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.
Worth a Listen: The Empty Netters Hockey Podcast
The podcast world is absolutely saturated with hockey podcasts, which is great for hockey fans. We have several of our own that we proudly produce. We love the podcasts that we have and love the kind of content that they bring to listeners on a daily basis. There is one hockey podcast that is not ours that […]
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Marchessault Is The Perfect Golden Knight
One of the best things in sports is when a homegrown or original team member wins a championship with said team. That happened on Tuesday night, June 13th, when the Vegas Golden Knights won the Stanley Cup for the first time in their six-year history by defeating the Florida Panthers by a score of 9-3 […]
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Rangers Hire Laviolette As New Bench Boss
After over a month of searching, speculating, and researching, the New York Rangers have finally found their new bench boss. The team announced today, June 13th, that they have hired Peter Laviolette to be the new head coach. For Laviolette, this will be his sixth team that he is taking over after having coached for […]
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The Flyers Should Stick with Hart in Goal
The Philadelphia Flyers do not have a good track record when it comes to goaltenders. This franchise has gone through a boatload of masked men. Bernie Parent is the only Flyers goaltender to win the Stanley Cup, something he did back-to-back in 1974 and 1975 while also earning back-to-back Conn Smythe Trophies as the league’s […]
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The Hockey Guy is a Must Follow on YouTube
If you are a hockey fan, you already know that there are a lot of YouTubers out there who talk about all things puck. There is one that really deserves a hockey fan’s attention. This guy has an abundance of hockey knowledge and is someone that posts videos about the games all year round. His […]
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What the Word Hockey Means To Me
It is clear that I am a HUGE hockey fan and that I love everything about our favorite sport. With that said, this article is about what the word hockey means to me. The word is important to us hockey fans, and when we think about the game, we end up thinking about the following […]
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Hill Getting Close to the Top of the Playoff Mountain
When it comes to goaltending and this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, there has been no stranger story than the one that the Vegas Golden Knights are currently writing. After defeating the Dallas Stars 6-0 in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals on Monday night, May 29th, the Golden Knights are off to their second […]
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Oettinger Back to Being Oettinger
When the Vegas Golden Knights went up 3-0 in their series with the Dallas Stars in the Western Conference Finals, many hockey pundits and fans alike knew what needed to happen for the Stars to get themselves back in the series. Simply put, Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger needed to start playing like the goalie he […]
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Tkachuk Is The King of the Panthers
There is no doubt that when it comes to the Florida Panthers and this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has done everything and more in leading the team to their first Stanley Cup Final since 1996. In this year’s postseason, Bobrovsky, 34, is 11-2 with a 2.21 goals-against average, a .935 save percentage, […]
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Bobrovsky’s Strong Play Bodes Well for The Future
When the Florida Panthers signed then-unrestricted free agent goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky to a seven-year, $70 million contract on the first day of free agency in 2019, a lot was expected of the man they call Bob. Before joining the Panthers, Bobrovsky, 34, was considered an all-world goaltender. He won the Vezina Trophy in 2013 and […]
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