Day: May 14, 2024

ECHL Playoff Recap: Adirondack Thunder vs Norfolk Admirals Game 6 | 05/14/2024

GLENS FALLS—The Adirondack Thunder came into Game 6 with a 3-2 series lead after taking all three games in Norfolk after dropping the first two games at home. Norfolk, looking to salvage their season on Tuesday, would scratch Stephan Timofeyev, who had three goals in the series. Carson Golder was out with an injury suffered […]

Valeri Nichushkin Suspended Six Months Without Pay

Valeri Nichushkin of the Colorado Avalanche has re-entered the NHL/NHLPA Player Assistance following a failed drug test. Nichuskin has scored nine goals in the 2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs and leaves his team down against the Dallas Stars where they look to clinch a spot in the Western Conference finals. Nichushkin, 29, has been a […]

IIHF Men’s World Championship Tournament Game Recap: Team USA vs Team Slovakia | 05/13/2024

Team USA secured their first tournament win with a 6-1 victory over Germany on Saturday night. In contrast, Team Slovakia began its series with a 6-4 loss to Germany but bounced back with a 6-2 win against Kazakhstan. In the initial two matches of the world championship, virtually every American skater has contributed points on […]

NHL Playoffs: Carolina Hurricanes Bring Game Six to Raleigh

NEW YORK, N.Y.: The Carolina Hurricanes have stunned the hockey world once again. Seemingly adopting the magic that possessed the N.C. State men’s basketball team and arena sharers in March, the Hurricanes have taken a 0-3 series that was expected to be over into a game six.

NHL Playoffs: Bruins Must Improve in Key Areas To Extend the Series

The Bruins had an amazing first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, fighting until the end to knock the Maple Leafs out and move forward to the second round. However, the Bruins haven’t been doing so well in round two, even with their excellent start to the round, they have seemed to fall apart. To […]

NHL Playoff Preview: Edmonton Oilers vs. Vancouver Canucks | Round 2, Game 4 | 05/14/2024

After Game 3, Stuart Skinner now has the worst Playoff save percentage of any NHL goalie, with at least 20 games played since the 2005 lockout. A calculated .881 SV% on a Cup-contending team, .796 SV% in this series, is a challenge to defend. I don’t want to be too hard on Skinner, I really […]

NHL Playoffs: Rangers Lacking Urgency To Knock out the Hurricanes

Going into Game 4 with a three games to none series lead over the Carolina Hurricanes, it looked like the New York Rangers would easily move on to the Eastern Conference Finals. Two games later, this series is now three to two as the Hurricanes have taken two straight from the Blueshirts. Not only are […]

Don Sweeney talking at a Boston Bruins press conference

NHL Playoffs: Were Don Sweeney’s Comments Strong Enough?

The Boston Bruins find themselves in a three-games-to-one hole and facing elimination against a Florida Panthers team that has dominated Boston for large stretches of the series, particularly in five-on-five play. But a secondary storyline has involved NHL officiating, which has called 21 of the 30 penalties in the five games against the Bruins. The focus on […]

PHOTOS: Toledo Walleye vs. Wheeling Nailers – 05/10/2024

WHEELING, W. Va. – The Wheeling Nailers took on the Toledo Walleye in Game 4 of the Central Division Kelly Cup Playoff series on Friday night. The Nailers took the lead in the second period, but the Walleye came back quickly. The game went into overtime, where the Nailers lost and their season ended, with […]

Edmonton Oilers Plan to Start Calvin Pickard in Game 4

In what will be his first-ever Stanley Cup Playoff start, Calvin Pickard has been chosen as the starter over the primary starter Stuart Skinner for Game 4 of the Second Round against the Vancouver Canucks. This will be Pickard’s second career Stanley Cup Playoff game after making his debut in Game 3 making this a […]