by Jason Scales | Mar 23, 2022 | Inside Hockey, NCAA
Reading, Ma – The 2021-22 NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament kicks off on Thursday, March 24, in Albany, NY, at the MVP Arena. The first game features Minnesota St. Mavericks, overall number two seed, taking on the 15th seeded Harvard Crimson at noon EST....
by George Grimm | Mar 14, 2022 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Retro Rangers
Separately, Jim Gordon and Bill Chadwick were each very good at their jobs, but together they were great and formed one of the most popular broadcasting teams in Rangers history. Gordon was the straight man, the professional broadcaster of the duo. A Brooklyn...
by Kenneth Cross | Jan 27, 2022 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, New Jersey Devils, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – The Tampa Bay Lightning are long noted for consistency of being positioned to make the kill or the goal needed to stoke another victory in the ‘W” column. That’s when Lightning center Anthony Cirelli came to the dance when he pushed in...
by George Grimm | Jan 20, 2022 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Back in the days before air travel became the norm, NHL teams rode the rails to their road games within the then six-team league. Bob Chrystal, who patrolled the Rangers Blue Line for a couple of seasons in the mid-50s was one of those players who spent countless...
by Kenneth Cross | Jan 6, 2022 | Calgary Flames, Homepage, Inside Hockey, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – For two consecutive seasons, Nikita Kucherov has gone down for months and been unavailable and when he came back, he provided the same wizardry with the puck that he would have if he had been skating through those injured periods. Kucherov delivered two...
by Kenneth Cross | Dec 17, 2021 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, Ottawa Senators, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – Victor Hedman and Steven Stamkos have had to take more aggressive roles with the Tampa Bay Lightning this season with the addition of new players and the loss of depth in the third and fourth lines. The Lightning took a 2-1 win over Ottawa on Thursday...
