The Coyotes are Howling
Despite bankruptcy hearings and attempts to move the team, the Phoenix Coyotes have their best record ever in regular season play with 47 wins and 100 points. With five games remaining they are poised to reach the playoffs for the first time since the 2001-2002 season. The play of goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov has been the [...]
Penguins: Reigning Stanley Cup Champions
Ray Shero, general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins, put his stamp on the team by signing five key members of the hockey club- Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Marc-Andre Fleury and Brooks Orpik- to long term contracts. In 2006-2007, their first year together, the Penguins lost in the first round of the playoffs. They [...]
The Canucks: Good Enough?
Do the Vancouver Canucks have this year’s MVP? Maybe they do in centre Henrik Sedin. The league’s leading scorer coming into Monday’s games, Hank leads Alexander Ovechkin by one point in the league’s scoring race and he’s done this in large part without his brother, Daniel, who was sidelined earlier in the season with a [...]
The Devils: Brodeur’s Team
Maybe it was the rules of the Olympics that made Martin Brodeur wander from his net? He desperately overplayed the puck in the loss to the United States in the opening round, but we don’t see this in recent Devils’ highlights lately or really at all. No matter what you think about the play of [...]
Sharks Still Have Bite
Don’t count out the San Jose Sharks! They are still a team that will challenge for the Stanley Cup this year. After a 0-5-1 losing streak they have won two straight and are back on top of the Western Conference standings. Last year’s first round playoff loss to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks was definitely a [...]
The Capitals Play is Outstanding
What can we say about the season the Capitals are having? They haven’t lost a game by more than two goals since early January. They have two of the top five scoring forwards and the league’s top scoring defenceman in their lineup. They have seven 20 goal scorers, the most in the NHL. They have [...]
Blackhawks Make Their Own Nest
The Chicago Blackhawks sit first in the Western Conference, one point ahead of the San Jose Sharks and seven points behind the Eastern Conference’s Washington Capitals for the President’s Cup. The youthful Blackhawks went to the Western Conference finals last year after failing to qualify for the playoffs two seasons ago, and have found steady [...]
A Teemu Selanne Story
In honour of Teemu’s 600th goal, this memory comes to you courtesy of SportsButter contributor Geoff Kaprowy. In 1992 I was in high school in Winnipeg and I had a mini ticket package for the Jet games. That was the year that coveted rookie Teemu Selanne was going to play his first NHL season. His [...]
Bubble Trouble 2010
The NHL regular season is quickly coming to a finish. Only about 10 games for each team remain. Here is a look at some teams on the playoff bubble as they wrap up their season. Detroit: The Wings are eighth in the Western Conference with eleven games remaining: seven at home and four away. Nine [...]
BARACK-ETOLOGY 2010
Check out this video of Barack Obama rocking the NCAA brackets! When are we gonna get someone this cool running the show up in Canada?
keep looking »