Watch Jeff Lerg deliver save of the year candidate in ECHL (Video) Hockey earned the number one play of the night Sunday on SportsCenter thanks to Toledo Walleye goaltender Jeff Lerg.  During a 3-2 shootout win over the Fort Wayne Komets, Lerg made 37 stops, including this save of the year stop in overtime that Garrett Meurs will be seeing in his dreams for a while.  Via BCSN Sports: Change … [Read more...]

What We Learned: Drew Doughty vs. Erik Karlsson debate (Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it.) At this point if you believe Drew Doughty, or literally anyone else, deserves to win the Norris over … [Read more...]

Wayne Simmonds, Tanner Glass fight, but not each other (Video) It was a forgone conclusion Wayne Simmonds was going to have to fight someone on the New York Rangers roster in Sunday night's game. The weekend prior Simmonds knocked Ryan McDonagh out of the lineup with a punch to the jaw after McDonagh delivered a cross-check to the head of the Philadelphia Flyers forward. During the week, … [Read more...]

Wild fire Yeo following eighth consecutive loss; Torchetti hired as interim After the Minnesota Wild dropped their eighth-straight game early Saturday, Mike Yeo remained steadfast," I’m not freaking quitting here, and I’m not quitting on this group. I’m going to show some fight, and I believe in the group, but better start believing in each other and better start delivering." Well, he may … [Read more...]

Yahoo Daily Fantasy Hockey: Lundqvist, Backes solid Sunday plays by Sasha Yodashkin Sunday's five-game Valentine's Day NHL slate offers non-stop thrilling action, with a 7:30 p.m. EST divisional battle between the rival Rangers and Flyers capping off a day that starts with a pair of 12:30 games. There are plenty of high-end fantasy options available, but the players listed below have the … [Read more...]

Hossa 'could miss some time' with apparent leg injury (Video) Ducks defenseman Hampus Lindholm dealt a legal hipcheck to Marian Hossa with 5:12 to go in the second period. The check sent Hossa spinning into the end boards where he suffered an apparent leg injury. He was able to skate off with help, but could not put any weight on his left leg. After the game, Mark Lazerus of the Chicago … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Stars hold off Capitals; Ducks finally win in OT No. 1 Star: Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars In the battle of the top teams, Dallas came emerged victorious over Washington by a score of 4-3. Seguin scored two goals for the Stars giving him a total of 30 on the season. Scary moment for Seguin near the end of the game when he was sliced by a skate on the arm. It required stitches. … [Read more...]

Wild's spiral hits new low with Mike Yeo's firing During the 2015-16 season, the Minnesota Wild saw the losses pile up for a team that was built to ‘win now' and it became apparent that something needed to change. A star player questioned the coaching staff, and the team had a host of other issues that needed to be addressed.   On Saturday, the Wild fired coach Mike Yeo after he went … [Read more...]

Reeling Wild fire coach Mike Yeo in fifth season Less than two weeks after Minnesota Wild general manager Chuck Fletcher gave coach Mike Yeo a vote of confidence, the team has made a coaching change. The Wild announced the move on Saturday night following their 4-2 loss to the Boston Bruins earlier in the day. "I would like to thank Mike for the hard work and dedication he provided behind the … [Read more...]

Gostisbehere sets rookie record, then speared in groin (Video) One name that's not appearing often enough in the Calder Trophy discussion: Shayne Gostisbehere. Probably because his last name really hard to spell.  He's a defenseman playing on the Philadelphia Flyers who was called up nearly a month and a half into the NHL season. In a mere 36 games played, he's put up 30 points (10-20=30).  … [Read more...]