by George Grimm | Mar 23, 2021 | Hockey History, Homepage, Inside Hockey, New York Rangers, NHL, Retro Rangers
While the COVID-19 pandemic has cast a long, dark shadow on everyone’s lives, one unexpected bright spot has been the weekly ‘Hockey Time Machine’ broadcasts featuring a host of former players, coaches, announcers, referees, trainers and team executives The...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 21, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Vegas Golden Knights
Here we were again, mid-Sunday afternoon, Vegas in town to play the Kings. Local time 3pm. The NASCAR race from Atlanta still finishing up on TV. And LA hoping to avenge a 4-2 Friday night loss and keep their playoff hopes alive. They’d had the chance to pull within...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 20, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, Utah Hockey Club
Two nights ago, it was all rainbows and puppies, as Dallas Eakins might have said. (If you’ve been following my coverage of the Anaheim team here at Inside Hockey, you get this.) The Ducks had won, in comeback fashion. They had seen a rookie play his first game and...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 20, 2021 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, Vegas Golden Knights
The LA Kings have been on a bit of a run of late. Coming into Friday night with Vegas in town, they had points in 13 of 17 games. They beat St. Louis at home on Wednesday night, and came into the game sitting fifth in the division, three points behind those same...
by Neal McHale | Mar 19, 2021 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
As the Devils truck along with the final 29 games of their season, the emphasis looks to be on its collection of youngsters navigating their way through the league. Which is to say, it might not look all that different from the first 27 games. Six players under 24...
by Brian Kennedy | Mar 19, 2021 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Utah Hockey Club
Arizona was in Anaheim Thursday night for the first of two games versus the Ducks. They didn’t have to do much to get the lead, because on two shots they had two goals, the second one going in at 7:07. Ryan Miller was in net, as he has been in three of the Ducks’...