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AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins: Former Olympian Named Assistant GM

On Monday, August 19th, 2024, it was announced that Amanda Kessel would be named Assistant GM to Jason Spezza regarding operations in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and for the Wheeling Nailers. Kessel spent the 2023-2024 season as the Special Assistant to the GM in Pittsburgh. Hailing from Madison, Wisconsin, Kessel has a hockey background that is quite decorated. […]

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Labor Day Weekend Hockey Catch-Up

Now that it’s September, various hockey organizations are starting to prepare for the upcoming season. Hockey fans coming out of summer hibernation will find several news items to catch up on over this long weekend. The NHL and its Players Association are working towards returning to regular international exhibitions, including the Olympics. During the NHL’s […]

USA’s Hilary Knight Makes World Championship History

For more than a decade, there has been one constant with USA Hockey, and that’s the dominant play from Hilary Knight. She is already one of the United States’ most decorated hockey players ever and just recently added to her impressive resume. Knight has suited up and represented Team USA for a total of 197 […]

Red Wings: Alex Nedeljkovic puts on a show in Carolina

Last night, Alex Nedeljkovic put on a show against his former team leading the Detroit Red Wings to a 3-0 shutout victory over Carolina. The 46-save shutout was the third of the season and the sixth of Nedeljkovic’s brief career. Nedeljkovic was fantastic and exceptionally sharp throughout the game, making 35 saves over the final […]

USA & Canada disappoint in Men’s Hockey at the Winter Olympics

There were high expectations coming into the 2022 Winter Olympics for powerhouse countries such as Team Canada and Team USA in Men’s hockey despite not having NHL players, which was a problem for Canada and USA in 2018. In 2018, USA got eliminated in the quarter-finals by Czechia in the shootout. 4 years later, USA […]

NHL Schedule Changes & The Impacts

Since the NHL & NHLPA announced there would be no NHL participation in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the idea of adding games into the Olympic break was key to ending the NHL season on time. That time has now come, and the month of February will be filled with NHL games. Now the sights are […]

Golden Knights back after a busy week away

While Vegas hasn’t been in action since last Tuesday’s shootout loss to Toronto, it was a busy week in terms of news for the franchise. The most exciting of which was the new addition Jack Eichel finally hitting the ice for practice. The superstar center’s much-anticipated debut sent social media abuzz as soon as he […]

NHL Shuts Down due to Pandemic Concerns

With the rapid spread of Covid-19 throughout the NHL, which has landed 119 players scattered across 23 teams into covid protocols, NHL and the NHLPA officially announced that they would postpone the NHL regular season effective 12/22/21. NHL and NHLPA officials agreed to postpone five games to start the holiday break sooner in hopes of […]

Covid 19 concerns and how they may impact the near future of the NHL

Chaos ensued this morning as the NHL announced several new personnel and teams were headed into the Covid 19 protocol. Head Coach of the Boston Bruins, Bruce Cassidy, was placed on the Covid Protocol List. To make matters worse, Don Sweeny, the General Manager, was available for media today and announced that the Bruins would […]