NHL 14: The Blast review

If you’re going to make fighting a focal point of your hockey game, you’re going to want to get someone who knows how to throw a punch and EA got some of the best – they got the Fight Night guys. NHL 14 is e...
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2009 Stanley Cup finals schedule

In a rematch of last year's finals, the Detroit Red Wings and the Pittsburgh Penguins are slated to face off for the Stanley Cup. Last week, the NHL said the Cup finals wouldn't begin until June 5, but the seri...
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Ice hockey at Wrigley

According to Comcast SportsNet, the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings are scheduled to play in next year's NHL Winter Classic at Wrigley Field. Yep, outdoor hockey. Last year, a league-record 71,217 f...
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2008 top NHL prospects

There is no doubt that the NHL has gotten better and better the last couple years with the emergence of the young superstars, Sidney Crosby, Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin. But it doesn't end there. The l...
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Flyers advance to Conference finals

The Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals last night for the first time since 2004 with a 6-4 victory over the Canadiens in Montreal. After losing the first game of the series in OT, the Flyers rebo...
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Carey Price to start for Habs in Game 5

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price, who was benched in Game 4 due to not stopping the puck from going in the goal nearly enough, will be back for Game 5 on Saturday night. "He deserves a second shot,"...
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Marty Biron is on fire

The Flyers are riding a scorching hot goaltender right now in Marty Biron. His glove is catching everything. His poke checks are timely. And he is entering Pat Burrell elite status. Indeed, he is "complete...
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Refs are under fire in NHL playoffs

The first round of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs is officially heating up, and not just on the ice rinks. Internet chat rooms on sports web-pages everywhere are ablaze with criticism of the NHL referees and the ...
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NHL Eastern Conference playoff preview

After an extremely exciting final push for the playoffs, the NHL season has concluded! The die is cast for opening round match-ups between the 16 teams that have made the grade, and both conferences have eight ...
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NHL Draft selection party

Last night, the VS Network held a primetime special to conduct the 2008 NHL Entry Draft Lottery, which determines the sequence teams will select in at the summer's draft. The program filled around ten or fiftee...
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Crosby is nice, but give me Ovechkin

The sky of the modern NHL shines brightly with many young stars. Players like Evgeni Malkin, Patrick Kane, Paul Stastny, Pavel Datsyuk, and Jordan Staal are some of the fresh faces that hockey fans are getting ...