Notre Dame Comes Back On Minnesota
With a chance for a banner in front of the Minnesota Golden Gophers and the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, the soon to be Big 10 opponents took to the ice in Manchester. What followed was an entertaining game co...
Manchester NCAA Hockey Regional Preview
It's time for March Madness! Division 1 Hockey has reached its best stretch when the 16 best teams meet to determine a national champion. Four of those teams will take to the rink at SNHU Arena in Manchester, N...
Yeah, Yeah, Boudreau’s Back
You’d think Bruce Boudreau won a Cup in Anaheim, so many stories were written about his return to SoCal this week with the Minnesota Wild. They all can be condensed to roughly the same thing: having lost four g...
Just Ho-Hum
Look at the LA Kings’ record over the past six games, and things are pretty ho-hum. Three wins, three losses, including a 4-3 OT victory on Saturday mid-day versus Minnesota.
But stretch it back a little fur...
Not Always 3-2
The Kings have once again shifted their lines around, but it’s more a matter of maximizing what they have than punishing anyone. After all, the team has won two games (coming into Thursday, when the Wild came t...
Good for the Psyche
For a team that went all the way to within a game of the Stanley Cup finals last spring, the Ducks couldn’t look much less familiar, or a whole lot less skillful, than they do this fall. The lineup is full of n...
How (Not) to Win a Hockey Game
The Minnesota Wild are frustrated. They have to be. They went to Anaheim Friday night having had a five-day layoff and lost a close 2-1 game, a game in which only a turnover in the late going gave the Ducks, in...
Who Are These Ducks?
You look at the Ducks lineup, and the first thing you notice is who’s not there. That’s obvious. Selanne. Koivu. No, Finland isn’t on the naughty list. These guys just got old, and they faded into a happy sunse...