Hockey News: Team Canada Ball Hockey; Kessel Contract Marcy Di Michele | August 28, 2013 Insurance issues kept Team Canada off the ice at the Olympic orientation camp. So they turned to the next best thing. [National Post] Meanwhile, Team USA unveiled their new Olympic…
Three Albany Devils Hoping to Say: Goodbye Albany, Hello Newark Leo Scaglione Jr. | August 20, 2013 The Drive to the NHL The drive from Albany, New York, home of the American Hockey League’s Albany Devils, to the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ takes about three hours…
Power Ranking the No. 1 Overall Picks From 2000-2009 Ton DeFrancesco | August 16, 2013 Since the inception of the NHL Entry Draft, every decade has had their share of booms and busts at the No. 1 overall pick. The 80’s produced household names such…
Capitals’ prospect Kuznetsov, already looking for exit door Darren Coslov | August 1, 2013 With the 26th overall pick in the 2010 National Hockey League Entry Draft, the Washington Capitals are proud to select, from Chelyabinsk, Russia, Evgeny Kuznetsov. That was then, it’s 2013…
Putin’s Russia And Gangsterism In The KHL Ian Dunham | July 31, 2013 “Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” Winston Churchill This quote would impress an intelligent high school senior. It’s the most banal statement about Russia that…
Fantasy Hockey Fubar: I Lost Kovalchuk….now what? Chris Wassel | July 16, 2013 So the unexpected happened and Ilya Kovalchuk left the NHL for the KHL. A player of his talent and impact rarely “retires” in his prime. There has been talk on a variety of athletes who…
Hockey News: Kovalchuk Retirement; Fixing the NHL Marcy Di Michele | July 15, 2013 Ilya Kovalchuk shocked the hockey world by announcing his retirement from the NHL. Predictably, Don Cherry pounced all over it. [Toronto Sun] Jeremy Roenick weighed in with a similar sentiment.…
Kovalchuk Hears the Call From Russia, Goes Home Katie Flynn | July 12, 2013 Going home; it’s something we all do at the end of the day. We can’t wait to relax, see our families or significant others and enjoy the comforts of a…
It’s Pronounced Co-Val-Chook: Thoughts On Kovalchuk’s Retirement S. J. Ientile | July 12, 2013 Wow, was the first thing that came to mind after hearing the news that Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk is retiring from the NHL at age thirty. Still in his prime,…
Ilya Kovalchuk is the NHL’s Version of Barry Sanders Dan Rice | July 12, 2013 It was a normal, summer afternoon in the NHL world on July 11 and then at 3:33 ET, the New Jersey Devils PR Twitter account posted this tweet that turned…
Ilya Kovalchuk Made the Right Call Mark Wallace Graham | July 12, 2013 The decision of Ilya Kovalchuk’s shocking retirement from the NHL in favor of returning to his homeland, Russia, has been met with some anger from Devils fans. Some say that…
Koval-Punch: Ilya Departs Devils For KHL Michael Gwizdala | July 11, 2013 Back in the summer of 2010, a headline on the New Jersey Devils official website read: “Done DeaIlya!” Ilya Kovalchuk had signed a monster mega deal (a 15-year, $100 million…
