http://www.thehockeynews.com The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. en 2007 Medias Transcontinental Sat, 17 May 2008 03:47:54 -0400 60 http://thehockeynews.com/imgs/design/logo_thn_print.gif http://thehockeynews.com/ http://thehockeynews.com/articles/16058-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Flyers-pride-shines-through.html 2008-05-15 22:56:13 Ryan Kennedy's blog At this point in the series for the Flyers, style points mean nothing. Philadelphia defended its home turf for the night and prolonged the Battle of Pennsylvania for at least another two days with a 4-2 win in Game 4 and that's all that really matters right now. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15927-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Planet-Geno-eclipses-Flyers-in-Game-1.html 2008-05-09 22:54:22 Ryan Kennedy's blog So one thing became very apparent as Pittsburgh took Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final: This is Evgeni Malkin's world, we just live here. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15733-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Penguins-show-inexperience-in-Game-4-loss.html 2008-05-01 22:46:33 Ryan Kennedy's blog Welcome to playoff reality, young Penguins. The NHL's gilded birds were taken down a notch by the Rangers in what could have been a series-clinching Game 4. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15574-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Plenty-of-lessons-for-both-Pens-and-Rangers-in-Game-1.html 2008-04-25 22:36:17 Ryan Kennedy's blog But for a total of 35 seconds of clock time, the New York Rangers played a perfect road match against the Pens in Game 1. Ah, but in those 35 seconds – a 14-second span in the second period and a 20-second spurt in the third – the Blueshirts gave up back-to-back goals twice, ultimately leading to their 5-4 demise. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15370-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Devils-outclassed-Ellis-shines-in-OT-loss.html 2008-04-18 23:28:40 Ryan Kennedy's blog Despite the fact Nashville managed to push Detroit into overtime before quickly succumbing to a Johan Franzen breakaway, the Wings and Rangers – who finished off their series against the Devils – displayed remarkably similar tendencies in dispatching their opponents. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15305-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Sens-kicked-aside-by-Pens-and-RangersDevils-series-Staalled.html 2008-04-16 22:51:30 Ryan Kennedy's blog So...was it a “distinct kicking motion?” One thing is for sure, Antoine Vermette's nullified game-tying goal in the second period was a distinct kick in the pants if you're a Senators fan. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/15116-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Bs-need-to-check-Price-Wings-class-shines.html 2008-04-10 22:27:21 Ryan Kennedy's blog The early games last night featured a pair of top seeds facing the two eight seeds and the results, while predictable, still uncovered some interesting benchmarks for the future of these two series. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14923-THNcom-Blog-Mark-Bells-hit-on-Daniel-Alfredsson-was-clean.html 2008-04-04 11:22:18 Ryan Kennedy's blog If you ever want to see a file cabinet hurled across a cubicle, visit The Hockey News office the morning after a controversial hit. Like any group of sports enthusiasts, we are a collection of hawks and doves and the glories of YouTube have only served to prolong our debates into mini-Warren Commissions (See? Lidstrom’s head went back and to the left!). http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14714-THNcom-Blog-We-need-more-teams-in-NCAA-play.html 2008-03-28 13:32:40 Ryan Kennedy's blog With the NCAA’s Frozen Four tournament about to kick off with 16 teams involved, it got me thinking of the one team guaranteed not to make the playoffs next year: The Wayne State Warriors. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14523-THNcom-Blog-Picking-great-late-in-the-first-round.html 2008-03-21 10:09:30 Ryan Kennedy's blog It’s all well and good to speculate on where the top picks are going to land in the draft, but what about the teams with elite GMs? Banished to a pathetic existence of late-round picks and Stanley Cup rings, who’s looking out for these wet sacks of humanity? Well I’m hardly Mother Theresa, but if you’re asking for my help, here are some players with big payoff potential, should a team not need them immediately. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14322-THNcom-Blog-Who-should-draft-whom.html 2008-03-14 12:07:33 Ryan Kennedy's blog In the upcoming weeks, you’re going to hear a lot about real contenders for the Stanley Cup, playoff dark horses and teams that barely squeak in. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/14106-THNcom-Blog-Winning-comes-at-a-price.html 2008-03-07 11:59:51 Ryan Kennedy's blog I don’t want to sound like a broken record when it comes to one issue, but when yet another NHL owner comes out and claims the bottom line could hurt his team’s on-ice performance, I feel that’s cause for rebuttal. