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...
by Brian Kennedy | Nov 17, 2024 | Anaheim Ducks
John Gibson, long-suffering goaltender for the somewhat hapless Anaheim Ducks, was rumored to be on the trading block last spring. It wasn’t lack of performance by the player or interest by the team that got him there, but rather desire in a positive sense. His...
by Kenneth Cross | Nov 17, 2024 | Philadelphia Flyers, Tampa Bay Lightning
The struggles with putting away teams to get the win have been a recent theme in the season for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Philadelphia Flyers forward Owen Tippett added a late goal and the shootout winner to give the Flyers the 2-1 overtime win in Amelie Arena on...
by Kenneth Cross | Nov 17, 2024 | Tampa Bay Lightning, Winnipeg Jets
Tampa Bay goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 24 of 25 shots to win his 300th career game and Jake Guentzel scored two goals to pace the Lightning to a 4-1 win over the 15-2-0 Winnipeg Jets. “How you become the best – you are put in the big moments at the big...