E.J. Hradek: Breaking down Day 1 of Olympic action
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- What a day! It was wall-to-wall hockey at GM (I mean, Canada Hockey) Place. Throughout the tournament, I'll give you da...
View ArticleE.J. Hradek: USA defeats Canada in Olympic hockey stunner
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Three games for Olympic tournament seeding between blood rivals. They lined them up and played them back-to-back-to-bac...
View ArticleNHL - Hradek - Looking back at the teams that missed the playoffs
What a finish! I know you didn't figure that Philly journeyman goalie Brian Boucher would out-duel New York Rangers star stopper Henrik Lundqvist in a...
View ArticleStanley Cup - Hradek - previewing each first round series
Did you know that there were 6,803 goals scored this season? Don't feel bad, I didn't either until I got a nice note from Allison Loucks and Andrew Da...
View Article2010 NHL draft - In a revised 2001 NHL draft, Derek Roy moves up 28 spots
As we wait and wonder where top free agent Ilya Kovalchuk might end up, I thought I might take a stab at re-drawing the first round of his draft class...
View ArticleNHL: Jason Arnott's return works for him and New Jersey Devils
Jason Arnott wanted to come back to New Jersey. Privately, he'd been asking about a return to the Devils for the past several months -- dating back we...
View Article2010 NHL Draft - Anaheim Ducks take advantage of slipping Cam Fowler, Emerson...
The first round of the 2010 draft came and went without a lot of wheeling and dealing. I don't know why that surprises me anymore. Each year, we (in t...
View ArticleNHL: Preseason observations on the decline of Carey Price and Sean Avery vs....
With a week's worth of preseason action in the books I thought it would be a good time to bring back "The Monday 10," where we canvas the NHL for some...
View ArticleNHL: Henrik Lundqvist, Tim Thomas, Dan Ellis and more are making this the...
It was a trick or treat Saturday night for hockey's masked men. We watched four different skaters convert penalty shots. Trick. The night als...
View ArticleNHL: On Loui Eriksson, the rise of the New Jersey Devils, and Chris Stewart's...
We had an interesting Wednesday night. Sidney Crosby dropped the gloves with Stars D Matt Niskanen (Crosby by decision). The Devils won a hockey game ...
View ArticleNHL: Duncan Keith's TOI and other key numbers of the early season
What's in a number? Sometimes it's a story. Here are five key numbers and what they mean for five teams and players this season. Just a little somethi...
View ArticleNHL: On the rise of the Dallas Stars, the speedy offense of the Colorado...
Did you see that celebration by the Washington Capitals after they rallied from two goals down to beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in Ottawa last night? Y...
View ArticleNHL: Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau among several coaches who could...
There are just four games on tonight's schedule. That is a strangely quiet Thursday by NHL standards. I'll be watching to see if the New York Rangers...
View ArticleNHL: Ranking five trends for the 2010-11 season, including Sidney Crosby's...
At the track, they'd say we were in the deep stretch. Three days and 26 games remain in the 2010-11 regular season campaign. Ten playoff spots already...
View ArticleNHL: Rebuilding plans for Eastern Conference teams
The Stanley Cup playoffs get under way tonight. Can I get an "Amen," somebody? Without a doubt, the first round of the Cup chase is my favorite time o...
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