As you all know the NHL 2020/21 season is going to look vastly different to normal. There are four new divisional bubbles, a mishmash of teams, vastly differing schedules and no pre-season. The Divisions: North Calgary FlamesToronto Maple LeafsEdmonton OilersVancouver CanucksMontreal CanadiensWinnipeg JetsOttawa Senators Western Anaheim DucksMinnesota WildArizona CoyotesSan Jose SharksColorado AvalancheSt Louis BluesLA KingsVegas... Continue Reading →
Who's been eliminated? Who fights to see another day? Who Advances?
Day 5 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs started with a shock announcement, Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask opted out of the playoffs citing wanting to spend time with his family as the reason. The announcement came just a little over an hour before puck drop in their Eastern Conference First Round Game 3 matchup with... Continue Reading →
Day 3 treated us to even more theatrics, and as hundreds of fans on social media put it "terrible refereeing" in the evening Eastern game. In Toronto, the Eastern Conference hub city, the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins played back-to-back, and the Columbus Blue Jackets and Tampa Bay Lightning looked well rested after their 5OT... Continue Reading →
Take two for CAR/BOS and all of Day 2's drama
The Stanley Cup playoffs are officially underway!The first day saw a historic 5OT thriller between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Tampa Bay Lightning. The dram of this game pushed the Carolina Hurricanes' Game 1 meeting with rivals, the Boston Bruins, to be rescheduled for 11am on Wednesday, August 12. Meanwhile in Edmonton the third-seeded... Continue Reading →
The Stanley Cup is now well under way, with Day 4 featuring only Best-of-5 series games. Heading in to the day the Carolina Hurricanes knew that victory would secure them the series and they'd be moving on to the Playoffs, after taking a 2-0 lead on Monday. The Winnipeg Jets and Calgary Flames also faced... Continue Reading →
We're already on Day 3 of the 2019/20 Stanley Cup Playoff campaign. The first two days brought us some shocks, edge-of-your seat moments, an overtime and 48 goals. Day three treated us to four best-of-5 series games (two Eastern, two Western) and two Round-Robin games (one Eastern, one Western Conference), not one, but two hat... Continue Reading →
142 days after the NHL paused its season due to COVID-19, the Stanley Cup Playoffs have officially started!Each team played an exhibition game earlier this week, but it's all business from here on in. There hasn't been a best-of-5 series in the NHL since 1986. The League used them for the preliminary round of the... Continue Reading →
Tuesday saw the Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames all took to the ice for the first time in months. Wednesday played host to the Carolina Hurricanes meeting Metro rivals, the Washington Capitals, as the New York Islanders did with the Rangers. Tampa Bay Lightning faced off... Continue Reading →
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