It was all smiles when the Vancouver Canucks clinched the President’s Trophy for the first time in franchise history.  However back to back losses to the bottom dwell...

Just when you thought the defensive injuries couldn’t get any worse, Kevin Bieksa gets diagnosed with a fractured foot.  With Bieksa out, the Canucks were without 5 o...

It was a disappointing start to the season for the Vancouver Canucks.  Which is hard to believe given their 35-11-9 record to date, sitting first place overall in the NHL. ...

It started out looking so optimistic.  Oilers fans left Rexall place all smiles after a 4-0 thumping of the Calgary Flames on opening night.  But since then there has ...

The Calgary Flames have had a disappointing season thus far from their standpoint.  They have suffered injuries, inconsistent and underachieving play, and a lack of product...

There is an unwritten code that is understood around the league in the NHL.  There are many understandings about what is tolerable and acceptable and what is not.  Whe...

  There has been an unusual turn of events in the NHL over the past few weeks. The birth of the KHL has once again caused confusion amongst the NHL, only now it is not o...

For as long as we can remember, we’ve all heard the saying, you need great goaltending to win in the playoffs.   Last year’s Stanley Cup Playoffs is que...

  When talking about Canadian NHL teams, most people tend to think of very strong hockey markets with passionate fans and an increasingly added pressure from a desire to...

Originally, the all-star game was receiving a lot of hype about the new format which included a draft. Here we are, a couple months later, and we are staring controversy right i...

Remember when we were kids and it was time for a scrimmage at the end of practice? The coach would select two captains and they would get to choose their team in a draft styl...

The National Hockey League introduced the shootout at the beginning of the 2005-06 season following the lockout as a way of attracting a broader spectrum of hockey fans ov...

It's that time of the year again, and there are many surprises throughout the NHL as well as a couple coaches off to a slow start that find themselves in the hot seat. ...

There was no hockey being played in the NHL during what would have been the 2004-05 season due to a lockout. That was the first time in North American sports history that a majo...