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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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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 Central
May 30, 2011
Mike Chen |
Stanley Cup Preview: Canucks vs. Bruins A few weeks ago, Vancouver and Boston were on the verge of Game 7 first-round ousters. Now they're battling for the Stanley Cup. |
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
May 18, 2010
Andrew Jones |
NHL Playoffs Review and Predictions The eighth-seeded Montreal Canadiens shocked hockey fans throughout the world (even ones in Montreal) by defeating the heavily favored Washington Capitals in a seven-game series that saw the second consecutive Presidents' Trophy winner sent home before May began. |
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
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 17, 2008
Sean Crowe |
Why the NHL is Dead The question is, how do we bring it back to life? |
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
February 15, 2011
Mike Chen |
Penguins' Injuries Are No Excuse For Defensive Lapses It's difficult to say that the Penguins are down out when they still have one of the league's best groups of blueliners. |
Sports Central
February 24, 2009
Mike Chen |
NHL Trade Deadline Needs Here's a list of what NHL teams will be targeting come trade deadline time. |
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 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
May 3, 2010
Mike Chen |
A Tale of Two Presidents' Trophies Why the San Jose Sharks and Washington Capitals both lost to eighth seed teams. |
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
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
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. |
Sports Illustrated
February 15, 2001
E.M. Swift |
A possible cure for NHL's power woes Whatever happened to the power play? There has been a power outage in the NHL over the past several years, and the brownout is severe enough that the league should do something about it... |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2001
Kostya Kennedy |
Forever after If I remember this NHL mailbag in months and years to come, I will remember it for one reason: It came before... |
Sports Illustrated
March 1, 2001
Kostya Kennedy |
Piece of Blake for Colorado Colorado owes it to itself and to its fans to take a full-blown shot at the Cup right now, and this deal helps them do it. Whether they sign Blake or not, this was an excellent move... |
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
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
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 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
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 Illustrated
May 9, 2000
Kostya Kennedy |
Inside the NHL At least the Flyers and Penguins were awake to the end of a five-OT epic |
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 Illustrated
March 14, 2000
Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings This is a weekly analysis of teams based on their performance over the last seven days.... |
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 Illustrated
May 2, 2000
Kostya Kennedy |
Scorecard Why the NHL's postseason is the best in all of sports |
AskMen.com
Johnny Testa |
Breakaway Tips From Alexander Ovechkin One of the best players in the National Hockey League offers some tips on how to successfully score on a breakaway. |
Sports Illustrated
April 25, 2000
Kostya Kennedy |
Inside the NHL A passel of rookies did big things during the first round of the playoffs |
Sports Central
April 20, 2009
Mike Chen |
The Washington Capitals' Tough Lesson The Capitals started the playoffs with Stanley Cup dreams. After a few days and two games, the Washington players are looking at themselves and wondering what's happened to their team. |
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 21, 2015
Mike Chen |
Does Choking Truly Exist in the NHL Anymore? Choker. It's an easy label to put on a team that's blown a series lead. The San Jose Sharks blew a 3-0 series lead to the LA Kings, and now that's the stigma they've earned. |
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 Illustrated
November 14, 2001
Kostya Kennedy |
Crawl of the Wild As of this writing, the Minnesota Wild are at .500, one point out of a playoff spot, and they have a better record than the Stars and the Avalanche... |
Sports Illustrated
March 29, 2001
Kostya Kennedy |
Rattling Sabres The Sabres have the most wins since the All-Star break and still they receive no respect or accolades from the national media. Why is Buffalo always overlooked? |
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
March 8, 2001
Kostya Kennedy |
Coaching carousel set to spin A lot of NHL coaches have already been shown the door this season. Is there anybody left who should be worried? Are there any coaches who need a strong playoff push to keep their jobs? |
Sports Illustrated
April 2, 2003
Stephen Cannella |
Inside the NHL: 10 Reasons to Worry From novice netminders to frequent flops, many of the 16 likely postseason teams have goaltending concerns |
Sports Illustrated
February 15, 2000
Pierre McGuire |
NHL Power Rankings |