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13923-THNcom-Blog-Hockey-fights-video-game-would-be-winwin.html 2008-02-29 11:01:46 Ryan Kennedy's blog Word around the campfire is sports video game giant Electronic Arts (Madden, NHL 08) is in talks to buy Take Two, the company which runs maverick gaming imprint Rock Star, they of the Grand Theft Auto series. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13815-THNcom-Blog-Live-trade-deadline-coverage.html 2008-02-26 08:57:14 Ryan Kennedy's blog Click HERE to view thehockeynews.com's live trade tracker with up-to-the-minute updates and analysis as we countdown to the 3 p.m. trade deadline. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13706-THNcom-Blog-Evgeni-Malkin-Co-have-a-new-boss-at-Bauer-Hockey.html 2008-02-22 11:23:23 Ryan Kennedy's blog With the impending sale of Bauer, Nike will be gone from the business of hockey equipment. It was announced Feb. 21 Nike would sell its hockey entity to Kohlberg & Co. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13523-THNcom-Blog-Adding-pieces-to-the-puzzle-always-a-risk.html 2008-02-15 12:56:03 Ryan Kennedy's blog We all love the blockbuster free agent moves and trades in the summer, but there are only so many Paul Kariyas and Daniel Brieres to go around. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13331-THNcom-Blog-College-Catch22-leads-to-defections.html 2008-02-08 11:42:05 Ryan Kennedy's blog If you’re a fan of the Denver University Pioneers, today is a perplexing day. That’s because your leading scorer is gone, joining the American League’s Hamilton Bulldogs. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/13146-THNcom-Blog-Emery-for-Holmqvist-makes-perfect-sense.html 2008-02-01 10:05:50 Ryan Kennedy's blog It’s so simple it took a dimwit sportswriter to come up with. Ottawa hasn’t found a deal for Ray Emery and Tampa Bay needs a “bridge” goaltender until Karri Ramo is ready to shine/spectacularly crumble. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12981-THNcom-Blog-Panthers-should-send-Matthias-down-make-playoff-push-next-season.html 2008-01-25 11:55:08 Ryan Kennedy's blog Question: How many glass-half-full seasons do you need in order to put together one full-glass campaign? If you’re a Florida Panthers fan, the answer seems to be “one more. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12782-THNcom-Blog-Bigger-issue-at-hand-with-Ramage-sentence.html 2008-01-18 12:56:25 Ryan Kennedy's blog News that former NHLer Rob Ramage had been sentenced to four years in prison on a drunk driving conviction has not been completely accepted by several groups of people, including the former NHL defenseman’s lawyers. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12599-THNcom-Blog-An-idea-to-stamp-out-scalpers.html 2008-01-11 13:31:47 Ryan Kennedy's blog Sports fans put up with a lot of crap. Granted, they create a lot of that crap, but most followers do so on passion and a bond formed with a specific group of athletes, or at least a combination of colors on a jersey. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12403-THNcom-Blog-Time-for-Wolski-and-Stastny-to-man-up.html 2008-01-04 11:12:36 Ryan Kennedy's blog With the news that star left winger Ryan Smyth will miss the next eight weeks with an ankle injury, collars in Colorado have gotten considerably tighter. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12233-THNcom-Blog-Strong-start-for-Canadas-juniors.html 2007-12-28 18:36:45 Ryan Kennedy's blog Far from starting the tournament with cream puffs, Team Canada faced off against both the home team Czechs and nearby Slovaks to begin the World Junior Championship. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/12102-THNcom-Blog-Dont-rush-young-goalies.html 2007-12-21 11:16:35 Ryan Kennedy's blog Whether by necessity or simply the excitement akin to a kid on Christmas morning, a good number of NHL teams have trotted out their goalies of the future early on this season. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11923-THNcom-Blog-Thoughts-on-the-WJC-selections.html 2007-12-14 10:54:33 Ryan Kennedy's blog I know there’s a largely political aspect to the selections and inclusion by no means offers a completely accurate indicator of future NHL success, but with the world junior rosters now set, I had a couple thoughts. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11712-THNcom-Blog-All-the-Kings-mistakes.html 2007-12-07 14:45:57 Ryan Kennedy's blog Despite an 8-2 whipsawing of the Sabres last night, this has been a disappointing season in Los Angeles, made more so by the fact this was supposed to be a good year for the Kings. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11499-THNcom-Blog-Theo-Fleury-TV-show-a-bad-idea.html 2007-11-30 12:40:10 Ryan Kennedy's blog So the word out of Calgary is that former Flames favorite Theo Fleury is pitching a reality TV show about running a concrete business with his family. