Author: Patrick Hoffman

Patrick covers the NHL for Inside The Rink. He has previously covered the league for The Ultimate Hockey Fan Cave, WTP Sports, Sportsnet.ca, Kukla’s Korner, Spector’s Hockey, NHL Network Radio blog, TheHockeyNews.com, The Fourth Period, Stan Fischler’s “The Fischler Report”, as well as a slew of others.

Opinion: Admiring Sidney Crosby

As someone who grew up rooting for the New York Rangers, it was seldom that I had favorite players on other NHL clubs. My favorite player of all time is/was Rangers great Mike Richter. I also enjoyed watching players like Brian Leetch, Adam Graves, Mark Messier, Alexei Kovalev, and several others. Nowadays, I consider myself […]

Shesterkin’s Game is Coming Around For the Blueshirts

This may be hard to believe, but when it comes to the New York Rangers and their goaltending, Jonathan Quick has been the better goaltender up to this point in this season. Quick, 37, is 9-0-0-1 with a 2.09 goals-against average, a .926 save percentage, and one shutout. He has been one of the league’s […]

The Hurricanes Have a Big Goaltending Problem

Going into this season, the Carolina Hurricanes were considered Stanley Cup contenders. At the time, it was hard to disagree with that sentiment. The club has a great offense, plays well defensively, and has enough depth in goal to overcome injuries. As it turns out, hockey pundits and fans alike may have been premature with […]

Islanders No Longer Sinking

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An Email Interview with Hockey Content Creator Ethan Zaretsky

There are a lot of up-and-coming hockey content creators out there. One such person is Penn State University senior Ethan Zaretsky. Ethan is someone who is involved in hockey at both Penn State University and TDAY Sports while also being a big New York Rangers fan. Ethan was kind enough to take time out of […]

Opinion: Why Ranger Fans Should Not Worry About Shesterkin

It is amazing that despite being one of the best teams in the NHL this season, New York Rangers fans will find something to be negative about. As someone who grew up a Blueshirts fan, I am guilty of doing this. I could always find the bad, even when good things were happening. Now that […]

The Flyers Are Surprising Everyone

Going into this season, not much was expected of the Philadelphia Flyers. This is a team that has missed the playoffs for three straight seasons, is very young, has a new front office, and is still figuring out its identity. In other words, there was still a lot of work to be done before the […]

Are The Oilers Back?

It may only be December, but it has already been a tale of two seasons for the Edmonton Oilers. In the first one, everything was going wrong for the hockey club. Connor McDavid dealt with an injury, the team got horrible goaltending, they fired head coach Jay Woodcroft and replaced him with Kris Knoblauch, and […]

Opinion: Mike Richter and The Hockey Hall of Fame

With the 2023 Hockey Hall of Fame Inductions now behind us, I wanted to take this time to take a look at a goaltender who I think will continue to get passed by. That goaltender is former New York Ranger great Mike Richter. Richter, a Rangers’ lifer who has been eligible for the Hall of […]

Opinion: Why Lyon Should be the Red Wings’ Starting Goaltender For Now

Going into this season, the Detroit Red Wings were in an enviable position. They had three goalies with varying levels of success in the league. Their starter, Ville Husso, got off to a great start with the team last year before faltering in the second half of the season while backup goaltender James Reimer has […]