By David Strehle (@David_Strehle) Hockey can be a funny game sometimes, taking predominant trends and throwing them right out the window. Such was the case Saturday night, as rookie Matt Read and the Philadelphia Flyers used a blistering first period to overpower the Phoenix Coyotes at Jobing.com Arena by a score of 4-2. Coming ...
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes couldn’t be more different at this point of the season. The “haves” versus the “have-nots” if you will. The Pens (who currently boast the best record in the eastern conference) and the Canes (just three points ahead of the NHL-worst Columbus Blue Jackets) are fourteen points apart in the ...
By Lukas Hardonk (@LukasHardonk) Generally when a lesser-known player, such as one who is part of a team’s bottom-six forward group, goes down with an injury, not much is made of it. In that case, the team probably calls up a different player from its minor league affiliate and life goes on with just a ...
I wanted to reach out to all of you readers. Ticketmaster has teamed up with The Hockey Guys to offer a special holiday deal. There are discount NHL tickets available at 25-50% off for the Stars, the Lightning, the Kings, the Islanders, the Devils, and the Penguins. The Holiday Ticket Deal sale ends December 4th at midnight, ...
We at The Hockey Guys are pleased to bring back a very successful weekly series feature called Underrated Nation. Writer, fan and NHL history aficionado Bill Kellett will focus on a different NHL’er every week in our Underrated Nation segment’s, seen only on The Hockey Guys. By Bill Kellett There have been a handful of ...
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The Hockey Guys are pleased to release the second edition of “THG’s NHL Draft Top 30 Rankings”, a guide aimed at providing all hockey fans with information on the upcoming 2012 draft class. As in the first edition released in November, Prospect guru Brendan Ross and credentialed OHL writer Todd Cordell team up to ...
By Christopher Decker (@HockeyGuy_Chris) (Photo by Scott Levy/NHLI via Getty Images) Less than a week ago, NHL skeptics, along with fans, felt that the Rangers’ winning record was purely a result of a supposedly “easy” schedule to start the season. First of all, that’s obviously not accurate, considering they opened their season on one of ...
By Lukas Hardonk (@LukasHardonk) On November 29, 2008, exactly three years ago today, the Toronto Maple Leafs introduced Brian Burke as the team’s new president and general manager. At the time, it was seen as a new era in Toronto; one that meant success would come about a year or two later and the team ...
By Dustin Leed (@D_LEED) Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren announced earlier today that Chris Pronger will undergo surgery on his left knee on Tuesday. The injury, which was kept quiet by the Flyers is the most recent on a laundry list of problems with Pronger, but it didn’t start out that way for the Flyers’ defenseman. ...
Special to The Hockey Guys by Charlie O’Connor (@FF_charlieoconn) Pronger, Nodl out, Schenn in during busy day of Flyers roster moves Injured reserve. AHL call-ups. Waivers. If a new NHL fan wanted a quick lesson in the art of roster management, he or she would have found the series of moves by the Philadelphia Flyers today ...
