement, continuing to market the marquee names, the proven entities. |
Sports Central
March 5, 2010
Mike Chen |
What Now, NHL? It's difficult to sustain the level of momentum the NHL experienced from the Vancouver games. Just about everything went right. |
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. |
Sports Central
September 30, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
The Hockey Cynic's Guide to the NHL East A look at the teams in the NHL East for the upcoming hockey season. |
Sports Illustrated
March 14, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Hart to Hart talk Is it time to start considering Jarome Iginla for the Hart Trophy? |
Sports Illustrated
May 23, 2001
E.M. Swift |
Sensational showdown It's been a long time since the two best teams in hockey met in the Stanley Cup finals, but that's what the showdown between the New Jersey Devils and Colorado Avalanche represents... |
Sports Central
February 19, 2007
J.D. Conway |
NHL Has Red-Hot Playoff Race With only five points separating the fourth seed from the 10th in the Eastern Conference, predicting who will make it to the NHL playoffs and who will come up short is very tough. |
AskMen.com
Mike Brophy |
2007 NHL Season Review It was an interesting season, to say the least. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2014
Mike Chen |
Contenders Face Early Exits in New NHL Playoff Format NHL general managers in the Eastern Conference who look at the potential playoff matchups are glad that they don't have to deal with the first-round dilemma facing teams on the other side of the continent. |
Sports Illustrated
November 29, 2000
Kostya Kennedy |
Point, counterpoint So far this season, the Islanders have spent a November day in first place, the Blue Jackets have beaten the Stars and the Wild have run off a four-game unbeaten streak. Yes, there's parity in the league but these developments are about the joy of the early season... |
Sports Illustrated
March 2, 2000
Kostya Kennedy |
Sorting out some trade rumors NHL questions |
Sports Central
October 7, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Hockey Cynic's Guide to the West A preview of the 2006-07 NHL season and the Campbell Conference, explaining why every single team has virtually no chance of winning the Stanley Cup and why they're all pathetic messes. |
Sports Illustrated
January 4, 2002
Kostya Kennedy |
Am I blue Here's wishing Eric Lindros a clean and full recovery and then that he bids us all farewell. He's a brave man to keep going at it, but I still wish that he would nobly hang up his skates... |
Sports Central
June 26, 2013
Mike Chen |
Lessons Learned From a Shortened Season Chances are, you've all but forgotten the Great NHL Lockout of 2012. and it seems like little-to-no momentum has been lost by the NHL. The season started with uncertainty and anger and ended with record-breaking TV ratings and a thrilling two months of playoffs. |
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
July 3, 2014
Mike Chen |
NHL's Western Conference Gets Stronger After this year's annual free agent frenzy, it doesn't appear that things will change. |
AskMen.com
June 3, 2015
Alex Manley |
Phil Pritchard Interview What do you learn when you spend 27 years traveling with the Stanley Cup? |
Sports Central
July 12, 2004
Jonathan Moncrief |
Gearing Up For "Lockout-Proof" Hockey Beginning this October, the 28 teams that comprise the American Hockey League will chase after another piece of hardware. It's called the Calder Cup, and is awarded to the champions of the AHL. |
Sports Central
April 16, 2015
Mike Chen |
No Clear-Cut Favorite in NHL's Western Conference Despite the recent history of Western domination, each team in the conference has a noticeable flaw. Let's take a closer look at what each seed has to watch out for. |
