by George Grimm | Aug 6, 2020 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Retro Rangers
Edgar Laprade was considered by many to be the best senior hockey player in Canada during the early 1940s. Laprade began playing junior hockey with his hometown Port Arthur, Ontario, Bruins at the age of 16 in 1935. Three years later he moved up to senior hockey and...
by Angie Carducci | Aug 6, 2020 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
For the first time in his career, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will play a meaningful hockey game on his Aug. 7 birthday. It couldn’t be much more meaningful, as it turns out, as his fifth-seeded club now faces elimination at the hands of the 12th-seeded Montreal...
by Neal McHale | Aug 5, 2020 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, NHL
The Panthers needed an inspired group to play with composure or face elimination on Wednesday. They chose the former, prolonging their playoff hopes and pushing the Islanders to a fifth game on Saturday afternoon. After being penalized seven times on Tuesday,...
by Neal McHale | Aug 5, 2020 | Homepage, New York Rangers, NHL
Facing elimination, the Rangers needed to pull out all the stops to get passed Carolina and prolong their season to avoid being the first of 24 teams to exit the bubble. But even with a change in the pipes and their first lead of the series, it wasn’t enough to...
by Neal McHale | Aug 4, 2020 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL
Having a short memory might be important for the Panthers ahead of an elimination game on Wednesday versus the Islanders. Of course, maybe selective memory might suit the Cats better. In two games, they’ve seen the Islanders parade to a combined nine 10 power...
by Neal McHale | Aug 4, 2020 | Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Homepage, New York Rangers, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
Attention hockey bracket-fillers, there just might be a 1-2 punch of safe-risks in this year’s extraordinarily unpredictable 22-team format. Might I interest you in a four-line team on the brink of closing out its qualifying round? How about a low-expectation...
