Women's Hockey Notebook: NWHL ASG announced; Marie-Philip Poulin is cooler than you LINE RUSH Following Tuesday's announcement of the ground breaking partnership between the NWHL and NESN to air Boston Pride games, the league followed up with another splash: the first All-Star Game. The festivities will take place January 23 and January 24 in Buffalo, N.Y. Following in the steps of the NHL … [Read more...]

Gretz: G Bobrovsky getting Jackets on track For the first month of the season Sergei Bobrovsky was the biggest reason the Columbus Blue Jackets were losing hockey games. Now, he is the biggest reason they are winning them. He was at it again on Friday night when put together one of the best goaltending performances of the season when he stopped all 39 shots he faced in a 4-0 win over the Nashville … [Read more...]

CBJ lose Tyutin, Goloubef taken to hospital, forced to play four defensemen By the end of the first period, the Columbus Blue Jackets were up 2-0 on the Nashville Predators and down 2 defensemen.  The team lost Fedor Tyutin first to an upper-body injury. The play was so innocuous no one seems to be able to identify exactly when it happened.  On the other hand, Cody Goloubef's injury could … [Read more...]

Cory Schneider spits hot truth on his goalie peers’ gargantuan gear If you want more goals, then shrink the goalies.  That seems to be the most agreed-upon first step in attempting to “fix” the NHL’s “problem” with goals scored, a debate that’s now in its “third decade” of existence. (These are all sarcastic air quotes.) And since restrictions on how tall goalies can be is straight up height … [Read more...]

NHL All-Star 3-on-3 roster projections: Central Division is nuts (Trending Topics) The new All-Star Game format is an exciting one, and it's actually a case of the NHL listening to its fans. The long-held opinion and correct opinion on the Game itself, from basically all corners, was that it sucked. Games ending in scores that rival defensive struggles on the football field aren't … [Read more...]

Jason Zucker helped off ice after Matt Beleskey slash (Video) Minnesota Wild forward Jason Zucker was hurt in the final seconds of his team’s 4-2 loss against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on Thursday. The 23-year-old Zucker, who scored a goal in the game and has 13 points in 17 games, was slashed by Boston forward Matt Beleskey. The video of the play is above. [Play Yahoo Daily Fantasy … [Read more...]

Alex Ovechkin breaks NHL record for most career goals by a Russian (Video) Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin has scored more goals at the NHL level than any Russian in the game’s history. Ovechkin took a feed in front of the Dallas Stars net in the third period of a Thursday game at Verizon Center and buried the shot past Kari Lehtonen. Ovechkin’s 484th goal came in his 777th … [Read more...]

NHL to give teams bye weeks in 2016-17 schedule The NHL and the NHLPA agreed to change this season's All-Star Game to a 3-on-3 format for several reasons. One of which also reportedly involved extra rest for the players in the 2016-17 schedule.  ESPN’s Pierre LeBrun reported a bye week will be added to team’s schedules for the 2016-17 season. His detail of the plan is below from ESPN.com. … [Read more...]

Doug Wilson thinks Sharks passed character test, won’t touch Marleau talk In early November the San Jose Sharks appeared primed for a tumble in the standings.    The team had won once in between Oct. 17 and Nov. 10. There were reports that longtime forward Patrick Marleau was trade bait. Center Logan Couture – who suffered a fractured right fibula in early October – remained shelved for … [Read more...]

Thursday's Picks: Rangers will win 10th straight Welcome to the NHL Daily Picks where hockey writers Adam Gretz and Chris Peters make their selections for all of the day's games. New York Rangers vs, Tampa Bay Lightning, 7:30 p.m. ET It's been more than a month — October 15, to be exact — since the New York Rangers lost a hockey game in regulation. That loss came in the fifth game of the … [Read more...]