by Eric Burton | Dec 23, 2023 | NCAA, NCHC
First, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. It is the most wonderful time of the year. Looking at the first half of the 2023-24 season, the University of North Dakota hockey team took a step forward. Through 18 games, the Hawks are 12-5-1 and (5-3-0 NCHC);...
by Kenneth Cross | Dec 20, 2023 | St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA – Nikita Kucherov scored his 21st and 22nd goals of the season and Andrei Vasilevskiy turned away 28 of 29 St. Louis shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning cruised to a 6-1 win over the Blues in Amalie Arena on Tuesday evening. Tampa Bay performed a total...
by Jason Scales | Dec 19, 2023 | AHL, Boston Bruins, International, Leagues, NHL, World Juniors
On Monday, December 18, 2023, Boston Bruins General Manager Don Sweeney met with the media at Warrior Ice Arena, where he covered a few topics related to the Bruins’ future, namely Matthew Poitras and some other AHL Providence Bruins players. The Bruins...
by Mike Gambill | Dec 19, 2023 | Ottawa Senators
Sometimes it just takes a few days for predictions to come true and for the Ottawa Senators, head coach D.J. Smith just got flame-broiled and now is unemployed. Merry Christmas, Coach. Now clean out your office. The NHL head coaching carousel keeps going in circles...
by Robert Marks | Dec 16, 2023 | Philadelphia Flyers, Photo Galleries, Washington Capitals
The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Thursday. Bobby Brink, Joel Farabee and Owen Tippett scored for the Flyers and Connor McMichael, Tom Wilson and Dylan Strome tallied for the Capitals during regulation. In the shootout,...
by Mike Gambill | Dec 16, 2023 | Columbus Blue Jackets, Ottawa Senators, Seattle Kraken
The NHL coaching fraternity is a notoriously tight circle with old coaches getting hired by one team, then fired, and finding their way to another team down the road. All you have to do is look around and see familiar names: Trotz, Montgomery, Bowness, DeBoer,...