Mike Stern

Book Review: Philadelphia Flyers – The Big 50

Book Review: Philadelphia Flyers – The Big 50

Imagine experiencing a combination of mournful sadness and sheer joy in the same work of non-fiction. You will sample both ends of the emotional spectrum when you absorb The Big 50 – The Men and Moments that Made the Philadelphia Flyers…

Self-Erasing Marker Leaves Thunder Struggling for Offense

Self-Erasing Marker Leaves Thunder Struggling for Offense

Just about every Delaware Thunder fan, teammate and coach figured that when Federal Prospects Hockey League leading goal scorer Ryan Marker packed up his skates and departed the ThunderDome mid-season in Harrington, he would be headed upward toward the (pro hockey...

Munichiello Emerges as Scoring Threat Despite Two Thunder Setbacks

Thunder Drop Trio of Games to Surging Wolves

For most of Sunday’s three-game series finale with visiting Watertown, the Delaware Thunder controlled the pace and territorial play in front of an enthusiastic near-capacity throng at the ThunderDome in Harrington, Delaware. However, the Wolves struck when the opportunities presented themselves and won going away…

Goalie Taylor Shines, then is Suspended as Thunder Drops Pair in Carolina

Goalie Taylor Shines, then is Suspended as Thunder Drops Pair in Carolina

Delaware Thunder goalie Aaron Taylor is accumulating an impressive amount of saves in each game he plays. However, he incurred a Jekyll-Hyde type of weekend Friday night and weekend as his team dropped a pair of Federal Prospects Hockey League games to defending Commissioners Cup champion Carolina at the Winston-Salem Fairground Annex.

Taylor Makes 60 Saves, Leads Thunder to Victory and Weekend Split

Thunder Records Franchise’s First Three-Game Winning Streak

That first taste of success is so reassuring for an emerging first-year team. The thrill of victory, so lacking and absent through nearly one-half of the 2019-20 Federal Prospects Hockey League season, is finally providing the Delaware Thunder’s players with the reassurance that they are – at long last – on the right track.

Taylor Makes 60 Saves, Leads Thunder to Victory and Weekend Split

Delaware PP Goal Snaps Six-Game Losing Streak

Defenseman Daniel DiCristofaro just knew he had to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. The Delaware Thunder had already surrendered leads of 2-0 and 3-2 last Friday night against the Danville Dashers, who were threatening to hand them their seventh straight defeat.

Self-Erasing Marker Leaves Thunder Struggling for Offense

Thunder Remain Competitive Despite Six-Game Losing Streak

Progress can be marked in increments of competitive hockey. That will have to satisfy the Delaware Thunder, whose losing streak reached six straight games last weekend with a pair of hard-fought Federal Prospects Hockey League  losses at Danbury (Connecticut) Ice...

Munichiello Emerges as Scoring Threat Despite Two Thunder Setbacks

Delaware Thunder Adds Speed, Grit in Trade with Watertown

In the wake of its 1-5 start in the Federal Prospects Hockey League, the expansion Delaware Thunder underwent the first of several anticipated alterations earlier this week. The team’s General Manager and Coach, Charlie Pens, Sr.,  acquired speedy, explosive forward...

Delaware Thunder Drops Pair to Defending FPHL Cup Champs

Delaware Thunder Drops Pair to Defending FPHL Cup Champs

There are ebbs and flows to a long hockey season where your team plays well and you make your breaks. Conversely, there are stretches when the puck just doesn't bounce your way, and your team struggles. The expansion Delaware Thunder is experiencing the latter after...

Munichiello Emerges as Scoring Threat Despite Two Thunder Setbacks

Delaware Thunder To Open Season Before Sellout Crowd on Home Ice

The first pro hockey team in the First State of Delaware will open its inaugural regular season in the Federal Prospects Hockey League in front of a sellout crowd on home ice. More than 700 hockey enthusiastic fans will converge on Center Ice Arena in Harrington, Delaware (host to the state’s annual summertime State Fair) this Friday night, Oct. 25 as the expansion Thunder battle the Columbus River Dragons.

The First State Introduces Its First Pro Hockey Team

The First State Introduces Its First Pro Hockey Team

The first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States is celebrating its first professional hockey team. The Delaware Thunder franchise was introduced at a recent press conference, and will become the ninth member of the Federal Prospects Hockey League. The...

Stars Re-Sign High Scoring Tyler Seguin

Stars Re-Sign High Scoring Tyler Seguin

Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill simply had to get this deal done. You don’t forsake a rare goal-scoring talent to save money or to deal away for prospects or draft choices who may or may not deliver. (Please See Erik Karlsson Trade). So Nill did the right thing...

Stars Defeat Marlies, Force Game Seven

Stars Defeat Marlies, Force Game Seven

For the third time in this riveting American Hockey League Calder Cup championship series, the Texas Stars came up with a gutsy effort to tie the series. Veteran goalie Mike McKenna (14-7) threw up a veritable wall against a well-fortified, swarming Toronto Marlies...

Texas Stars Tie AHL Calder Cup Finals Series in Toronto

Texas Stars Tie AHL Calder Cup Finals Series in Toronto

The future for the Dallas Stars is certainly looking bright despite the top team’s absence from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. That’s because their top minor league affiliate, the Cedar Park-based Texas Stars, have reached the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup Finals. On...

Stars Name Jim Montgomery 23rd Coach in Franchise History

Stars Name Jim Montgomery 23rd Coach in Franchise History

For the second time in three years, a college coach will attempt to successfully make the jump behind an NHL bench. General Manager Jim Nill introduced Jim Montgomery as the new head coach of the Dallas Stars less than a month after Ken Hitchcock stepped down after...

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