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Hockey Independent Playoff Roundtable: 2013 Round 2 Predictions
With the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs set to begin just a few hours from now, five members of the Hockey Independent writing staff have come together to predict each and every first round series of this year’s postseason. The contributing authors to today’s piece will be Cris Cohen (New York Rangers), Seth Levin (New Jersey [...]
Hop on the Bus Blackhawks, Time for School
283 miles separate the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings home base. The Hawks will most certainly ride in style in their private jet back and forth to Detroit. However, considering Coach Q wasn’t thrilled with their 1st round performance, as he knows they can play better as a team, I would vote for an [...]
Hockey Independent Playoff Roundtable: 2013 First Round Predictions
With the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs set to begin just a few hours from now, four members of the Hockey Independent writing staff have come together to predict each and every first round series of this year’s postseason. The contributing authors to today’s piece will be Cris Cohen (New York Rangers), Seth Levin (New Jersey Devils), Bill Philp (Tampa Bay Lightning) [...]
New Faces Shine In Their Broadway Debuts
Still trying to wrap my brain around the New York Rangers’ last 48 hours, I keep coming back to one word to sum it up. Surreal. And if I were still taking medication for the lower body injury I sustained last weekend that currently has me listed as day-to-day, I might have chalked up the [...]
Hello Clowe
There has been a flurry of activity in this last week leading up to Wednesday’s 3pm (ET) trade deadline. With less than 24 hours to go, the New York Rangers have jumped in, acquiring Ryane Clowe from the San Jose Sharks. The Rangers send back two second-round (one this year, one next year) picks and [...]
Crawford Slips-Bowman Could be Done Dealing
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) -On Monday night it appeared the Chicago Blackhawks had a comfortable two goal cushion as the Nashville Predators couldn’t sustain any pressure. Nashville was completely dominated in the second period as the Hawks were in complete control.The outcome appeared certain and the Blackhawk players must have thought the same. The Predators [...]
Mr. Bowman, Your Delorean Sir!
The Blackhawks are coming off an impressive 8-1 win against the Dallas Stars. This game followed a squeaker of a win vs. Columbus, which ended a two game losing steak. To those who watched this pure domination by the Hawks in Texas it must have put your minds at ease. I mean, those fears of [...]
2013 Blackhawks are New NHL Record Holders
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) – With a 2-1 win over San Jose, the Blackhawks set a new NHL record by recording at least one point in 17 consecutive games. The Hawks took the record to another level by winning 14 of those 17 contests with only three shootout defeats and capturing 31 out of 34 [...]
Blackhawks Centre of Attention
The Blackhawks continue the streak and have their eyes on the prize against the Sharks on Friday night. The prize being a page in the history books as the most games played gaining consecutive points to start a season at 17. The incident that has the Blackhawks attention after the battle with the Canucks is [...]
Give me your lunch money… now!
Jonathan Toews finally stood up to the bully and said NO! This ended the way most of these schoolyard altercations do, with the smaller “victim” on the ground waiting for someone to jump in. On the other side, I believe it has left the bully questioning a lot. Joe Thorton and Jonathan Toews shared [...]
The Blackhawks and Jonathan Toews Leave Little Doubt
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) – The Chicago Blackhawks left little doubt which team was the best on Friday night as they rolled over the San Jose Sharks 4-1. Jonathan Toews also wanted to leave little doubt he could stand up for himself when needed. In a move that won’t make much sense to many, Toews [...]
Hawks Find a Way to Win in San Jose
CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) – In a fast paced, entertaining contest that was fun to watch and not so pleasant for either goaltender, the Blackhawks defeated San Jose 5-3. The beauty of sports is the unexpected has to always be considered. Both Corey Crawford and the Sharks Antti Niemi were among the best goalies in [...]
Kyle MacKinnon, Torey Krug lead way to 3-2 Providence victory over Manchester
PROVIDENCE, RI – On Friday evening the Providence Bruins were looking to build upon the momentum of last weekend’s 2-0-1 showing when they played host to their Eastern Conference rivals, the Manchester Monarchs. Martin Jones (MCH) and Niklas Svedberg (PRO) would each get the start in goal for their squads. Fortunately for the Providence fans that [...]
Who’s Your Bolts Rushmore?
While the frustrating NHL lockout has taken away our game, it gives us time to ponder other fun, hockey related questions. In an attempt to bring together Tampa Bay fans and writers, I asked Lightning Nation, “Who is your Bolts Rushmore?” Two hundred combined emails, Facebook messages and Twitter direct messages were sent out [...]
Blackhawks Fix: Randomness for a Hockeyless October
Fine. So the season isn’t starting on time, I’ve accepted that, BUT that will not stop me from finishing my game-by-game breakdown of the Blackhawks season. I mean, I’ve come this far and quitters never prosper. Apparently the stubborn and rich do though (cough… all NHL owners… cough). It truly is a shame that we’ve [...]
Hockey Indie’s Divisional Predictions – Western Conference
Hockey Independent’s divisional predictions continue on today, this time with a look at the Western Conference. Will some of the changes that took place this offsesason shift the balance of power in any of the divisions? Read on to see what members of the Hockey Independent writing staff think. Northwest Division – Alex Muscat (@AlexMuscat73) [...]
The Schedule Must Go On! The Blackhawks Games #21 – #40
Ok. No excuses now. The Hawks should be back in game shape by now and operating like the hockey robots we claim they are – right? Hopefully Dan Carcillo hasn’t ended anyone’s career, Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook haven’t been overused by Coach Q and Corey Crawford has regained his groove as the #1 in [...]
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 [...]
The Blackhawks Awkward 20
If you would be so brave as to follow me into Narnia… or Never Never Land… or whichever Fantasyland of your liking we can all just go pretending that all is well in Hockeyland. We won’t worry about those meetings in Toronto where Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr take their respective warriors into the battle [...]
Lightning Ink Defenseman Matt Carle – Six Years, $33 Million
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed free agent defenseman Matt Carle to a six-year, $33 million contract with a $5.5 million cap hit per year. The defensemive domino’s began to tumble after free agent Ryan Suter signed a big money contract with the Minnesota Wild, earlier today. Suter was the most sought after free agent blue-liner and [...]
