Hockey Page 449 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Winnipeg's Been Waiting A Long Time For This
It had been 22 years since a Winnipeg Jets team won a playoff game, and that wasn’t even these Winnipeg Jets. That was a different franchise altogether; it’s in Arizona now. This Jets franchise, including its time in Atlanta, had never won a playoff game. But before a crazy, popcorn-erupting, whited...
This Is What Playoff Hockey In Vegas Looks Like
The Vegas Golden Knights, the expansion NHL team that somehow won its division, were the best story in hockey this year. ...
NHL Just Up And Decides To Invent Tiebreaking Game Two Days Before It Might Need One
The NHL regular season ends on Sunday, and the second wild card spot in the East currently belongs to the Flyers, who have one game left to play. The Panthers, with two to play, are four points back. But: what if they end up tied? And what if they also end up tied in every extant tiebreaker? It’s a ...
Daniel Sedin Scores Overtime Winner Assisted By Henrik In Their Last Vancouver Game
If the Sedins’ careers had to end with a meaningless game in April, it’s absolutely perfect that they ended like this. Daniel and Henrik Sedin led the Canucks to victory in their final game on Vancouver ice before retirement, with Daniel scoring both a second-period goal and the overtime winner off ...
The Predators Got Hosed By Goalie Interference
In a game loaded with playoff and seeding implications, Predators-Panthers had an ending that should terrify everyone that a rough goaltender interference call could fuck over any team at any time. Isn’t hockey great?!...
Can I Bribe You With A Beautiful Goal To Get You To Read A Short Blog About The Capitals' Playoff Chances?
You’ll see Andre Burakovsky’s goal being referred to as a goal of the year candidate, because A) it was very pretty, and B) hockey writers have a distinct lack of pithy descriptors for really good goals. It’s sort of silly, because there’s no actual official “goal of the year” award! But at least it...
Sedin Twins Announce Their Retirement Together
After an 18-year NHL career spent entirely together (not to mention several seasons with MODO in Sweden), Henrik and Daniel Sedin have jointly announced their plans to retire at the end of the season in a letter published on the Canucks website. With the Canucks out of the playoff picture, that mean...
Give Scott Foster The Vezina
The Blues have dressed an emergency goaltender this season, and the Hurricanes actually put their equipment manager Jorge Alves in a game last year—for precisely eight seconds with no shots on goal. Thursday night, Scott Foster not only became the first emergency goalie to make a save in an NHL game...
This Pretty Goal Will Be The Only Thing I Choose To Remember From The Red Wings' Season
On MLB opening day and with plenty of actual good NHL teams in action, there was no way in hell I was going to put myself through Red Wings-Sabres last night. So I’d be lying if I said I’ve entirely stuck by my hometown team, but still, this highlight is like the best thing I’ve seen from Detroit al...
The Michigan Goal Is So Hot Right Now
In Thursday’s 5-3 Nashville win over San Jose, Predators winger Filip Forsberg attempted—and almost nailed—a thing of beauty. While skating around the back of the net, Forsberg scooped the puck onto the blade of his stick and threw it on net while he skated past. He hit the post....
Blackhawks Play 36-Year-Old Local Accountant As Emergency Goalie
“I am an accounting professional with experience in financial services. I have expertise in fund accounting and financial reporting.”...
What The Hell, Sid!
The Pirates got rained out today, but here’s some Pittsburgh hitting that’s better than anything you would have seen from the Buccos....
Tuukka Rask Throws Hands At Crease Intruder, Almost Sparks Goalie Brawl
The Lightning and Bruins are currently previewing tonight what could be a very good playoff series next month, and going by this game, tempers will be hot if these teams meet again....
Connor McDavid Deserves So Much Better
Connor McDavid had three points and the Oilers lost by four. I can’t think of a better way to sum up this season in Edmonton....
The Golden Knights Made Me Look Stupid
In every life, a little shit must be eaten. Especially by sportswriters who think they know anything. Back in June, after the expansion draft, I encouraged everyone to look at the Vegas Golden Knights’ projected roster and wrote,...
This Was The Ugliest Overtime Since The NHL Went To 3-On-3
I am very sorry to do this to you, but watch the entirety of the overtime period in last night’s Ducks-Oilers game:...
Thank God, Auston Matthews Is Back
Young Maple Leafs sensation Auston Matthews returned to the team Thursday night after a month-long layoff due to a shoulder injury, suiting up for a 5-2 win at league-leading Nashville. It didn’t take long for Matthews to satisfy our cravings for some pretty, self-assured stickhandling....
Cam Ward Had A Real Bizarre Own Goal
Why score a goal yourself when you can just find a way to get the puck into the goalie’s gear and have him carry it in for you?...
So Uh Marc-Andre Fleury Could Be Out A While
This sounds potentially very not good for Marc-Andre Fleury and his Pacific-leading Vegas Golden Knights. The goaltender took a shot to the mask in the first period of Tuesday’s game, and did not return after intermission. And now head coach Gerard Gallant says Fleury is not traveling with the team,...
Victor Hedman Has A Weird Pregame Ritual
Before every game for most of his career, Tampa defenseman Victor Hedman plays the knife game, aka five-finger fillet, aka mumblety-peg, aka stabscotch, rapidly stabbing the blade of his stick between the spread fingers of Lightning assistant equipment manager Rob Kennedy. While he reportedly isn’t ...