All Entries in the "Winnipeg Jets" Category
Eastern Conference Breakdown: What It Will Take To Get Into The Playoffs
As we enter the stretch run of this 2011-’12 NHL campaign, the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference remains as cloudy as it’s ever been. With each team having only 15-17 games remaining on the schedule, let’s take a look at how the final standings may end up, one month from today, when the regular [...]
Thornton’s Penalty Shot, Third Period Domination Enough To Lead Bruins Past Jets
On what was a far more exciting Mid-January night than one would have expected, the Boston Bruins were able to use a strong third period effort to up-end the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 and right the ship after a Saturday matinee loss to the Vancouver Canucks just three days ago. Through forty minutes of surprisingly exciting [...]
GameDay: B’s Look To Get Back On Track Against Wheeler, Jets
On Tuesday evening, the Boston Bruins will look to bounce back from their 4-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks, when they host Blake Wheeler, Mark Stuart and the rest of the Winnipeg Jets. The B’s and Jets have met twice already this season, with each team winning one game. This first meeting saw the Black [...]
CONCUSSIONS KILLING HOCKEY
Speed and offense are now the kings in the present day NHL. A focus on players with those very attributes took over drafts and team on-ice strategies. Slower skaters have slowly been fazed out, especially those pugilistic specialists who all too often didn’t quite have the same skill sets and strides of their respective teammates. [...]
The Perfect Trade: 10 Months Later
In the NHL, most deadline deals orchestrated by genius General Managers in the heart of winter are one-sided. In a sense that you have “buyers” and “sellers”. One team looking to bolster their chances for a deep run in the playoffs, while the other is looking to collect assets to build upon for the future. [...]
Bruins’ Point Streak Comes To A Close As Pavelec Outshines Rask In Winnipeg
All good things must come to an end. Right? At least that’s what I’ve learned. On Tuesday night, in front of a raucous Winnipeg crowd, the newest incarnation of the Jets were able to halt the Boston Bruins’ four game winning streak and their 15-game point streak all in one foul swoop. Backstopped by 34 [...]
Bruins GameDay: B’s Visit Winnipeg For First Time In 15 Years
Fresh off a 3-1 victory over the league-leading Pittsburgh Penguins, the Boston Bruins will look to extend their point streak to 16 games when they visit the Winnipeg Jets at the MTS Centre on Tuesday night. Tonight will mark the second time the Bruins and Jets have squared off this season and will be the [...]
The True Meaning Of NHL Realignment
On Monday evening, live from the Pebble Beach Board Of Governors meetings, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced that the league’s brain trust had agreed in principle on a new realignment plan to be used beginning with the 2012-’12 season. Under the new plan, the league will be divided into four “conferences”, two featuring seven teams [...]
The Ten Most Expensive Defensive Units In The NHL
Some NHL general managers like to build their team with a lot of offensive punch (Washington Capitals), while others prefer to build their team with a strong goalie tandem (Minnesota Wild). Finally, some GMs prefer to build their team with a very deep defensive corps. Two months into the 2011-12 season, let’s have a look [...]
Thomas, Kelly Lead Bruins To 4-2 Win Over Jets
On Saturday night the Boston Bruins extended their point streak to twelve games with a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at the TD Garden. Over that stretch, the B’s have notched wins over five of the NHL’s seven Canadian-based franchises. Sparked by the magnificent play of goaltender Tim Thomas, who recorded his eight straight [...]
Bruins GameDay: Stuart, Wheeler Visit Garden In First Year With Winnipeg
Tonight the Boston Bruins (13-7-1 (27 Points)) will attempt to recover from their Black Friday shootout loss against the Red Wings as they face-off with the Winnipeg Jets. This will mark the first visit to TD Garden ever from the new-era Jets after relocating to Manitoba last summer. Winnipeg is 9-9-4 (22 Points) and is [...]
GOON: The Hockey Movie Preview
GOON: In our support of the lack of hockey movies, comes this info from the movie company to us. “We have a great throwback hockey movie coming out and we would love to get your support. Its violent and insanely funny.” Starring Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill and Liev Schreiber Written by [...]
Realignment Plans For The NHL In 2012
With the recent re-instatement of the Winnipeg Jets, the NHL and it’s Board of Governors will face a tough decision at December’s annual winter meetings. As it is not economical to leave the Jets in the SouthEast division any longer than one year, due to the absurd amount of traveling they must endure simply to [...]
The Southeast Unleashed – October 2011 Edition
The NHL’s Southeast Division was formed in 1998 as a part of the Eastern Conference due to expansion. It has had two Stanley Cup winning teams, the 2004 Tampa Bay Lightning and the 2006 Carolina Hurricanes. Each month we will update you on the relevant news and notes of all five Southeast Division teams. Washington [...]
Elysian Fields become “Rink of Dreams” for one day in Winnipeg
About half way through the movie Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner’s character, the baseball dreamer-farmer Ray Kinsella, drives from Iowa to Boston to visit reclusive writer Terrence Mann, played by James Earl Jones. Kinsella desperately tries to convince Mann that he must come with him back to Iowa to see his supernatural cornfield where ghosts of [...]
Montreal Canadiens Injury Update: Spacek and Cammalleri out 2-3 weeks
The Montreal Canadiens will be without winger Mike Cammalleri and rearguard Jaroslav Spacek for the next two-to-three weeks following the injuries they sustained during Sunday’s 5-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets. Cammalleri sustained a deep leg laceration when Yannick Weber cut his leg in the period, while Spacek sustained a probable rib injury when he [...]
Canadiens call up forward Aaron Palushaj
The Montreal Canadiens have announced earlier today that they have called up forward Aaron Palushaj to replace injured forward Mike Cammalleri who suffered a deep laceration on his left leg when he was cut by the skate on teammate Yannick Weber during yesterday’s 5-1 win against the Winnipeg Jets. Assigned to the Bulldogs on October, [...]
PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR CHARITY
We here at HI support this effort by Pat LaFontaine and Steve Webb, and personally implore you to give just anything you can in support of this…. HOCKEY LEGENDS PAT LAFONTAINE AND STEVE WEBB TO RIDE 550 MILES FOR W20 FOUNDATION AND COMPANIONS IN COURAGE FOUNDATION NEW YORK (September 19, 2011) –NHL alumnus Steve Webb [...]
The Winnipeg Jets: A Successful Season?
The Winnipeg Jets: A Successful Season? The initial hype of getting their team back in Winnipeg has waned but the excitement of the start of the season is building. The coaching staff and team is slowly being assembled and the organization itself continues to tie up all the loose ends that comes with a [...]
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