Two years ago, Team USA got to the Gold Medal Game in the Olympics with names like Kane, Malone and Rafalski. This year, none of those players are still competing for the Stanley Cup. But that shouldn’t be indicative of the future of American hockey. This season’s NHL playoffs are showcasing some of the good, …
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Here’s to Giving International Hockey a Chance
Sometimes the Stanley Cup Playoffs are hard to stay interested in after your favorite team is eliminated, and other times the interest just isn’t there to begin with for whatever reason. The NHL season is long and the playoffs are not as captivating when there is not a single team left that you care about. …
Previewing the 2012 World Junior Championships
Guest Post by Alicia Sprenkle, writer for Confessions of Hockeyholics Hockey fans in the US may not all be aware of it, but we are less than two weeks away from an exciting international ice hockey tournament. The World Junior Championship is set to begin December 26th in Alberta and for those hockey fans not …
Bleeps & Bloops: Weekend Roundup
Some quick hits from this weekend’s NHL action: -Couple of impressive road victories for the Flyers this weekend. First, a comeback overtime win in Anaheim in which they trailed 3-0 as late as 5 minutes remaining in the second period. Philly took advantage of some dumb Ducks penalties, scoring three power play goals, including Claude Giroux’s …




