NHL News and Notes from Saturday, January 30th, 2021 Game Recaps New Jersey Devils v. Buffalo Sabres - 1p ET In Buffalo the Sabres would play host to the New Jersey Devils for their weekend series, and after a scoreless first period Eric Staal would score to get the Sabres on the board first, but … Continue reading NHL Daily – Saturday Night Hockey
NHL News and Notes from Thursday, January 28th, 2021 News Goaltender Jimmy Howard has announced his retirement from the NHL. Howard spent his entire 14 year career with the Detroit Red Wings organization. Howard would play for the Wings in 11 NHL seasons winning 246 games, third most in franchise history. https://twitter.com/DetroitRedWings/status/1354820265071403010?s=20 The NHL announced … Continue reading NHL Daily – 13 Games of Action
After dealing with more postponements and setbacks, it’s finally game day. The Lightning roll into Raleigh to take on former southeast division rival the Carolina Hurricanes. Andrei Vasilevskiy will make his 5th start of the season with Backup Curtis McElhenny still sidelined on the Covid Resevre List. Carolina gave the nod to Petr Mrazek who … Continue reading Canes Blank Bolts 1-0 in OT Despite Heroics from Vasilevskiy
NHL News and Notes from Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 News The Seattle Kraken announced that John Forslund will be their first TV play-by-play broadcaster for Root Sports-Northwest. https://twitter.com/JohnForslund/status/1354130537296896000?s=20 Game Recaps Pittsburgh Penguins v. Boston Bruins - 7p ET In the first match-up on the season between these two clubs, Boston will strike first when Brad … Continue reading NHL Daily – 13 Games of Non-Stop Action
NHL News and Notes from Saturday, January 23rd, 2021 News The Columbus Blue Jackets and Winnipeg Jets made a blockbuster trade. The Blue Jackets Acquired: Forward Patrik Laine Forward Jack Roslovic The Jets Acquired: Forward Pierre-Luc Dubois 2022 Third Round Pick As part of the trade, the Jets retained 26% of Laine's salary. https://twitter.com/NHLJets/status/1353012253461794816?s=20 After … Continue reading NHL Daily – More High Scoring Affairs
Just hours before puck drop in the Largest Snall town in America, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced a blockbuster trade bringing in Finnish Super star Patrick Laine from the Winnipeg jets in exchange for Pierre Luc-Dubois . CBJ looked to bounce back after being clearly distracted the previous game. Dubois did not play at all … Continue reading Blue Jackets ground Bolts 54-2. Tampa splits road trip against Columbus
NHL News and Notes from Thursday, January 21st, 2021 News The Anaheim Ducks announced that defenseman Josh Manson will be out approximately six weeks due to an oblique muscle injury. https://twitter.com/AnaheimDucks/status/1352353606758895619?s=20 The Philadelphia Flyers announced that forward Morgan Frost suffered a dislocated left shoulder and will be out indefinitely. The Flyers also announced that defenseman … Continue reading NHL Daily – Goals, Goals, and More Goals
The Bolts rolled into Ohio looking to remain unbeaten facing another grudge match with central division rivals Columbus Blue Jackets. The Lightning finally getting into action after two games against their 2020 Stanley Cup nemesis Dallas Stars were postponed due to COVID-19 concerns early this week. Chris Gibson was called up from the taxi squad. … Continue reading Lightning Strike Down CBJ in Overtime
NHL News and Notes from Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 News The NHL's Department of Player Safety announced a series of fines. Forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel of the Philadelphia Flyers was fined $4,633.62, the max allowed under the CBA, for Roughing defenseman Rasmus Dahlin of the Buffalo Sabres. https://twitter.com/NHLPlayerSafety/status/1351568574427631618?s=20 Defenseman Greg Pateryn of the Minnesota Wild was … Continue reading NHL Daily – Oh, The Overtimes!
Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of January 13th through 17th. First Stars - Kirill Kaprizov (LW - MIN) and Brittany Hutchinson (RN - Fairview Hospital) Hutchinson is a registered nurse who is currently working on the COVID unit at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. The … Continue reading NHL Stars of the Week – Kaprizov Scores His Way to First Star
