Searching Bones (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
David Boreanaz seems to be such a good dad. And we also know that he’s a huge hockey fan. So what would be more natural than for him to take his son to game five of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Finals between the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Joe Louis Arena [...]
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
From Adam Schwartz at NHL.com, Some of the best players in the NHL have suffered an embarrassing miscue. For instance, when Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall shot the puck into his own net in last season’s Stanley Cup Final. Yep, he’d like to have that one back. Like Kronwall, Steven Stamkos, picked No. 1 at the 2008 Entry Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning, has a story of televised misfortune. read...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
from Puck-rakers, The Blue Jackets have invited defenseman Richard Matvichuk to training camp as a non-roster tryout. The team is still awaiting word on whether the 35-year-old Matvichuk will accept. He most notably made two Stanley Cup Finals appearances with Ken Hitchcock in Dallas in 1998-99 and 1999-2000, but has played in only one NHL regular-season game in the past two years. Matvichuk missed...
lex icon (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Twenty years ago today, I woke up early in the morning, grabbed my brother, and walked down to a corner store to get some coffee and stuff. We walked past the newsstand and saw grown men on the verge of...
Progressive Bloggers (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
Friday’s eye-popping employment numbers (55,000 lost jobs, the worst one-month toll since the 1991 recession), combined with the previous week’s negative GDP numbers (down 0.1% in May, the fourth decline in six months) have raised once again the spectre that Canada’s total economy is teetering on the edge of “official” recession. The suspense is growing as [...]
Today's Tribune-Review (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Dan Bylsma was an assistant for the Baby Penguins, the Penguins' American Hockey League affiliate, the past two seasons and will replace Todd Richards.
Puckhead's Thoughts (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
First of all, I just wanted to see if I could get three straight titles with a question mark. Done. Second, I am starting to see some similarities between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Washington Capitals. The Caps roster from 2001 - 2003 that is. A team loaded with what looked on paper like the team to beat loaded with plenty of veteran savvy and "proven" talent. The Caps had spent the
SportsAgentBlog (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
For the past few weeks, one of the hot topics in hockey circles has been the stream of NHL talent heading across the Atlantic to join teams in the new Russian Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Players leaving the NHL to play in Europe is nothing new. Leagues in Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Germany, and other countries [...]
Confessions of a Hockey Fanatic (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Most people know that I am not a fan of the 4-letter network, so, I did not bother watching their awards gala that was held over this weekend.Sidney Crosby, who shared the NHL scoring lead in the playoffs and led the Penguins to the Stanley Cup Finals before his 21st birthday, was named the winner of the ESPY award as the Best NHL Player. Winners are selected in a nationwide vote of fans,
The Final Score (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
I know that the new NHL schedule will allow our New York Rangers fans one fewer opportunity to perform their famous Potvin chant, but it's nice to see that the Blueshirts will have more contact with their Original Six foes....
SoccerLens (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
West Hammered: MLS Learns from the Pros While English cynicism used to be a cherished import in the all-too-earnest hinterland of soccer-loving North America, the bile has lost its caché in the past few years. No more, Guardian. Cease and desist, ‘When Saturday Comes’. Your glib asides on the American game, which may have [...]
ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
The 2008 year has a chance to go down as the best in sports history. Think about it. read more
all-encompassingly (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
2. July 4, 2008: The Stanley Cup visits Manhattan Beach with Red Wings’ Brad Stuart, just weeks after the Wings defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4 games to 2 in hockey’s Stanley Cup Finals. ….and the number one most important date in Manhattan Beach history: 1. February 6, 2004: Travis, of all-encompassingly.com fame, proposes to his wife on [...]
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
from Joe Starkey of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Now, coming off a trip to the Stanley Cup final and with the roster apparently set, it’s time to take care of the coach in a fair and reasonable manner. Therrien has one year remaining on his deal. The sides are negotiating an extension. He made $675,000 last season, well below the highest-paid NHL coaches, and is slated to make $750,000 this coming...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Terry Murray – formerly the Head Coach of the Washington Capitals, Florida Panthers and the Philadelphia Flyers, where he led that club to the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals – has signed a multi-year contract to coach the Kings. He replaces Marc Crawford, who coached the Kings the past two seasons and was relieved of his duties on June 10. Murray becomes the 22nd head coach in Kings history. “I am very excited...
