by Brian Kennedy | Dec 5, 2024 | Anaheim Ducks, Vegas Golden Knights
Are the Anaheim Ducks almost good enough? Not to contend, but to be in most games they play. Their last ten games, they’re 6-3-1, which is a .650 points pace. In other words, they get two-thirds of the points they contend for. Do this all year, and you’d have over one...
by Kenneth Cross | Dec 4, 2024 | Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs took a 4-0 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning after two periods before the Lightning rallied with three goals in the third, but dropped a tough 5-3 decision to finish playing five games in eight days. “It’s one of those things that turns into a...
by Brian Kennedy | Dec 2, 2024 | Los Angeles Kings, Seattle Kraken
After a 1-0 loss Wednesday and lots of time to think about it, both before and after, this being their only game in the work week, the LA Kings faced off against the Seattle Kraken, who had an equal amount of time to think about a 3-0 win against the Nashville...
by Eric Burton | Nov 26, 2024 | NCAA, NCHC
Hockey is a physical sport, and it’s impossible to make it through a season without players missing time due to injuries. This season, the University of North Dakota hockey team has suffered a rash of injuries. So far this season, UND has been without Kaleb...
by Eric Burton | Nov 23, 2024 | Atlantic Hockey, NCAA, NCHC
Grand Forks, ND — Friday, the UND hockey team scored on the game’s first two shots as Caleb MacDonald and Jackson Kunz gave UND a quick lead. Roughly 83 seconds into the game, the Fighting Hawks looked like they would run Robert Morris out of the building....
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 17, 2024 | Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings
Come off the first half of a back-to-back, switch out your goalie. That’s the plan almost universally followed in this era when stats rule and the numbers say that goaltending drops off significantly in the second game. And that was the plan followed by the Detroit...