NHL Winter Classic: the only way to start the new year. Watched it while chatting with oregoonie because WE HAD TO. First they played the Canadian National Anthem. Oregoonie: I'M LISTENING TO THE FUCKING SONG! Then they played the American National Anthem. Indi: I'M LISTENING TO THE OTHER FUCKING ...
Now that the 2009 Edition of the Winter Classic is over, it's time to steal a bit from "Opie and Anthony" and play What Have We Learned. - The Ice Was Right : NHL ice czar Dan Craig and his crew deserve all the credit they get and more. The ice they made on Wrigley Field was perfect for game ...
... Matt Murley also left the River Rats to play in Russia’s Continental Hockey League. “It’s very disappointing,” Rutherford said of LaCouture’s departure. “It’s more a point of loyalty as anything else. This is a player who could not get a tryout with any other NHL team prior to training camp and we ...
Late-game, rabbit-ears penalty and goal included, the Detroit Red Wings roared back from a 3-1 deficit, scored five straight goals, and "made a statement" to both the Chicago Blackhawks and the NHL, which wanted the Winter Classic II to be...
... review. The puck went under the crossbar and out so quickly that a replay was needed to be sure it had gone in. Then, the Blackhawks' Duncan Keith scored another goal with just 10 seconds left, making the final score 6-4. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is scheduled to talk to the media after the game ...
The NHL doesn’t do marketing well in general but whoever came up with playing hockey outdoors deserves a pat on the back. From the day the Heritage Classic was staged in 2003 the NHL hit a winner. The inaugural game starred the Edmonton Oilers and Montreal Canadiens. The Habs won 4-3 before 57 167 ...
This year’s version of the NHL Winter Classic was indeed a great game played at Wrigley Field between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings. The Blackhawks jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a goal from Kris Versteeg, but the Red Wings were able to come back to tie it 1-1 by a [...]
Hockey’s one of those sports that will never quite hit the mainstream across all of America. Seattlites at school on the East Coast, at colleges with Division I hockey programs, can’t quite understand how the NHL’s Minnesota Wild are more popular than the NFL’s Minnesota Timberwolves. At least ...
