by Jason Scales | Aug 18, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL
Trailing by two going into the final 20 minutes of play wasn’t enough to deter the Boston Bruins, who scored four goals in less than six minutes to take a commanding 3-1 series led over the Carolina Hurricanes. Jake DeBrusk scored two of the goals, the first of...
by John Zielonka | Aug 15, 2020 | Homepage, Inside Hockey, NHL
Everett Fitzhugh was named as the NHL’s newest broadcaster with the expansion Seattle Kraken, who start league play in the 2021-22 season. Fitzhugh sat down with insidehockey.com for a video interview to discuss the journey to landing his NHL dream job,...
by Jason Scales | Aug 15, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL
Just about an hour and a half before the start of game three between the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins, Boston announced that starting goaltender Tuukka Rask had opted out of the NHL bubble in Toronto. That news didn’t deter his teammates as back-up...
by Jason Scales | Aug 12, 2020 | Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Homepage, NHL
The Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins renewed NHL Playoff acquaintances in Toronto on Wednesday morning in typical 2020 fashion. It took a Patrice Bergeron snap-shot at 1:13 of the second overtime to break the 3-3 deadlock. Bergeron buried a David Pastrnak pass...
by Neal McHale | Aug 9, 2020 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
If there’s one thing that makes me want to call the qualifying round, or round-of-24, part of the actual playoffs and not just the manufactured (albiet entertaining) tournament designated to decide the fate of “bubble” teams, it’s the Edmonton...
by Neal McHale | Aug 8, 2020 | Homepage, NHL, Toronto Maple Leafs
No, you’re not reading the same story from Thursday night. And yes, I’m sure it’s not the other way around. Though I understand your skepticism, yet another 3-0 deficit was blown. On back-to-back nights no less. But, as they say, you’ve seen...