Stanley Cup Final
What the Word Hockey Means To Me
- Patrick Hoffman
- June 4, 2023
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 […]
Read MoreHill Getting Close to the Top of the Playoff Mountain
- Patrick Hoffman
- May 31, 2023
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 […]
Read MoreTkachuk Is The King of the Panthers
- Patrick Hoffman
- May 26, 2023
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, […]
Read MoreRangers and Gallant Agree to Part Ways
- Patrick Hoffman
- May 6, 2023
What a strange two years this has been for the New York Rangers. Last year, the team came within two wins of reaching the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2014. This was after a regular season in which they were the seventh-best team in the league, thanks to a 52-24-6 record and […]
Read MoreRangers’ Shesterkin Already in Playoff Zone
- Patrick Hoffman
- April 20, 2023
In last year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, it took New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin about five games to find his form. After making over 70 saves in Game 1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round last year, Shesterkin, 27, struggled in Games 2, 3, and 4 and put the Rangers behind the eight […]
Read MoreDoes Lightning’s Hedman Have What It Takes to Be a Hall of Famer?
- Lauren Burg
- February 12, 2023
In an era dominated by defensemen, there’s no doubt Victor Hedman is among the elite players in the league today. Does the Tampa Bay Lightning blueliner have what it takes to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame once he decides to hang up the skates? The second overall draft pick in 2009, Hedman […]
Read MoreRangers Need to Hit The Ground Running Out of the Break
- Patrick Hoffman
- February 3, 2023
With the NHL All-Star break currently going on and teams and players who are not involved taking a nice vacation, getting some important rest, and resetting their respective bodies for the second half of the season, it is time for many teams in this 32-team league to start gearing up for a Stanley Cup Playoff […]
Read MoreAppreciating Penguins Head Coach Mike Sullivan
- Patrick Hoffman
- February 2, 2023
As a New York Rangers fan, I definitely appreciate what head coach Gerard Gallant has done for the team so far. I believe that under his watch last season, the team overachieved as they got to within two wins of reaching the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2014. He was also a […]
Read MoreShesterkin Can Be Better
- Patrick Hoffman
- January 12, 2023
New York Rangers All-Star and all-world goaltender Igor Shesterkin was the king of goaltenders in the NHL last season. Shesterkin, 27, won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goaltender in the regular season. He posted a 36-13-04 record with a 2.07 goals-against average, a .935 save percentage, and six shutouts. The man they call […]
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