A community portal about the National Hockey League with blogs, videos, and photos. The NHL is a professional sports organization comprised of ice hockey teams in North America. It is the premier professional ice hockey league in the...
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A community portal about the National Hockey League with blogs, videos, and photos. The NHL is a professional sports organization comprised of ice hockey teams in North America. It is the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American major professional sports leagues. The league's teams are divided into two conferences, each comprising three divisions.
Nicklas Lidstrom #5 of the Detroit Red Wings brings in the Stanley Cup into the arena prior to playing the Toronto Maple Leafs on October 9, 2008 at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images North America) Thursday night marked the official start of the 2008-2009 NHL regular season. For the Detroit Red Wings and their fans the only way to properly celebrate the new season was with a performance by legendary rock band Def Leppard. While fans gathered... Read Full Story
Saw this at Puck Daddy's joint, of course: Joe Elliot should not have cleared the air on the Def Leppard website about why he put the Cup upside down on the table on stage during the regular season opening night concert. "I will, as always, take full responsibility for what happened because I have big pucks. However, someone at the NHL should have known better and informed me first instead of keeping the Stanley Cup under lock and key until the last minute. The practice run the day before... Read Full Story
Whoooo Hoooo! Finally! I am going to start with the Penguins and then go with my picks for the rest of the league and through the playoffs. I see alot of articles mentioning that the Pens do not have the firepower or talent to get to the same level they were last season, but of course, I disagree. We had some deadline trades that are going to be key this year for the full season as well as some offseason pickups that are going to play into our lines perfectly. Everyone knows that if you play... Read Full Story
On October 14, 1979, the greatest player in NHL history had scored a goal for the first time. It was on this night that the Vancouver Canucks were in Edmonton to take the ice against the Oilers. The Canucks, who were coached by Harry Neale, entered the contest with a 1-1 record. Glen Sather's Oilers were 0-1-1 as they played only their third game in NHL history. The Oilers had struggled all game as the Canucks had scored four goals on goalie Dave Dryden. Gretzky had also not played a very... Read Full Story
Dave "Tiger" Williams #22 of the All Star Legends rides the stick after scoring a goal against the Montreal Canadiens Legends at the Legends Classic Game on November 9, 2008 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images North America) Luckily there were no concussions, no broken hips, no heart attacks and no slipped discs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada Sunday. Instead there were lots of smiling old men, as a group of retired NHL... Read Full Story
