Alec Martinez

NHL Game Recap: Scheifele Scores Twice in 2-1 OT Win, Soderblom Makes 33 Saves For Chicago

The Winnipeg Jets hosted the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, October 11th at the Canada Life Centre and defeated the Hawks in overtime. It started off completely scoreless until Chicago scored the first goal of the game. The Jets came in late in the third to tie the game with 1:04 remaining in regulation, then went […]

Preseason Game Preview: Detroit Red Wings vs. Chicago Blackhawks

The Detroit Red Wings kick off their preseason schedule tonight.

Former Vegas Golden Knight Alec Martinez Sign With the Chicago Blackhawks

Vegas has lost more than the Stanley Cup this season. Alec Martinez, a 16-year veteran defenseman, announced his signing with the Chicago Blackhawks for the 2024-25 season at four million dollars. Alec has always been a solid player, and Vegas fans love him because he is poised under pressure, a nice guy, and a shot-blocking […]

Five Potential Free Agent Left-Shot Defensemen For The Boston Bruins

Some would say that the Boston Bruins overachieved this past season by reaching the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Many pundits had the Bruins fighting for a playoff spot, but instead, Boston managed to finish second in the Atlantic Division, missing out on a division title by just one point. Heading into this […]

Golden Knights: Is Marchessault in His Final Days as a Vegas Golden Knight?

Make no mistake about it, the heartbeat of the Vegas Golden Knights is Jonathan Marchessault. The soon to be unrestricted free agent might just be entering the prime of his career at age 33. The original misfit registered a career second-best 69 points and a career-best 42 goals during the 2023-24 regular season. Did I […]

Nicolas Hague Day to Day for the Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights are getting ready to play game two of their series with the Dallas Stars. Game one saw the Knights take the lead early and beat the Stars 4-3. That was the first game back for Captian Mark Stone, who was returning from the LTIR with a lacerated spleen. Injuries have plagued […]

Game Recap: New Jersey Devils vs. Vegas Golden Knights | 01/22/2024

The New Jersey Devils rallied twice to take down the defending champion Vegas Golden Knights in overtime. In a wild, back-and-forth contest, the Devils found the back of the net six times to secure an important two points in their push for the playoffs. With the win, the Devils improved to 24-18-3, while the Golden […]

Rob Blake Saga Part V: Feigned Retreat and a Pandemic

The two worst seasons for Rob Blake and the LA Kings came in 2018-19 and 2019-2020. Respectively finishing dead last in the Western Conference and second to last the following year. With the emergence of COVID-19 near the end of the 2019-2020 season, their six-game winning streak catapulted them away from finishing dead last in […]

Rob Blake Saga Part III: The Last Dance-Kings Edition

2016-17 was the worst season for the Kings in recent history. The Kings had come from two Stanley Cup championships sandwiched around a western conference final. The Dean Lombardi era was over. The Darryl Sutter era was over (enter John Stevens). Rob Blake had been within the organization during the renewed championship-level culture growth. The […]

Los Angeles Kings: C is for Consistency

Having been a Kings fan since the mid-’90s, I have seen the ups and downs, and almost there. Then in 2011-12, the long fantasy finally came true, and with Alec Martinez(now with the Golden Knights) and his jazz hands, we won a cup. Then a year later, we got blessed again. Hyping the fans up […]