Back in the final season of the World Hockey Association, 17 year old prodigy Wayne Gretzky joined the Indianapolis Racers. Eight games into the season, Racers owner Nelson Skalbania wasn’t seeing the results he needed in his wallet and decided to sell Gretzky (along with two players) for $850,000. Skalbania told Gretzky he would be …
Last night, Teemu Selanne passed Jari Kurri for the all time scoring lead by a Finnish born player. His late third period power play goal put him ahead of Kurri with 1399 points. Unfortunately for him, the Ducks lost in overtime and took a major hit to their slim playoff hopes. The rumors are once …
Last season, the Atlanta Thrashers finished in 12th place in the Eastern Conference with 80 points. The Thrashers finished their final season in Atlanta with a 17-17-7 record. Star player Ilya Kovalchuk was traded the previous season, which hurt Atlanta at the box office, drawing an average of 13,469 fans per game in 2010-11. There were …
With Carolina’s 5-0 win over Washington Monday night, the Canes pulled to within eight points of the division leading Florida Panthers. Most pundits picked Washington to win the Southeast for a fifth straight year, citing the clear-cut best team in a weak division. Tampa was another choice, shown by their deep playoff run. Nobody was …
Here are some random news and notes from around The NHL : – The Boston Bruins ran over Ryan Miller and The Sabres (Literally) for their 5th straight win in a so far perfect November. -Max Pacioretty of The Montreal Canadiens, talk about a comeback! 3 goals in 4 games, leading the team in Goals (7) …