All Entries Tagged With: "Florida Panthers"
Bruins End Skid with 3-0 Win Against Panthers
BOSTON, MA – For the first time since Monday April the 8th, the Boston Bruins were able to collect two points in a game played at the TD Garden, skating away with a 3-0 home-ice victory over the last-place Florida Panthers. With an offense bolstered by goals from Jaromir Jagr and Dougie Hamilton, along with an empty [...]
March Sadness
As the calendar moved from February into March, it looked like the New York Rangers had finally found their way, rattling off four straight wins. What followed was the reemergence of a team that can’t get out of its own way and is now in a dogfight to merely make the playoffs, never mind finishing first in [...]
For the Isles, Learning How to Win is a Reason for Optimism
The Islanders pulled off the sweep in Florida yesterday by defeating the Florida Panthers by the score of 4-3. It’s been years since the Islanders came away with the two points in regulation against the Panthers in the Sunshine State, but the Islanders got them and leap-frogged the Rangers for 9th-place in the Eastern Conference. [...]
Resurgent First Line Leads Bruins to 4-1 Win over Washington
BOSTON, MA — For the first time since Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Quarterfinal series last April, the Boston Bruins played host to the Washington Capitals at TD Garden on Saturday afternoon for some pre-St. Patrick’s Day matinee action. Back on March 5, the Caps got the better of the B’s once again after [...]
Bruins Pull Away Late, Defeat Panthers 4-1
BOSTON, MA – On Thursday evening, the Boston Bruins made their return to the ice of TD Garden for a showdown against the team currently slotted dead-last in the Eastern Conference, the injury-riddled Florida Panthers. Unfortunately for the 17,565 Black and Gold supporters — I’m guessing there weren’t many Florida fans making the trip — that [...]
You Go To Your Room & Think About What You’ve Done Blackhawks
Bring you’re green hat, we’re going streaking! We all know the Blackhawks are on a whopping 2 game losing streak. The media and mostly my friends whom I haven’t heard from in 2 months make sure I’m aware of this fact. To the hockey fan that’s been popping in visiting like they’re an out of [...]
EAST COAST BIAS Presents: NHL Goes To The OSCARS
Coming up soon will be a troupe of bloggers who are the creme of the NHL blogosphere to provide expertise, humor, observation and more. We are coining the project: East Coast Bias. As a bit of a taster to the effort we present to you an image tribute for Oscar night… PRESENTS NHL [...]
High Flying Bolts Getting Contributions From Everyone
After six games the Tampa Bay Lightning is 5-1 with ten points and are riding a four game winning streak The Bolts are first in the Southeast division, three points ahead of the Winnipeg Jets. Tampa Bay is second in the Eastern Conference, one point behind the Boston Bruins. The Bolts are the third best [...]
Lightning Showing Improvement In Key Areas
After three games the Tampa Bay Lightning are 2-1, with four points and are first in the Southeast division. While it is all but impossible to glean much information from such a small sample of play, the Bolts are showing signs of improvement on defense and in the net. Tampa Bay opened the season at [...]
The NHL’s Next “PR Offensive”
“As I said we know that no words of apology or explanation will soften the disappointment. I read the letters, I followed the tweets, I read the blogs: we have a lot of work to do. The National Hockey League has a responsibility to earn back your trust and support, whether you watch one game [...]
2013 Tampa Bay Lightning Schedule Announced
The NHL lockout is officially over as both sides have ratified the new CBA and signed the Memorandum of Understanding. With that, the Bolts announced their 2013 abbreviated schedule. The Lightning’s 20th season will be a mad dash to the finish line. They will play 48 games in 99 days. Five of the initial [...]
2013 Eastern Conference Power Rankings
The 2013 NHL season is no longer an 82 game marathon, but instead is a 48 game dash to the finish line. Will teams that had multiple players skating in Europe fair better? Will veteran squads win because they will have fresh legs all season long? Only the next few months will tell. Here are [...]
2013 NHL Season Preview: Part II: Eastern Conference Outlook
In part II of my 2013 NHL season preview, check out previews and predictions for the entire Eastern Conference. Part I –> Northeast Division Preview Part II –> Eastern Conference Preview Part III –> Hockey Independent Roundtable: Preseason Stanley Cup Predictions Part IV –> 2013 Boston Bruins Roster Predictions 1) New York Rangers – Even [...]
NHL Lockout: Is Ego and Trying to “Win” Negotiations Getting in the Way?
Well, it is now October 15th and here we are…..as you know, for the third time since 1995, the NHL owners have locked out the players. While some people might get caught up trying to choose sides, I feel the owners and players remain both at fault here, as is normally the case when billionaires [...]
Hockey Indie’s Divisional Predictions – Eastern Conference
The clock continues to tick ever closer to September 15th, and the news coming out of last week’s CBA negotiations makes a lockout more and more inevitable. Despite the uncertainty, teams are continuing on as normal, notifying season ticket holders when to expect their deliveries; putting individual game tickets on sale; even painting the arena ice. [...]
The Islanders’ Only Nationally Televised Game is Crucial
Let’s just get right to the point today. While there has not been much going on in the NHL due to CBA discussions, and the looming lockout that comes with them, the NHL decided to move ahead and release the upcoming NHL National TV Schedule anyways. Every season, I’m always curious to see who the [...]
Flashes Of Lightning – Catching Up With The Bolts
While the NHL’s billionaires and millionaires continue their off ice CBA jousting and the Republicans take over the Tampa Bay Times Forum, there are some morsels of Tampa Bay Lightning news being bantered about. Here are a few to whet your hockey starved palate. The curious case of Paul Ranger Smooth skating defenseman Paul Ranger [...]
Free Agent Frenzy: Tampa Bay Lightning – Day One
The NHL’s Free Agent Frenzy started today at noon and the Lightning got busy, making four moves. Tampa Bay signs forward Benoit Pouliot Tampa Bay signed pending UFA Benoit Pouliot to a one year $1.8 million contract. Pouliot was acquired from the Boston Bruins in a trade at the 2012 NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh in [...]
Hockey’s Christmas: 10 Predictions For 2012 Free Agency
In many ways, July 1 and the opening of unrestricted free agency is much like Christmas for hockey fans. Puck heads wake up early and rush to their living rooms early in the morning. But instead of checking underneath a Christmas tree, they’ll make a beeline straight towards the nearest computer. As the clock strikes [...]
Catching Up With the Bolts
Some quick news and notes: -The Lightning have renewed their affiliation agreement with the Florida Everblades of the ECHL. The Everblades will remain the Bolts principal ECHL affiliate.. -The Lightning have extended qualifying offers to five restricted free agents. Defensemen Brian Lee, Keith Aulie, Evan Oberg, Brendan Mikkelson and goaltender Jaroslav Janus received offers. [...]
