Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning Blue Jackets Lead 1-0 Game Recap: With the Columbus Blue Jackets leading the series going into game 2, the Tampa Bay Lightning will be looking to even up the series at one game a piece, however, the Blue Jackets would have other things on mind. A little … Continue reading Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 2 – Columbus Blue Jackets v. Tampa Bay Lightning
Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals Game Recap: The Washington Capitals begin their Stanley Cup defense at home against the Carolina Hurricanes, and the start of the game would see the Capitals weather the storm from the Hurricanes for the first half of the period followed by Nicklas Backstrom going top shelf on Petr Mrazek … Continue reading Game Recap – 1st Rd. Game 1 – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals
Carolina Hurricanes (46-29-7 99pts) v. Washington Capitals (48-26-8 104pts) Regular Season Series: CAR: 0-3-1 WAS: 4-0-0 Preview: For the first time in both franchise's history, the Washington Capitals will face the Carolina Huuricanes in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. For the Capitals they will be looking to defend the title as Stanley Cup Champions … Continue reading 2019 NHL Playoffs – 1st Round Preview – Carolina Hurricanes v. Washington Capitals
Vegas Golden Knights (43-32-7 93pts) v. San Jose Sharks (46-27-9 101pts) Regular Season Series: VGK 2-1-1 SJ 2-2-0 Preview: For the second time in franchise history, the Vegas Golden Knights will be taking on the San Jose Sharks in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Last season these two teams met in the Western Conference … Continue reading 2019 NHL Playoffs – 1st Round Preview – Vegas Golden Knights v. San Jose Sharks
In breaking news, it was announced today that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has suspended defenseman Slava Voynov for the entire 2019-20 NHL season, as well as the entire 2020 NHL Playoffs for his Domestic Violence charges back in 2014. https://twitter.com/PR_NHL/status/1115671216839364608?s=19 Voynov, who was suspended indefinitely back on October 20th, 2014, was charged with a … Continue reading NHL Suspends Slava Voynov for 2019-20 Season and Entire 2020 Playoffs
Montreal Canadiens (43-29-8 94pts) v. Washington Capitals (47-25-8 102pts) Game Recap: In the final stretch of the regular season the Washington Capitals host the playoff hungry Montreal Canadiens in a game that can decide some playoff fates. In the first 10 minutes of the game both teams would play with a very fast tempo, … Continue reading Game Recap – 4/4/2019 – Montreal Canadiens v. Washington Capitals
The TXHT podcast is back with Serious Hockey Talk for Serious Hockey Fans! Audio Version: This week on TXHT, Michael Lindenbaum is joined by our friend from The Hockey Writers Nate Oliver. Both Michael and Nate talk about the sudden announcement of the Canadian Women's Hockey League ceasing operations effectively May 1st. … Continue reading TXHT Podcast – 4/2/2019
In shocking news, it was announced yesterday that the Canadian Women's Hockey League will be ceasing operations effectively May 1st, 2019. https://twitter.com/TheCWHL/status/1112358066303967232?s=19 A key note from the press release was this: "Unfortunately, while the on-ice hockey is exceptional, the business model has proven to be economically unsustainable." This is an interesting note indeed given … Continue reading Women’s Hockey News – CWHL to Cease Operations on May 1st
Washington Capitals (46-24-8 100pts) v. Tampa Bay Lightning (59-14-4 122pts) Game Recap: In their final meeting of the regular season the Washington Capitals head down to Tampa Bay with hopes of grounding the League leading Lightning. Early in the game it would be the Capitals gaining the advantage as Tom Wilson would feed Nicklas … Continue reading Game Recap – 3/30/2019 – Washington Capitals v. Tampa Bay Lightning
So I've been holding off on this because this is a topic I have not wanted to tackle, but with the continued poor decisions by the National Hockey League and now the Washington Capitals I feel that now is the best time to talk about it. Today Capitals owner Ted Leonsis announced that the … Continue reading TXHT Opinion – Gambling and the Issues it WILL Bring
