If coming to Sochi without Henrik Sedin and Johan Franzen wasn’t enough of a body blow, losing captain Henrik Zetterberg is potentially the knockout punch in terms of Sweden trying to bring home the gold. And the most important Henrik on the team didn’t hide his feelings in the wake of Friday’s news that Zetterberg […]
Continue reading(Especially during a championship celebration, it turns out …) Months later, we clearly don’t know enough about COVID-19 in aggregate, but professional sports leagues have learned plenty, using various methodologies to start, restart and complete their seasons. “At this point, we know how the virus is transmitted. We know how to create safe environments to […]
Continue readingIt took six games, but the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues finally tasted victory in the NHL’s restarted postseason. Brayden Schenn’s breakaway goal at 15:06 of overtime Sunday night gave the Blues a 3-2 victory and cut the Vancouver Canucks’ series lead to 2-1 in their Western Conference quarterfinal series. It was the […]
Continue readingThe 2020 NHL playoffs officially begin on Tuesday, as the 24-team tournament — with five-game qualification round series and round-robin seeding matchups — has moved on to a more recognizable, 16-team version. This round includes several matchups where revenge will be on the mind of one team (or both, for separate reasons), and based on […]
Continue readingJones pulled one of the jerseys out of the box, poured lighter fluid on it and lit it on fire in his driveway. He continued to burn jerseys from the box, documenting the process in a series of Instagram videos posted Wednesday. “I opened up my mailbox today, and I had these jerseys in my […]
Continue readingWith postseason games played throughout the day, the NHL’s restarted season has been compared to March Madness. So it was only appropriate that the Colorado Avalanche defeated the St. Louis Blues with a buzzer-beater. Center Nazem Kadri scored a power-play goal with 0.1 seconds left in the third period, breaking a tie to give the […]
Continue readingNow that the 2020 NHL All-Star Weekend is in the rearview mirror, the league’s trade season is underway in earnest. The next several games for each team will be pivotal, as general managers decide whether their teams should be buyers, improving their chances for the Stanley Cup playoffs, or sellers, perhaps accelerating rebuilds. Get caught […]
Continue readingToronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly is out for eight weeks or so with a fractured foot, while Carolina Hurricanes blue liner Dougie Hamilton has a broken fibula and is out “indefinitely” (but that’s an injury that should also keep him out until late March, just like Rielly). While Tyson Barrie was almost assuredly on […]
Continue readingOn Nov. 17, the Minnesota Wild fell to last place in the NHL. With just seven wins in their first 20 games, no team had fewer points (16) than Minnesota. But even as the losses piled over the first six weeks of the season, Guerin stood pat. Fans were calling for the Wild to fire […]
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