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The NHL is finally about to begin its season, and you might want to hold on because it will be a whirlwind. Each team will play 48 games in 99 days.  That adds up to...

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Four a.m. isn’t a prime time to be in a meeting or announcing big news. But the NHL was at work Saturday night/Sunday morning while many of us were sound asleep, announcing that the framework...

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Surprise–as of Sunday, Team Canada was the only undefeated team at the World Juniors in Ufa, as Group A and Group B square off in round robin competition before the quarterfinals begin. (Team Sweden also...

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It’s Christmas time, which means it is time for the International Ice Hockey Federation World Under 20 Championship, also known as World Juniors.  The tournament has only been around since the ’70s, but it has...

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Twitter should certainly not be held as a measure of dedication or passion for a team or sport, but the modern and tech-savvy sports fan stays in the loop with Twitter. Sure, there are a...

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Reports dropped Saturday that the NHLPA agreed to grant each of the locked out players a $10,000 stipend in light of the fact that they have now missed four paychecks as a result of the...

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It’s been said many times before, but I think it bears repeating: at this point, when games return to the NHL calendar, it would do fans a lot of good to not show up at...

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Monday, November 12th is the induction ceremony for the Hockey Hall of Fame Class of 2012, and amid the NHL lockout, it’s going to be a low profile event. The latest meetings were popularized as...

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NHL talks finally began again this weekend in the wake of the Winter Classic cancellation. It’s huge, but it still doesn’t appear as though anyone has blinked yet. According to a source and reported by...

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Okay so, maybe we lied.  Maybe the NHL really does want to be this bad at everything. National Hockey League games have already been cancelled for the month of November, eliminating all hope of a...

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