On April 28, 1996, the Winnipeg Jets lost 4-1 to the Detroit Red Wings. Despite the loss, the crowd in Winnipeg Arena waved a sea of white towels as well as a standing ovation for the home team. The crowd knew the loss marked both the Jets’ elimination from the Stanley Cup playoffs and, more […]

NHL teams who prefer to empty their wallets and sign or trade for high-priced players during the offseason have difficulty finding chemistry. As a result, this limits them from making noise in the playoffs. It’s just simple logic. While each team enters the summer with different wants and needs, franchises that make the most subtle, […]

While hockey fans in one area of New York are complaining about not getting a new arena, fans in another area are thinking negatively about new renovations being made to their arena. This is the case when it comes to the New York Rangers and the changes to the “World’s Most Famous Arena,” Madison Square […]

There have been countless cases in the sport of hockey when a player has been required to change the way he plays in order to make it to the next level. Whether it’s changing their role from a scoring forward to a defensive forward, a stay-at-home defenseman to a two-way, or a skilled player into […]

Now that the dust has settled on the free agent market and all of the big name players have been snatched up, the true contenders – from a pre-season standpoint at least – are beginning to emerge. While some teams such as the New York Rangers added to their roster by signing high profile free […]

Like in life, age catches up to you in the game of hockey. Every year the hockey world watches its fair share of productive veterans see their point totals drop significantly in large part due to the rigors of the NHL grind finally catching up to them. Some who fell victim to Father Time last […]

It’s no secret every young hockey player dreams of pulling an NHL team’s sweater over their head one day. Unfortunately, thanks to supply and demand, that task is easier said than done. Some players enter the league at the wide-eyed age of 18 and never look back. For others – for most – it can […]

The Western Hockey League might be the youngest of all in the CHL, but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming a top-notch developmental league. Since being sanctioned as the top junior league in western Canada in 1970, the WHL has won 18 of a possible 41 Memorial Cups and currently has the most teams out of any of […]

This offseason, Ilya Bryzgalov and the Phoenix Coyotes split due to the turbulence surrounding the ownership and the club. The world-class ‘tender grew tired of his team’s financial state and constant rumors of relocation. He leaves behind a Coyotes franchise who has nothing but charts of poorly executed and unproductive years to look at. What separates Phoenix from other […]

One of the more prominent story lines heading into NHL training camps each fall is the “rookie factor.” While the top five picks from the most recent draft class are expected year-after-year to dazzle in training camp and potentially make the big team’s roster, there are always a handful of later picks from prior years […]