Ilya Mikheyev

NHL Game Recap: Blackhawks Lose 3-2, Smith Scores 1st Two Goals To Hold Off Chicago

The Blackhawks headed to San Jose after an incredible 5-2 victory against the Colorado Avalanche on Monday, October 28th. Unfortunately, Chicago took a 3-2 loss. However, it was a close game in which both teams played well. Both Ryan Donato and Tyler Bertuzzi scored for the Hawks, and Will Smith scored his first two NHL […]

Stars Unable to Contain Canucks, Get Shutout 2-0 in Vancouver

The Dallas Stars concluded the three-game road trip against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. The Stars were unable to contain the Canucks and got shutout 2-0 at Rogers Arena. Dallas fell to 7-2-1, while Vancouver improved to 8-2-1. Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko stopped all 27 shots he faced for a hard-fought shutout win. The […]

Canucks October Road Trip Recap

The Vancouver Canucks will return to Rogers Arena Friday evening after a five-game road trip to start the season. After starting the year with an 8-1 win at home over the Edmonton Oilers, the team ventured out to Edmonton for their first game of a trip that would take them as far south as Florida. […]

Mikheyev Departs Canucks Training Camp Due to ‘Personal Reasons’

Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin announced on Thursday that forward Ilya Mikheyev has left training camp due to personal reasons. The news comes a day after Allvin stated that Mikheyev would be joining the team at training camp, skating with the third group in a no-contact capacity. The 28-year-old Mikheyev signed a four year […]

Canucks are Eliminated, Now What?

The Canucks have officially been eliminated from playoff contention. While many fans have seen this as inevitable as the team lost 7 to start the season, now management has to take a long hard look in the mirror and figure out what went wrong with a team that needed to make the playoffs. We look […]

2 Potential Trade Candidates for the Maple Leafs

There haven’t been many discussions between the Toronto Maple Leafs, Jack Campbell, and/or Ilya Mikheyev regarding their contracts for next season, leading some to think they are on their way out of town. However, in the news around the NHL, there have been some rumors about available players on the trade market, so here are […]

Pair Of Toronto Players Could Be Headed Out

The Season The Toronto Maple Leafs had a fantastic season. Mitch Marner was dominant. Auston Matthews scored 60 goals and would win the Hart Trophy. They would finish second in the Atlantic Division and gained home ice for the first round of the playoffs. Toronto was no slouch of a team and forced the defending […]

Red Wings: 10 Potential Free Agent Forward Targets

Two definites are surrounding the Detroit Red Wings this offseason. One, Steve Yzerman has set up the Red Wings nicely with the ability to take advantage of the projected fourth-most cap space in the NHL, whether that be taking on bad contracts from cap-strapped teams for draft capital or making a splash in free agency. […]

Matthews bench run after a goal Photo by André Ringuette/NHLI via Getty Images

Maple Leafs: Season Review

It was a season like no other, the best season in franchise history with 115 points, that saw so many individual players have record seasons of their own. Still, it all came to a halting stop after the Toronto Maple Leafs were bounced from the playoffs in game seven, in the 1st round, again. Now we […]

Maple Leafs Face Adversity in Game 3

Game 3 ended with two empty-net goals from Ilya Mikheyev which secure the victory and the series lead for Toronto against Tampa Bay. Last night started so well, the Leafs had the pressure and momentum to just carry throughout the game and going into the 2nd they had a fresh powerplay. Sadly, the momentum didn’t carry […]