The American Hockey League has heard the call: "go west, young league, go west." Beginning next season, the AHL will move five teams into California. This AHLien invasion will put an end to the Worcester Shuttle, a nickname for flying Sharks players back and forth...
Thursday, the San Jose Sharks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1. Based on the Sharks recent performance, that should not have surprised anyone. The Sharks were sure to bring their A game against the top team in the East, after embarrassing themselves in a loss...
San Francisco is just coming up hockey these days, with two new teams in two seasons. Last season, the ECHL came to town, and now San Francisco State has a Division 3 club too. On top of that, both teams won their home openers last Friday at the Cow Palace. For the...
Winning is good business for an NHL team, but when it comes to their minor league affiliates, does winning matter, or is the important thing how you play the game? Both matter, according to Brad Treliving, NHL Coyotes Assistant GM and AHL Portland Pirates GM. Success...
2013 will see a few NHL teams going to the playoffs for the first time in a long time. As the season went along, they talked about the novelty of playing “meaningful games” down the stretch. The Phoenix Coyotes are not playing games like that right now. They haven’t...
Is math happening to the Anaheim Ducks? Is their early success catching up to them, the same way they caught up to opponents in 14 games this season? Prior to last weekend, they were hard on the heels of Chicago. They had as many regulation wins as the super-streak...
Last week, San Francisco Bulls’ forward Jordan Morrison took some time after a morning skate to answer questions about hockey, life and everything. Back in November, Head Coach Pat Curcio described Morrison as: …an interesting player. He’s a guy that has flashes of...
