As the dust settles on the off-season and the free agency-induced game of NHL goaltender musical chairs, there’s a set of pads over in Nashville that won’t return to the Predators locker room next season. Preds goalie Pekke Rinne announced his retirement after an illustrious 13-year career between the pipes for Nashville. Since taking over […]
Good riddance to 2020. It’s gone, it’s over, and for the most part, it was a flaming trash heap of garbage, with murder hornets, lockdowns, politics, and of course, a global pandemic. Here’s hoping to a better year in 2021, although 2020 lowered the bar so much, you have to dig to find it. But […]
Four years ago, we started a tradition to celebrate St Patrick’s Day: we ranked the best green jerseys to ever exist in the league. Because green is the obvious St Paddy’s colour. That was fun, so the next we went with gold jerseys, because leprechauns and pots of gold. It became a tradition, so we did black […]
Three years ago, we thought it’d be fun to rank all the green jerseys that have existed in the league to celebrate St Patrick’s Day. Two years ago, we did gold jerseys, because every leprechaun loves the pot of gold. Last year, we did black jerseys, because of Ireland’s national drink – whiskey Guinness. This year, it’s orange. Why? Because […]
Today we’re bringing back the series that takes a look at the top five jerseys worn by a particular player. Up next, it’s a top five for #5 on the all-time list for goalie wins: Curtis Joseph. He has recently been in the news for the release of his book, Cujo, and the subsequent Canadian tour in […]
The 2019 NHL All-Star Game is happening this weekend in San Jose, featuring the same 3-on-3 mini-tournament divisional convention from the last 3 years. But the jerseys they’ll be wearing for the game are, well, less conventional. We’ll break the down after the jump. • More: Top 5: Best NHL All-Star Jerseys• More: Top 5: Worst NHL […]
Just recently, the hockey world lost a legend in the form of Stan Mikita, a Slovak-Canadian who played his entire 20+ year career with the Chicago Blackhawks, and was one of the best players of his era. Before Chicago had today’s duo, it was Mikita-Hull who led the team to a Stanley Cup victory in […]
Ed note: Over the summer, we’ll look at the best players that likely have played their last game in the NHL and ranking the Top 5 jersey they’ve worn in their illustrious careers. Today, we continue with Jarome Iginla. • More: Top 5: Sedin Jerseys There’s little questions that Jarome Iginla is a legendary hockey player and […]
Ed note: Over the summer, we’ll look at the best players that likely have played their last game in the NHL and ranking the Top 5 jersey they’ve worn in their illustrious careers. Today, we start with the Sedin twins. Not every hockey players gets to go out on their own terms: choosing when to […]
Where It (All-Star)ted The NHL All-Star game came into existence in 1934 when the defending Stanley Cup Champions – The Maple Leafs – faced off against the league’s All-Stars in Toronto. The first All-Star contest, dubbed the “ACE Bailey Benefit Game,” paid homage to Hall of Famer Irvin E. “Ace” Bailey; he was the former winger for the Toronto Maple Leafs. During […]
