by Heath Whelan | Apr 14, 2019 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL
In one of the most lackluster and lazy games in recent memory, the Bruins lost Game One of the first round of the playoffs to the Toronto Maple Leafs by a score of 4 to 1. The Bruins mismanaged the puck in all three zones of play, turning it over countless times and...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 13, 2019 | Homepage, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby was back in his practice stall Saturday in the Pittsburgh suburb of Cranberry, away from the hostile environs of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders had sent Crosby’s Penguins packing with an 0-2 deficit, the first time they’ve been in that...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 13, 2019 | Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues
In the prior story, I told you about some happy and excited Nottingham and Guildford fans who talked to me Saturday morning in advance of the two semi-final games in the weekend PredictorBet EIHL Playoff Finals. Each group was charged up about their team’s prospects....
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 13, 2019 | Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues
The first folks I spied when I arrived at the Motorpoint Arena in Nottingham were exactly the sort I wanted to find: passionate fans all decked out in costume, and looking unlike anything I’ve found in an NHL arena Six people, six stories. As you look at the photo...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 13, 2019 | Archived Features, Homepage
Up at the crack of dawn, down to the Oxford train station, through Birmingham to Derby. Change of trains for the express to Nottingham. Walk to the Motorpoint Arena, a twenty-year-old facility that seats about 6500 people. Time to figure out what the heck British...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 12, 2019 | Archived Features, Homepage, Leagues
Since the 1930s, people have been playing professional ice hockey in England. It took Inside Hockey until now to decide to post someone to cover the finals of the current league, the Elite Ice Hockey League, formed in 2003. Actually, the fact that I am going to be...
