Harvard's Jimmy Vesey wins 2016 Hobey Baker Award For the first time in a while, there was a bit of controversy about the Hobey Baker Award. Jimmy Vesey, a Harvard senior, finished the season with 46 points in 33 games, the seventh-most per game in the NCAA this year. He also scored 24 goals (fourth in goals per game), which is a lot, and ran his total for the last two seasons to 56. That … [Read more...]

Official guide to NHL playoff clinching scenarios this weekend The National Hockey League’s 2015-16 regular season comes to a rollicking conclusion this weekend, with several playoff seeds still in flux for the Eastern and Western Conferences. Not to mention the postseason fates for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. The NHL released its official playoff scenarios … [Read more...]

NHL Playoff Death Watch: Flyers in trouble, but not big trouble Since we're down to the final moments of postseason life for teams in contention, Puck Daddy solemnly begins a daily countdown to annihilation.  With the Boston Bruins thumping the Detroit Red Wings, 5-2, and the Toronto Maple Leafs upsetting the Philadelphia Flyers in overtime, 4-3, the Eastern Conference wild card race was … [Read more...]

Fan suing Blackhawks because drunk guy fell on him It was Game 4 of the 2015 Western Conference Final. The Chicago Blackhawks were hosting the Anaheim Ducks. John Cooke and his brother were sitting in the sixth row of Section 331, cheering on the home team.  Two rows above them was another fan. A really, really drunk fan. The kind of drunk fan you look at and say, “Hey, that guy totally … [Read more...]

Playoff clinching scenarios for Flyers, Bruins and Red Wings Andrew MacDonald stretched his body across the ice, including his stick, sliding to make a defensive play in overtime against Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Gardiner.  He went for the puck; the referee believed he caught Gardiner’s skate first, sending him tumbling to the ice. The result? A Maple Leafs power play on a … [Read more...]

Islanders sweep Rangers for 1st time, don’t care about playoff seeding NEW YORK – For the first time in the 44-year history of their cross-borough battles, the New York Islanders swept a season series from the New York Rangers, completing the broom act with a 4-1 win at MSG on Thursday night. “Yeah, that’s what they said,” said coach Jack Capuano when asked about the feat. “We’ve had some … [Read more...]

Quinnipiac denies BC, advances to NCAA national title game Quinnipiac hockey is all about function. Everyone does the thing they are supposed to do when they are supposed to do it, pretty much all of the time. Breakdowns happen because it's hockey and no one ever plays a perfect game front-to-back. But when it worked for them tonight, it worked extremely well, and when it didn't, things got … [Read more...]

NCAA Frozen Four preview: Can top seed Quinnipiac conquer history? It wasn't that all long ago the Quinnipiac Bobcats were barely a team at all. They existed as a Division II program from 1975 to 1998, but Division II hockey effectively stopped existing as a thing the NCAA recognizes as a championship sport in the mid-1980s, and came back for a brief run in the '90s. There hasn't been a … [Read more...]

Demers' health; Gretzky on goals; Rexall goodbye (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected].   • G.I. Joe inspired NHL player cards include the Montreal Canadiens' mascot. (Puck … [Read more...]

Marek Vs. Wyshynski: NHL playoffs desirability, Babcock's tax and big announcement (Podcast) It's a Wednesday edition of MAREK VS. WYSHYNSKI featuring Dave Lozo, and we're talking about: - Do the Montreal Canadiens have an in-fighting problem? - Which teams in the Eastern Conference mess do you want to see in playoffs most? - Which playoff teams do you want to see in general? - Mike … [Read more...]