Hockey History
Gerald Eskenazi Remembers the 1972 Summit Series
It’s hard to believe in this technology-laden age of 24-Hour sports coverage, but 50 years ago when Canada faced off against Russia in their now famous Summit Series, the games were not initially scheduled to be broadcast in the United States. None of the major networks were interested, including NBC, which was about to embark on their “Peter Puck” era of hockey coverage.
Retro Rangers: How the WHA New York Raiders begat the NHL Islanders
The New York Islanders were born in 1972 in an attempt to keep the WHA’s New York Raiders from setting up shop in the brand new Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, Long Island. Nassau County officials wanted nothing to do with the WHA, which they...
Logan Stankoven provided an immediate jolt in his first playoff game with Carolina, scoring twice in the second period Sunday to help the Hurricanes beat the Devils 4-1 in the [...]
Forward Cody Glass, who left in the third period, was among the New Jersey Devils' injuries from Sunday's 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 1 of this Stanley [...]
Tessa Janecke scored in overtime as the United States prevailed over defending champion Canada 4-3 to win the women's ice hockey world championship Sunday. [...]
Nathan MacKinnon scored two goals and assisted on another as the Colorado Avalanche opened their NHL playoffs with a 5-1 win over the Dallas Stars. [...]
Kyle Connor's one-timer with 1:36 remaining in the third period snapped a 3-3 tie, and the No. 1 seed Winnipeg Jets survived a Game 1 scare to post a 5-3 [...]
NHL Hockey Jerseys
