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.

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Canucks Off to Blazing Start

There have been a lot of surprises to start in the NHL this season. The Anaheim Ducks are currently on a six-game winning streak. The Boston Bruins currently have the second-best record in the league despite losing the likes of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci, and even though they have the likes of Connor McDavid and […]

Rangers To Try and Survive Without Fox For Next Few Weeks

With the New York Rangers off to an 8-2 start, one would figure that all is good in their world, right? Unfortunately for the team and their fans, that assumption would be wrong. On Friday, November 3rd, the club found out that they will be without not only their best defenseman but one of their […]

The Sharks Are Dead in the Water

It must be unbelievably tough to be a San Jose Sharks fan these days. Unfortunately, there is nothing really nice to say about the Sharks right now. This is especially the case after the team lost by a score of 10-1 to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night, November 2nd. As of this writing (Friday, November 3rd), the […]

Jack and Luke Hughes Dominating the NHL

While the NHL has had many brothers play in its league, it is not very often that you will find two of them dominating games every night they play. Well, do not look now, but that is exactly what Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils and Luke Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks are currently […]

The Devils Need Better Goaltending

When it comes to the New Jersey Devils, there is a lot to like so far. For starters, Jack Hughes is doing it all for the hockey club. He currently leads the team and the league with 18 points (five goals and 13 assists) in his club’s first eight games. Newcomer Tyler Toffoli is also off […]

Hockey Book Review – The Awesome Game: One Man’s Incredible, Globe-Crushing, Hockey Odyssey

If you have not already noticed, I love everything about the game of hockey. I love the teams, players, coaches, networks that cover it, analysts, and everything that has to do with our favorite sport. I hope that comes across in the articles that I have written for this site so far. One thing that […]

Things Are Not Good in Calgary

The Calgary Flames underwent a few changes after missing the Stanley Cup playoffs last season. For starters, the franchise and former general manager Brad Treliving, who is now in the same position with the Toronto Maple Leafs, agreed to part ways. Craig Conry took Treliving’s place. The team also fired former head coach Darryl Sutter. […]

Goaltending Continues to Be a Problem for the Oilers

It may be a new NHL season, but the Edmonton Oilers are already displaying the same problem that has plagued them repeatedly over the last few seasons. The Oilers are 1-4-0-1 through six games. This is a terrible start for a team that is supposed to contend for the Stanley Cup this season. If you […]

Artemi Panarin in a New York Rangers jersey

Panarin’s New Shoot-First Mentality Helping Blueshirts In A Big Way

While the New York Rangers record of 3-2 might be a bit disappointing considering the quality of opponents they have played so far, there has been one player on the team that has dominated each and every game so far. That player is Artemi Panarin. Panarin, 31, currently (As of Monday, October 23rd) leads the team with […]

Opinion: The Panthers Cannot Forget About Knight

During the regular season, the Florida Panthers goaltending is usually a mixed bag. The starter, Sergei Bobrovsky, is usually someone who is inconsistent. He will have games where he plays lights out and other games where you will wonder why the franchise is paying him so much money to be their starting goaltender. Their backups, […]