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11320-THNcom-Blog-Allstar-ballot-needs-all-stars.html 2007-11-23 12:59:09 Ryan Kennedy's blog Sure, it’s just for fun. And the real all-stars are named at the end of the season. But for NHL hockey fans, voting for players to go to the all-star game is an exciting yearly ritual punctuated by scowling at certain names on the ballot and saying “Whaaattt? Him?” According to the NHL, the hockey operations department puts together the final ballot in late October/early November, so why is Tampa Bay’s Dan Boyle an Eastern defenseman candidate (only played four games this year due to injury), but Pittsburgh’s Sergei Gonchar (leading all NHL blueliners in scoring) is not? Likewise, the Chicago Blackhawks have been carried offensively by Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews (neither are on the ballot), while Martin Havlat has been injured for all but the first game of the year (and he’s on the ballot). http://thehockeynews.com/articles/11125-THNcom-Blog-Put-your-hands-up-for-Detroit.html 2007-11-16 13:39:27 Ryan Kennedy's blog I was in Detroit last weekend for the OneGoal hockey trade show and as I expected, Motown’s not the post-apocalyptic landscape many make it out to be. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10891-THNcom-Blog-Its-Mo-time.html 2007-11-09 12:46:09 Ryan Kennedy's blog I’m finished with the semantics. No more qualifiers, no asterisks, no crosses with two lines through them. When Mike Modano retires, he will do so as the best American player ever. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10664-THNcom-Blog-Saved.html 2007-11-02 12:20:18 Ryan Kennedy's blog Brothers and sisters, I have seen the light. Oh, sure, I had once led the wrong life, traveled down that wicked path more than once, but I have been redeemed. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10351-THNcom-Blog-Slangs-and-arrows.html 2007-10-26 00:44:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog “Speak with criminal slang/that's just the way that I talk, yo.” – Big L If there's one thing I want more of in the NHL, it's nicknames. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10350-THNcom-Blog-Hockeys-Yanks-are-dandy.html 2007-10-19 16:15:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog • So far this season, it's been a good time to be young and American. Paul Stastny is among the NHL scoring leaders, Patrick Kane jumped straight from junior into a shootout clincher versus Dominik Hasek and Erik Johnson proved he belonged with the Blues before a minor injury setback. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10349-THNcom-Blog-Icegirl-dilemma.html 2007-10-12 00:46:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog So I'm wrestling with something here. But first, a question: How many NHL teams do you think have ice girls, cheerleaders, spirit squads, or whatever else you want to call them? A small number? Just those struggling Sun Belt teams? Wrong. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10348-THNcom-Blog-Put-up-and-shut-up.html 2007-10-05 00:35:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog Is it fair to compare the financial success of a hockey team to say, a paper mill or an insurance company? In the latter cases, if the businesses make money, they're good. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10347-THNcom-Blog-A-cash-grab-we-can-agree-on.html 2007-08-30 00:55:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog Soccer, which has many bad points – racism, dullness – also has a lot of good ideas that unfortunately hockey doesn't follow, such as relegation and multiple tournaments involving different leagues. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10346-THNcom-Blog-Markov-Florida-the-perfect-fit.html 2007-08-27 00:34:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog One of the true surprises of this off-season has been the fact rugged defenseman Danny Markov is still a free agent. Markov, a solid contributor to Detroit's conference finalist team last season, balked at the Wings' $2. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10345-THNcom-Blog-Foppas-future.html 2007-08-20 00:35:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog Adam Proteau will return Sept. 3. In his absence, the The Hockey News.com will feature several guest bloggers. Up today is The Hockey News's Ryan Kennedy. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10344-THNcom-Blog-NHL-good-NBA-bad.html 2007-07-24 00:23:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog The recent scandal surrounding NBA ref Tim Donaghy allegedly betting on games he was officiating and potentially helping alter the outcomes had me thinking about hockey's officials. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10343-THNcom-Blog-Dagger-Day.html 2007-03-27 00:49:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog Adam Proteau will return April 2. In his absence, the The Hockey News.com will feature several guest bloggers. Up today is THN copy editor and Bubble Buzz author Ryan Kennedy: Welcome to the End of Dreams, 2007 edition. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10342-THNcom-Blog-Momentum-swing.html 2007-02-21 00:22:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog Adam Proteau will return Feb. 26. In his absence, the The Hockey News.com will feature several guest bloggers. Up today is THN Copy Editor and Trauma Unit author Ryan Kennedy: As Hunter S. http://thehockeynews.com/articles/10341-THNcom-Blog-Who-wins-the-alltime-AllStar-Game.html 2007-01-03 00:53:00 Ryan Kennedy's blog Adam Proteau will return Jan. 9. In his absence, the The Hockey News.com will feature several guest bloggers. Up today is THN copy editor and Trauma Unit author Ryan Kennedy: You want to know why sports are so popular in society? Because people love to argue about them.