by Spencer Lee | Apr 19, 2019 | Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL, Washington Capitals
Roars came from the stands in PNC Arena Thursday night. Monday night was loud as it was the first playoff game at PNC Arena in nearly 10 years. Thursday nights crowd put Monday nights’ crowd to shame in terms of noise level. Many people wore ear plugs to help fight...
by Spencer Lee | Apr 18, 2019 | Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL, Washington Capitals
After getting off to a slow start in the first two games of the series, the Hurricanes bounced back and took Game Three by storm. So far, the Hurricanes have dominated the series in 5-on-5 hockey, and quite frankly they have even halted the Capitals’ power play...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 17, 2019 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
For the first 35 seconds – the first 2:08, really – things were going the Penguins’ way in Game 4. The Penguins’ top-line pair of Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel, held off the scoresheet throughout this series so far by the Islanders’ suffocating fourth line, were...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 14, 2019 | Archived Features, EIHL, Homepage, Leagues
The English Elite Ice Hockey League championship game began precisely at 4pm Nottingham time on Sunday, with the national anthem of Wales. And not “God Save the Queen” for the Northern Ireland team.What? A hockey insider I talked to said that the Giants never play an...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 14, 2019 | Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues
Championship Sunday dawned cold in Nottingham, and probably early for many fans, who had filled the pubs and clubs of the city centre the night prior. Even what looked like traditional British pubs were often turned into thumpa-thumpa noise boxes with people standing...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 14, 2019 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
Down 0-2 in their first-round playoff series, Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan was asked how he hoped his team would approach Game 3. “A lot of people use the word ‘desperation’ to describe certain situations. I’m not sure I like that word because it implies a...
