Day: April 23, 2023

ECHL: Jacksonville Icemen Game Two Recap: Big Payoff With Free Hockey

The Jacksonville Icemen hosted the Greenville Swamp Rabbits on Sunday Night for game two of round one of the 2023 Kelly Cup Playoffs. The round one series began Friday night in Jacksonville with a 4-1 loss to the visiting Swamp Rabbits. The Icemen hoped for a better showing than Friday’s game one performance. Friday’s game […]

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ECHL: South Carolina’s Josh Wilkins Suspended One Game

The ECHL announced that Josh Wilkins has been suspended for one game following the first game of the Kelly Cup Playoffs. On Saturday, Wilkins was involved in a scuffle on the ice with Florida Everblades Defencemen Brandon Hickey during the first period. After the refs were able to gain control of the dog pile, Wilkins […]

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Akira Schmid in net for the New Jersey Devils in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports

Schmid Earns Devils Net for Rest of Playoff Series With the Rangers

The play of New Jersey Devils goaltender Vitek Vanecek during the regular season is one of the reasons why the team had so much success and made it into the playoffs for the first time in five seasons. Vanecek, 27, was 33-11-0-4 with a 2.45 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage, and three shutouts during […]

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Linus Ullmark and Jeremy Swayman hugging after a Bruins win.

Bruins Provide Updates On Ullmark and Krejci Before Game 4

Boston Bruins Head Coach Jim Montgomery provided updates as the team prepares for Game 4 of their best-of-seven first-round series with Florida on Sunday. Montgomery announced that Linus Ullmark would start in goal for Boston. Ullmark has played in all three games this far with a 2-1 record. The 29-year-old netminder has a 2.69 goals-against-average […]

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Avalanche Take 2-1 Series Lead After 6-4 Game 3 Victory Over Kraken

“Two down, two to go.” The Colorado Avalanche are now have a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven First Round series of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Seattle Kraken after defeating Seattle 6-4 in Game 3 of on Saturday night at Climate Pledge Arena.  For the Avalanche, Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen each scored twice, while Cale […]

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ECHL: 3 Keys to the Game l Swamp Rabbits (1-0-0) vs Icemen (0-1-0) l Game 2

Date: April 23, 2023 l Time: 5:00 pm Est l Where: VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena The Swamp Rabbits will play the Jacksonville Icemen in Game two of the first-round series tonight in Jacksonville. The Swamp Rabbits took Game one on Friday night, scoring four goals to the Icemen one. Here are tonight’s three keys to […]

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Missed Opportunities: NY Rangers Squander Several Scoring Chances, Lose to Devils 2-1 in OT

If you’re a Rangers fan, you just knew. Those first two games were almost TOO perfect. So while it was no shock that a team as talented as the Devils would not go away quietly, the Rangers had a glorious chance to put a stranglehold on the series and possibly save some energy for the […]

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Bruins Getting Help From The “Man”

The Boston Bruins were shorthanded Friday night in Game 3 against the Florida Panthers and needed their depth to show through to get a huge road win to take a 2-1 series lead. Missing their top centers created a daunting challenge, particularly when David Krejci was a last-minute scratch. It would be up to the […]

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Oilers Playoffs: Round 1 – Game 4 Preview

Even though every sports fan is slightly biased, I try not to be THAT fan. However, it is admittedly hard to preview the next playoff game without mentioning the elephant… I mean, hockey stick in the room. The Edmonton Oilers are swallowing yet another tough loss. Gabriel Vilardi’s high stick before the OT winner is […]

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ECHL: Toledo Walleye Take Down Indy Fuel in Game 2

The Toledo Walleye took on the Indy Fuel in Game 2 of the 7-game series on Saturday in front of a sellout crowd, as the Walleye were able to find the back of the net four times to beat the Fuel 4-2.  Toledo came out strong with a swift goal by Andrew Sturtz, assisted by […]

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