by Heath Whelan | May 3, 2018 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL
The key to real estate is location, location, location. They key to winning playoff hockey games is having a goaltender that comes up with timely saves. After a shaky first round, that saw the Boston Bruins eke out a 4 games to 3 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs,...
by George Grimm | Apr 26, 2018 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Prior to the 1965-66 season when the NHL ruled that teams must dress two netminders for games, many teams often employed amateurs and low minor leaguers to serve as practice and emergency goaltenders. These men were happy to share the ice with the pros and make a few...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 22, 2018 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
The Penguins gave the Flyers life in Game 5. And, for the better part of two periods, they continued to do the same in Game 6. Playing in front of their home crowd for a chance to tie the series, Philadelphia came out with a dominant start, outshooting the Penguins...
by Angie Carducci | Apr 14, 2018 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins
After embarrassing the Flyers 7-0 in Game 1, the Penguins opened Game 2 with another dominant effort. For the first 18:30 or so, anyway. Then they took the first penalty of the night, a boarding call against Zach Aston-Reese, and things started to unravel. Less than a...
by Chris Lynch | Apr 6, 2018 | Big Ten, Inside Hockey, NCAA, NCHC
St. Paul, MN — The Frozen Four returned to the State of Hockey for the first time since 2011. That year, Minnesota-Duluth outlasted Notre Dame and Michigan to claim the program’s first National Championship only two hours away from campus. Seven years...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 3, 2018 | Archived Features, Colorado Avalanche, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Los Angeles Kings
In the ongoing saga of who wants and who does not want to get into the NHL playoffs from the Western Conference, the Avs blew a point and squeaked a point on Sunday (Anaheim beat them in OT), then headed up the freeway to faceoff with the Kings. Freeway. Faceoff....
