All Entries Tagged With: "Minnesota Wild"
Too Casual Blackhawks Lose Again to the Wild in a Shootout
Chicago – The Blackhawks lost 2-1 in a shootout in Minnesota on Thursday. The loss prevents the Hawks from beginning post-season play on home ice. Corey Crawford was the main reason the Hawks didn’t lose the game in regulation as the Hawks were soundly outplayed during the third period. Last year, Minnesota won their final [...]
The New and Improved Blackhawks and Why
Chicago – Blackhawks Captain Jonathan Toews has been out of action since playing on February 19 versus St. Louis. Toews appears close to returning from a concussion but it isn’t etched in stone he will be back for the Minnesota game on Thursday. The sad truth is Toews could still have a setback Wednesday or [...]
The Great Gabby Revival
The New York Rangers were handed a nice gift before their Sunday night tilt with the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden. The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 earlier in the day, reducing the Rangers’ magic number to 1. At minimum, all the Rangers needed to do to clinch the Atlantic Division and [...]
Less Than Focused Hawks Fall to The Wild
Chicago – The Chicago Blackhawks didn’t have much opportunity to savor their playoff clinching victory in Nashville. Sunday night, the Minnesota Wild skated into the United Center with a chip on their shoulder. The Wild capitalized on Hawk errors, took an early lead and then built a two goal cushion. The Blackhawks mounted a comeback [...]
Blackhawks Secure a Playoff Spot and Defeat Nashville 5-4
On Saturday night, the Blackhawks once again made it more exciting than it should have been. The Predators are one of the top teams in the NHL and the Hawks were able to secure a 4-0 lead in Nashville. Then the Hawks let some old bad habits slip back into their game and as a [...]
Filppula Nets Two as Red Wings Run Wild at Home 6-0
You might want to check to see if the Detroit Red Wings (43-19-3, 89 points) lit the lamp once again. They brought their scoring prowess from Columbus back home to the Joe Louis Arena as they won their first home game since February 19 with a 6-0 whitewashing of the Minnesota Wild. Valtteri Filppula scored [...]
Krejci Turns The Trick As B’s Down Devils In OT
BOSTON – On Thursday, the Boston Bruins played their first of seventeen games on the slate for the month of March with one goal in mind: Finding consistency. Following a 5-7-1 February, which saw them shutout in five games, the B’s were looking to get things back on track with a strong effort against the [...]
GameDay: Bruins Look To Right The Ship With Devils In Town
Teams: New Jersey Devils at Boston Bruins Records: New Jersey 35-23-4 (74 Points) ,Boston 37-21-3 (77 Points) Location: TD Garden , Boston, Massachusetts Time: 7:00 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio Info: NESN (Edwards, Brickley, Funayama) – 98.5 The Sports Hub (Goucher, Beers) Last Game: Ottawa Senators 1 , Bruins 0 ……. Devils 0 , New York Rangers 2 [...]
Deadline Madness: Bruins Add Rolston, Mottau, Zanon
Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli pulled yet another rabbit out of his hat on Monday afternoon in advance of the NHL’s 3 P.M. trading deadline. Entering the deadline the B’s were mired in a streak of twenty straight games where they hadn’t been able to string together back to back wins. With injuries to [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning is 28-28-6 with 62 points through 62 games. After 62 games last season, the Bolts were 37-18-7 with 74 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by eight points. Tampa Bay is in 11th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference, six points out [...]
GameDay: Bruins Look To End Skid Against Stingy St. Louis Club
Starting with tonight I’ve decided to switch up the style of my “GameDay” from here on Hockey Independent. I hope you all like the new format! Teams: Boston Bruins at St. Louis Blues Records: Boston 35-20-2 (72 Points) , St. Louis 36-16-7 (79 Points) Location: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, Missouri Time: 8 P.M. (EST) TV/Radio [...]
Slumping Bruins Left To Ponder: What Is Going Wrong?
On Sunday afternoon, the Boston Bruins once again failed to get things going in the right direction again, as they fell 2-0 to the Minnesota Wild on a Hockey Day In America marquee matinee contest. The loss continues what has been an exceedingly tough month of hockey for the defending champs, as their February record [...]
GameDay: B’s Look To Right The Ship On Hockey Day In America
On Sunday afternoon, the Boston Bruins will look to right the ship as they take on the Minnesota Wild in the marquee contest of NBC’s newest annual promotion, Hockey Day In America. The game will take place in the epicenter of hockey in the United States. A place where hockey in treated with almost as [...]
Bolts Trade Moore to Sharks
The Tampa Bay Lightning are sellers now and have traded center Dominic Moore and a seventh round pick in 2012 to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a second round pick in 2012 (acquired by the Sharks from the Minnesota Wild). The Bolts now have three draft picks in the second round of this years draft. [...]
GameDay: B’s And Rangers Faceoff At TD Garden Plus Thoughts On Rick Nash Rumors
On Tuesday evening the best two teams in the Eastern Conference will clash for the second time this season. Henrik Lundqvist and the first-place New York Rangers will travel to Boston to take on the defending Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins at the TD Garden. Boston is coming of a thrilling come-from-behind victory against the [...]
Rangers Move Christensen
It seemed like sooner or later, Erik Christensen’s days as a New York Ranger were going to be numbered. Turned out it was sooner, as the Rangers sent the center and a conditional 2013 seventh round draft pick to the Minnesota Wild in exchange for Casey Wellman. Christensen was on the bubble in training camp [...]
Five Deals That SHOULD Be Made Before The Deadline
As the late February NHL trading deadline approaches rumors have began to surface in every corner of the hockey world. From buyers to sellers and rentals, a plethora of deals always seem to be made this time of year. This year, as a few top-tier players are slated to become Unrestricted free agents at year’s [...]
Blackhawks Defeat Wild With ‘New’ Look
The Blackhawks played their best game of 2012 and came away with a 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild Thursday night. The Hawks started out a little sluggish and fell asleep for a bit in the final frame, but in between they were very good. For the first time in quite a while, the Blackhawks [...]
Bruins Put Out The Flames, Route Calgary For 9-0 Victory
On a night less than 48 hours in advance of a highly anticipated Stanley Cup Finals rematch with the Vancouver Canucks, it would have been easy to expect a “let-down” of sorts in Boston on Thursday evening when the Bruins played host to the Calgary Flames. Also, in a game that the B’s would be [...]
Kane Dazzles as Hawks Defeat Wild
The Blackhawks played an entertaining game against the Minnesota Wild Wednesday and captured a 4-3 shootout win. The gamewas fun to watch and had a little of everything: fast-paced action, very good goal keeping, a fight, poor officiating and a dazzling shootout goal. In the opening period, the Wild battled but couldn’t find their skating [...]
