Hockey is extremely weird, even inexplicable, sometimes. Monday’s Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final was a pretty solid example. The Penguins managed to take home the 5-3 win in the series opener despite being significantly outplayed for much of the game. In fact, there was a 37-minute stretch in which the Penguins failed to record a […]
Read MoreIslanders head coach Doug Weight continued to do things his own way, officially hiring former Devils and Rangers star Scott Gomez to join his staff Tuesday. The decision might be a little outside the box — Gomez has no professional coaching experience — but it has been in the making for a while. It continued Weight’s […]
Read MoreIt looks like Capitals fans can start preparing for another season of Alex Ovechkin. Despite yet another disappointing playoff run that fell short of the conference finals, it doesn’t appear as though the Capitals plan to trade their captain. General manager Brian MacLellan confirmed as much while speaking to the media Tuesday afternoon. “People are looking […]
Read MoreA Tennessee man is calling himself a “dumb redneck with a bad idea” after police filed charges against him for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final. Police say 36-year-old Jacob Waddell threw the dead fish over the glass surrounding the rink on Monday night during […]
Read MoreIn what seemed an inevitability, the Islanders are not going to play six games at the refurbished Nassau Coliseum next season, NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly wrote in an email to The Post on Tuesday night. This comes despite a clause in the lease agreement between developer Bruce Ratner and the county that promises four […]
Read MorePITTSBURGH — By coach Peter Laviolette’s math, the Nashville Predators have been pretty good for all but 10 minutes of the Stanley Cup Final. It’s not much. Unless you’re playing the Penguins. Then it’s too much. Way too much. The defending Stanley Cup champions needed just over three minutes at the start of the third […]
Read MoreNo one is more frustrated with the referees in the Stanley Cup Finals than Carrie Underwood. Underwood, who is married to Nashville Predators captain Mike Fisher, went on an anguished Twitter spree Wednesday night protesting the officiating in her team’s crucial Game 2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. The 34-year-old country star first tweeted her dismay […]
Read MoreThe postseason is a time for folk heroes, so enter Jake Guentzel. The Penguins rookie forward had played just 40 NHL games before these playoffs, but he has emerged with a historic run to lead the league with 12 postseason goals. That has been highlighted by consecutive game-winning tallies in Games 1 and 2 of […]
Read MoreNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Pekka Rinne and the Predators are hard to beat on their own ice this postseason, and now they have added their biggest piece of franchise history yet. A victory in the Stanley Cup final, in front of their raucous, catfish-throwing fans. The embattled Rinne made 27 saves. Roman Josi and Frederick Gaudreau […]
Read MoreThere can be no more meaningful endorsement of Ilya Kovalchuk than the fact the people who knew him best as a teammate or member of their organizations before he left for the KHL four years ago are interested in acquiring the dynamic 34-year-old winger from the Devils as he prepares to return to the NHL. […]
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