by Robert Marks | Apr 25, 2022 | Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries, Pittsburgh Penguins
Vegas picked the Penguins as a 2.5 goal favorite against the twenty-five-win Flyers Sunday late afternoon. Boy did Vegas get it wrong. The Flyers dominated the Penguins from start to finish, out-hitting them 24-12 and out-shooting them 43-38. After a disappointing...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 25, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, NHL, St. Louis Blues
What would you do if you made enough money to retire in your mid-30s? Most people successful enough to do that don’t just golf. They’re too competitive for a life of leisure. If they’ve built one business, they build another one. With athletes, it’s a little bit...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 24, 2022 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
The LA Kings and Anaheim Ducks finished their “Freeway Faceoff” series on Saturday night with the Kings playing to solidify their likely playoff berth and the Ducks trying to hold on and end the season respectably. Mostly, the Anaheim effort was worthy, though they...
by Jason Scales | Apr 24, 2022 | Boston Bruins, Homepage, New York Rangers, NHL
Healthy Line-Up Gets the Win in Saturday Matinee. Boston, MA – The return of David Pastrnak, Hampus Lindholm, and Linus Ullmark sparked the Boston Bruins to a 3-1 win over the visiting New York Rangers on Saturday afternoon at TD Garden. Pastrnak’s goal...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 22, 2022 | Archived Features, Hockey History, Homepage, Montreal Canadiens, NHL
The full line from which I’ve excerpted my title is, “Unresting death, a whole day nearer now,” from a Philip Larkin poem (“Aubade”), and I cite it as a reminder: we’ve lost Guy Lafleur, at 70 too young to go. And his death portends our own, though mostly we don’t...
by Brian Kennedy | Apr 22, 2022 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
Jonathan Quick was back in net Thursday as the Kings extended their efforts to make the playoffs in the Western Conference. This on the heels of an amazing performance in their last game, Tuesday versus Anaheim. It was a game that I described as featuring perhaps...
