Logan Couture values playoff success after life-threatening injury SAN JOSE, Calif. – When Logan Couture walked into CONSOL Energy Center for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, thousands of Penguins fans had already amassed out front to watch the game, waiting to turn downtown Pittsburgh into New Year’s Eve if their team defeated the San Jose Sharks.  Was there any part of him, then, that … [Read more...]

New NHL expansion draft details, including waiving no-moves For a League that hasn’t formally declared that it’s expanding, there’s sure been a lot of groundwork laid for a potential NHL expansion draft, huh?  We’ll find out before the NHL Awards on June 22 if the Board of Governors approves Las Vegas for a new franchise, with Quebec City basically stating they’re a relocation spot recently. … [Read more...]

Puck Soup Podcast: Kathryn Tappen of NBC and remembering Gordie Howe (WARNING: STRONG ADULT LANGUAGE AND HUMOR. LISTENER DISCRETION IS ADVISED.) PUCK SOUP is the new hockey podcast on the Nerdist network for Puck Daddy editor Greg Wyshynski and Dave Lozo of Vice Sports, Uproxx and The Comeback. This is a hockey podcast, in the sense that the talk about hockey, both on the ice and about fan … [Read more...]

Gordie Howe was my hockey god PITTSBURGH – When you’re a child of the late 1970s, there are three different kinds of sports legends.  There are the ones who you grow up with, that you feel are your generation’s legends, ones you can touch and speak with if so blessed. Michael Jordan was like that for me. So was Jaromir Jagr. There are the ones that maybe you didn’t see in their absolute … [Read more...]

Stanley Cup Final Game 5: Puck Daddy's Postgame Awards (Ed. Note: We're changing things up for the Stanley Cup Finals. Instead of writing Three Stars as we normally do on game night, we'll be handing out some postgame awards.) First Star: Martin Jones, San Jose Sharks If it wasn't for the goaltender, the Sharks would be done and gone. After giving up two goals in 22 seconds in the first, he … [Read more...]

Penguins, Sharks open Game 5 with historic first period PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks opened Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final with a wild, historic first period. In the opening 5:06 of the game, the two teams combined for four goals, breaking the record for fastest four goals to start a Stanley Cup Final game, according to Elias. It was Brent Burns and Logan Couture … [Read more...]

Sharks vs. Penguins: Stanley Cup Final Game 5 Key Moment The San Jose Sharks didn’t know what it was like to play with a regulation lead this Stanley Cup Final. Before Game 5 at Pittsburgh they hadn’t held an advantage against Pittsburgh Penguins outside of Joonas Donskoi’s overtime winner in Game 3. They got their first lead when Brent Burns scored at the 1:04 mark of the first period and … [Read more...]

Martin Jones, Sharks keep Stanley Cup out of Penguins’ hands PITTSBURGH – Martin Jones, Stanley Cup party pooper. The San Jose Sharks goalie made 44 saves to keep his team alive in the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-2 Game 5 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night, ruining the potential celebration for the Penguins and the tens of thousands of fans that had gathered in and around … [Read more...]

Huge If True: Boston Bruins' blue line is in bad shape The Bruins have missed the playoffs for the last two seasons, and the annual sell-off of talent they've suffered for the last few years is a pretty good indication of why. When you think of Bruins Hockey around the time they won a Cup and went to another Final, you think first and foremost of physicality and defensive soundness. Since … [Read more...]

Red Wings hire John Torchetti as assistant coach The Detroit Red Wings have hired former Minnesota Wild interim coach John Torchetti as an assistant coach the team announced Thursday.  Torchetti was named the Wild’s interim coach after the team fired Mike Yeo in February. Under the fiery Torchetti, Minnesota went 15-11-1 to make the playoffs for the fourth straight season. They then took the … [Read more...]