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NHL Awards: Hart Finalists Announced
The NHL is almost done announcing all its awards finalists and today they present the three contenders for the Hart Trophy, given to “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.” The nominees are: Henrik Lundqvist (New York Rangers) Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh Penguins) Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Lightning) Lundqvist, who is [...]
TweetJohnstown Acquires NAHL Team After Losing ECHL Team
According to the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, official announcement was made yesterday that the North American Hockey League (NAHL) Board of Governors has unanimously approved the sale of the Tier II Junior A hockey team, the Alaska Avalanche, formerly based at Palmer’s MTA Events Center to the Johnstown Sports Partnership, LLC. The team is now headed to their new [...]
TweetNHL Playoffs 2012: Last Night in the East (April 22)
Philadelphia Flyers 5 vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 1 (Flyers Win Series 4-2) The Philadelphia Flyers crushed Pittsburgh Penguins hopes for extending their NHL Playoffs 2012 series to a seventh game and a chance to move onto the next round yesterday. Philadelphia was pretty dominate right out of the gate with star forward Claude Giroux landing a good, clean hit [...]
TweetNHL Takes the First Step in Regaining Control of the Game with Raffi Torres Suspension
I want to commend the NHL for finally admitting they were wrong and for proving what we have been saying for the last several seasons, the disciplinary program is flawed. The 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs have been stained by the bad blood of cheap shots and dangerous violent attacks. Instead of enjoying eight really good [...]
TweetVIDEO: Apple Daily’s Take on the NHL Playoffs
Apple Daily is a Taiwanese newspaper and website that produces animated videos based on news stories of great interest, but they always put a funny spin on things and end up pumping out some interesting material.It turns out the good people of Apple Daily are also watching the NHL playoffs–and they wonder about the level [...]
TweetNHL Playoffs 2012: Last Night in the East (April 18)
Pittsburgh Penguins 10 vs. Philadelphia Flyers 3 (Philly Leads Series 3-1) The Penguins were facing elimination in the NHL Playoffs 2012, but decided to start playing the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey like they know how to play and dominated the game from beginning to end leaving the Flyers to wonder what just hit them. Pittsburgh moved [...]
TweetNHL Playoffs 2012- Last Night in the West (April 17)
The bash festival that has been the NHL Playoffs isn’t funny anymore. That became obvious as Chicago’s leading scorer in the regular season, Marian Hossa, lay on the ice. The hit by Raffi Torres has already landed the Coyote an indefinite suspension, but the damage to Hossa and the Blackhawks could finish the team off [...]
TweetNHL Discipline: Officiating, Brendan Shanahan Making A Mockery Of The System
Since taking over as the NHL’s lead disciplinarian towards the end of last season, Brendan Shanahan has been no stranger to controversy. His failure to maintain any sort of consistency has led many to go as far as saying he’s right there with Colin Campbell, who Shanahan replaced, as far as how putrid his decision-making [...]
TweetPittsburgh Penguins’ Loss To Philadelphia Flyers Embarrassing In More Than One Way
The Philadelphia Flyers unloaded on the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday, scoring eight goals for the second consecutive game. But the Penguins refused to go quietly into the night, and not on the scoreboard. Sunday’s game is one that will surely go down in playoff history, as one of the ugliest games in the history of [...]
TweetVIDEO: Craig Adams Pulls Scott Hartnell’s Hair During Fight
The Sunday game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins was just a mess. Lots of goals, lots of penalties, lots of fights, and even some hair pulling. During a late brawl, Penguins forward Craig Adams was in a scrap with Scott Hartnell. During the fight, Adams pulled Hartnell’s hair. HE PULLED ANOTHER MAN’S HAIR. [...]
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