NHL News and Notes from Saturday, January 18th, 2020

NHL News and Notes from Saturday, January 18th, 2020   Game Recaps: Washington Capitals v. New York Islanders - 1p EST Start Time The Washington Capitals erase a three goal deficit to defeat the New York Islanders 6-4 as Alex Ovechkin passes Mario Lemieux and then ties Steve Yzerman for ninth on the all-time scoring … Continue reading NHL News and Notes from Saturday, January 18th, 2020

NHL News and Notes from Friday, January 17th, 2020

NHL News and Notes from Friday, January 17th, 2020   NWHL News: The NWHL announced a pair of signings for the Connecticut Whale. The Whale have signed Janine Weber, the NWHL's all time leading scorer among European players, for the remainder of the 2019-20 season. https://twitter.com/NWHL/status/1218276830802825216?s=20   The Whale have also signed defender Brinna Dochniak … Continue reading NHL News and Notes from Friday, January 17th, 2020

NHL News and Notes from Thursday, January 16th, 2020

NHL News and Notes from Thursday, January 16th, 2020   Game Recaps: Pittsburgh Penguins v. Boston Bruins - 7p EST Start Time In Boston the Bruins would host the Pittsburgh Penguins, and 24 seconds into the game Sidney Crosby would score for the Penguins to take the quick lead. However, the Bruins would score four … Continue reading NHL News and Notes from Thursday, January 16th, 2020

Game Recap – 1/16/2020 – New Jersey Devils v. Washington Capitals

New Jersey Devils (17-22-7 41pts) v. Washington Capitals (31-11-5 67pts)   Game Recap: In Washington the Capitals would play their last home game before they take their Bye Week to enter the NHL All Star Break as they play host to the New Jersey Devils. In the first period the Capitals would think they would … Continue reading Game Recap – 1/16/2020 – New Jersey Devils v. Washington Capitals

NHL News and Notes from Wednesday, January 15th, 2020

NHL News and Notes from Wednesday, January 15th, 2020   News: The Vegas Golden Knights fired head coach Gerard Gallant and Assistant Coach Mike Kelly, and have named Peter DeBoer as the new Head Coach. https://twitter.com/GoldenKnights/status/1217470677739102208?s=20   The Philadelphia Flyers announced a couple roster moves. Carter Hart will miss 2-3 weeks due to an abdominal … Continue reading NHL News and Notes from Wednesday, January 15th, 2020

NHL News and Notes from Tuesday, January 14th, 2020

NHL News and Notes from Tuesday, January 14th, 2020   News: The Washington Capitals have signed center Nicklas Backstrom to a 5 year contract extension with a $9.2 mil AAV. TXHT Breakdown   Game Recaps: Vegas Golden Knights v. Buffalo Sabres - 7p EST Start Time In Buffalo the Sabres would play host to the … Continue reading NHL News and Notes from Tuesday, January 14th, 2020

TXHT Breakdown – Nicklas Backstrom Signs 5 Year Deal with Capitals

This morning the Washington Capitals announced that they have signed center Nicklas Backstrom to a five year, $46 million contract extension that will guarantee that he will be with the Capitals through the 2024-25 season. https://twitter.com/Capitals/status/1217087723078590465?s=20 Backstrom, 32, leads the Capitals franchise in assists with 668, and is one of two players in Capitals franchise … Continue reading TXHT Breakdown – Nicklas Backstrom Signs 5 Year Deal with Capitals

NWHL Weekend Recap

Welcome to the TXHT NWHL Weekend Recap for the Weekend of Saturday, January 11th and Sunday, January 12th, 2020, plus news coming out of the weekend.   Saturday, January 11th, 2020 Game #1 – Connecticut Whale v. Metropolitan Riveters In the first game of the weekend the Metropolitan Riveters would play host to the Connecticut … Continue reading NWHL Weekend Recap

NHL News and Notes from Monday, January 13th, 2020

NHL News and Notes from Monday, January 13th, 2020   News: The Toronto Maple Leafs announced that they have placed defenseman Morgan Rielly on injured reserve due to a fractured foot that will keep him out of the lineup for a minimum of eight weeks. https://twitter.com/LeafsPR/status/1216804222672437249?s=20   The Maple Leafs also announced that they have … Continue reading NHL News and Notes from Monday, January 13th, 2020

NHL Three Stars of the Week for Januray 6th – 12th

Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of January 6th through 12th.   First Star – Andrei Vasilevskiy (G, Tampa Bay Lightning) Vasilevskiy would go a perfect three for three for the Lightning this past week as Tampa embarked on a 10 game winning streak. Vasilevskiy would … Continue reading NHL Three Stars of the Week for Januray 6th – 12th