The New York Islanders (13-3-1) are the second-best team in the Eastern Conference with 27 points and trailing the Washington Capitals (14-2-4) and their NHL-leading 32 points. The Islanders split their home games between Barclays Center in Brooklyn and Nassau Coliseum Arena on Long Island. The Islanders defeated the Toronto […]
Former NHL coach Don Cherry was fired from his longtime job as a hockey commentator for Sportsnet on Monday, following comments he made on air over the weekend related to immigrants and Remembrance Day. Cherry, 85, suggested that immigrants weren’t properly respecting Canada’s veterans, as he saw very few people […]
Vegas Golden Knights enforcer, Ryan Reaves, isn’t the only person in Las Vegas who has a beef with San Jose Sharks left winger, Evander Kane. Officials at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas filed a lawsuit against Kane, alleging the professional hockey player owes $500,000 in gambling markers the casino issued […]
Silicon Valley investment firm Silver Lake Partners is looking to beef up its stake in the New York Knicks and New York Rangers. The private equity company already owns nearly 10 percent of the Madison Square Garden Company, but according to the New York Post, the firm wants to become […]
Two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference squared off on Friday Night. The Washington Capitals (10-2-3) and their highly-productive power play defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 6-1, to become the first team in the NHL to win 10 games. With 23 points, the Caps and their deadly power play […]
Two big scraps escalated into hockey fights during full tilt Tuesday in the NHL. In the first hockey fight of the night, Barclay Goodrow (San Jose Sharks) and Brett Ritchie (Boston Bruins) tussled during a blowout. Meanwhile, in the second hockey fight of the night, the game had just started […]
Ask any Los Angeles Kings fan and they’ll tell you the franchise fell under a curse after the Staples Center hung a Taylor Swift banner in the rafters. Ever since the Taylor Swift banner appeared alongside two banners commemorating the Kings’ Stanley Cup victories in 2012 and 2014, the jinxed […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without star center Evgeni Malkin for at least a month, with TSN’s Darren Dreger reporting that he is suffering from a soft tissue injury to one of his legs. Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan has been elusive about the specifics of Malkin’s injury, saying only that […]
Center Mika Zibanejad leads the New York Rangers (2-0-0) with four goals, including a hat trick in a 4-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators (0-2-0). Zibanejad also leads the team in points with eight. He scored 30 goals and tallied 74 points last season with the Rangers. Zibanejad, 26, has […]
The National Hockey League has become a revolving door for head coaches. This year, seven teams are in training camp with a new head coach. Three of the new guys are replacing coaches who were new to the position just last year. Last year, the season began with 11 new […]
The NHL season is less than two weeks away, and the preseason has been underway for a week. While the odds on which team will win the Stanley Cup have been out for months, lines are now starting to pop up for both team and individual wagers. The Tampa Bay […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning are once again the preseason favorite to win the Stanley Cup, but the Vegas Golden Knights are a close second. The Lighting are the 6/1 choice to hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup, while the Golden Knights are 7/1, according to the Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook. The Toronto […]
Belmont Park, the venerable metro New York City Thoroughbred racetrack, now has key government approval as the site for the new home of the NHL’s New York Islanders. On Thursday, the Empire State Development board unanimously approved a $1.3 billion project that will bring the NHL’s New York Islanders back […]
Detroit sports teams are terrible and the loyal fans know it. All professional sports franchises have their ups and downs. Cities suffer with mediocre teams and painful streaks of losing seasons. Fortunately, large cities have professional franchises in three or four major sports, which can spread the pain by delivering […]
Vezina Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy agreed to an eight-year $76 million contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday. The deal will take effect in the 2020-21 season, paying the goalie an average of $9.5 million per year. Vasilevskiy will make $3.5 million next season, the final year of his […]
Officials of the newest NHL franchise hired Ron Francis as their general manager, but said there is no hurry to name the Seattle team, or hire a head coach. The team, which was approved by NHL owners in December, will not begin play until the 2021-2022 season. That’s fine with […]
Slowly American sports leagues are coming around to the fact that gambling on their product is inevitable. Nowhere has this realization come faster than with the National Hockey League. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has done a complete about-face on the subject. The League has embraced the gaming options completely. The […]
The first day of NHL free agency began on Monday, and there were some surprises among the expected signings. The biggest was San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski. The 34-year-old signed a three-year deal worth $21 million with the Dallas Stars. It was a blow to the Sharks, who reached […]
The New York Rangers snatched up the top free agent on the market when they offered Russian-born Artemi Panarin a seven-year contract worth $81.5 million. Panarin, 27, will become one of the highest paid wingers in the NHL making approximately $11.6 million per season. Both the Florida Panthers and NY […]
Monday will be the beginning of the NHL free agent market, and there are several quality players available. There isn’t a superstar like last year when John Tavares saw a couple of teams clamoring for the center. Instead this July 1 will be more of solid athletes that might not […]
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