by Jason Scales | Aug 19, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL
Perennial playoff heroes aren’t easy to come by and the Boston Bruins are fortunate to have a few of them. Once again the Bruins were powered by veteran centers David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron, as Boston closed out the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 in game 5....
by Neal McHale | Aug 19, 2020 | Columbus Blue Jackets, Homepage, NHL
John, Jarmo and Ryan. Whether they knew it or not, they were to be the starring cast for the Blue Jackets 10 years ago. It was them, one from the bench, one from a suite atop and one helping bring Seth Jones in from Nashville that helped raise the expectation and...
by Neal McHale | Aug 18, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks
In each of the three prior games, the Canucks were able to answer whatever the defending champs threw their way. Even in Sunday’s 3-2 overtime loss, they took just 37 seconds to answer the Blues first lead of the series. On Monday they couldn’t find the...
by Jason Scales | Aug 18, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL
Trailing by two going into the final 20 minutes of play wasn’t enough to deter the Boston Bruins, who scored four goals in less than six minutes to take a commanding 3-1 series led over the Carolina Hurricanes. Jake DeBrusk scored two of the goals, the first of...
by John Zielonka | Aug 15, 2020 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL
Everett Fitzhugh was named as the NHL’s newest broadcaster with the expansion Seattle Kraken, who start league play in the 2021-22 season. Fitzhugh sat down with insidehockey.com for a video interview to discuss the journey to landing his NHL dream job,...
by Jason Scales | Aug 15, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL
Just about an hour and a half before the start of game three between the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins, Boston announced that starting goaltender Tuukka Rask had opted out of the NHL bubble in Toronto. That news didn’t deter his teammates as back-up...