by Mike Stern | May 3, 2018 | Dallas Stars, NHL
You can bet your last remaining Tyler Seguin- or Jamie Benn-autographed hockey stick that Dallas Stars fans are disappointed at being on the outside looking in as the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs heads into the next round. Ken Hitchcock’s skaters looked like a sure thing...
by Ed Cmar | May 3, 2018 | NHL
Game Four of the First Round Stanley Cup playoff series pitted the Washington Capitals, who once again finished first in the National Hockey League’s (NHL’s) highly contested Metropolitan Division against the Columbus Blue Jackets, who finished fourth in the...
by Adam Dermer | May 3, 2018 | Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL
After 4 seasons with the Carolina Hurricanes, Coach Bill Peters resigned on Friday April 20th after another disappointing season, going 36-35-11. Peters missed the playoffs all four years coaching the club and his record was a mediocre 137-138-53. He had one more year...
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 Angie Carducci | May 2, 2018 | Homepage, Pittsburgh Penguins
With five penalties called in the first period alone, the Game 3 officiating crew seemed to be sending the Penguins and Capitals a message – play it clean. By the second period, emotion on both sides began to bubble over, and the officials started to lose control of...
by George Grimm | Apr 30, 2018 | Hockey History, Homepage, New York Rangers, Retro Rangers
Gilles Villemure was born on May 30, 1940 and grew up in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec where the local hockey rink was right next to the fairgrounds race track, and so his two passions became hockey and horse racing. Luckily for him he was able to pursue both of these...