It was not news I was hoping or expecting to hear on a Monday morning, but Doc Emrick announced his retirement from broadcasting. He had an absolutely prestigious career. You may know him from him calling epic Stanley Cup Playoff games and regular season matinee or night games on NBC, but did you know he […] More
Why did I choose the Stars? The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Pat Maroon to a two-year, 1.8 million contract with an AAV of $900,000. pic.twitter.com/jRx00FQhFM — Complete Hockey News (@CompleteHkyNews) October 9, 2020 The 2020 NHL season is over, and the bubble has ended (for now) with your Stanley Cup Champions as the […] More
STANLEY CUP FINALS Lightning vs Stars #StanleyCup Final, who ya got? ? pic.twitter.com/G7Ss9h9jso — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) September 18, 2020 It has been nearly a WHOLE CALENDAR year since the beginning of this hockey season, and we have made it to the pinnacle of hockey. After multiple game 7s, injuries, delays, and a pandemic, […] More
This week, Nick and Kevin react to the results of the 3 Game 7’s we saw in the Conference Semfinals and what the landscape looks like as we are down to 4 teams. Senators forward Bobby Ryan won this year’s Masterton Trophy and the boys discuss his story as well as the two other nominees, […] More
Conference Finals of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs Here we are so close to the Stanley cup after some intense conference semi-final play that had 3 series go to game 7! With plenty of heartbreak to go around, 4 teams are battle tested and are close enough to see the gleam of Lord Stanley’s cup. […] More
Think back to mid-March. The NHL season had been put on pause due to the outbreak of COVID-19. You were most likely quarantined inside during a new pandemic with nothing to do but watch the tube, but there was no sports on the tube, including hockey. Flash forward to the month of August, and boy, […] More
Dear Sports, Thank you for Wednesday: Thank you to the Milwaukee Bucks. On the heels of Giannis’ acceptance of winning DPOY, you halted your momentum on the court in order to fuel momentum of a larger movement that’s bigger than basketball. Thank you, Milwaukee Bucks, for not showing up to warmups and truly taking all […] More
In an eventful first day of NHL Stanley Cup Playoff action, game 1 of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Columbus Blue Jackets stole the night. Their first game did quite literally steal the time slot of the Hurricanes vs. Bruins game that was supposed to start at 10 PM eastern when the Lightning and […] More
Stanley Cup Playoffs: ROUND ONE! In this year’s edition of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we are already in August, there is not fans in attendance, and 12 seeds are in the bracket. If this article was published a year ago dated from the future no one would believe me and that’s an excellent description of […] More
A crazy series that has been hitting back and forth like Newton Balls continued to deliver Friday night. The Columbus Blue Jackets having to coming off a 4-3 overtime win on Thursday, were looking to put the nail in the Maple Leafs’ coffin and were on track to do so. After scoring for a third […] More
It didn’t take long but 5 minutes into playoff hockey and we already got hockey guys dropping gloves and getting into fights in the COVID-era. What’s interesting about this fight is we got a fight between two guys who rarely ever fight in Ryan Strome and Justin Williams and they were getting after it. Hockey […] More
Listening to @wyshynski on ESPN Daily and he noted that the NHL accepted recordings of "boos" from fans and that Bettman understands that this might be used when he presents the Cup and that's amazing — Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey) July 31, 2020 I’ve long thought that despite all of his shortcomings in promoting the sport, […] More