NCAA Hockey 101: Are Jerry York's 1,000 wins an unmatchable feat? For a few years now, Boston College head coach Jerry York has been the winningest college hockey coach in history. He passed Ron Mason, the long-time Michigan State coach (at 924) and kept right on rolling. Now he's up to an even 1,000, having demolished UMass 8-0 on the road Friday night, and tied UConn on Saturday. This is a … [Read more...]

Why the Sharks are much better with a healthy Logan Couture Logan Couture still has trouble with his ankle after games.  Couture suffered a fractured right fibula near the area in the first week of the NHL season, an injury that required surgery that kept him out almost two months. Then when he came back, he suffered a small arterial bleed near his right thigh area two games later, which … [Read more...]

World record shootout in women’s hockey game with 54 shots Germany’s women’s ice hockey league had taken a six-week break before returning to the ice last weekend. The Memmingen Indians and EC Bergkamen needed all of that rest in their first game back on Jan. 23, playing a world-record shootout that lasted 54 shots and 30 minutes. (Where was the Marek Malik of German women’s hockey?!) … [Read more...]

P.K. Subban scores from center ice, immediately takes penalty (Video) It really wasn’t a good night for the Montreal Canadiens on Monday. They lost 5-2 at the hands of the Columbus Blue Jackets and their one highlight of the night immediately turned into a penalty kill. P.K. Subban fired a shot from center ice that beat Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo to tie the game 2-2 midway … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Brassard's 5-point night; Atkinson gets hat trick No. 1 Star: Derick Brassard, New York Rangers Brassard set a career high with five points as the Rangers beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3. Four of his five points came in the third period as he scored twice and assisted on two others as New York earned their eighth straight win over the Sabres. No. 2 Star: Cam Atkinson, Columbus … [Read more...]

Cam Atkinson nets a hat trick and another kid gets a puppy (Video) One day after Bobby Ryan of the Ottawa Senators made one young fan happy by scoring a goal and ensuring a puppy for their household, the trick worked Monday night in Columbus. A Columbus Blue Jackets fan thought, “Why not me?” and brought a sign to Nationwide Arena that read “Dad Said If 13 Scores On My Birthday We Get A … [Read more...]

Florida Panthers agree to six-year $35.4M extension with Aleksander Barkov The Florida Panthers agreed to a long-term contract with a vital member of their young core Monday. According to George Richards of the Miami Herald, the team came to terms with 20-year-old center Aleksander Barkov to a six-year contract extension worth $5.9 million per-year. The total comes out to $35.4 million … [Read more...]

Here’s The Klingburger, a gut-busting treat created by John Klingberg Everyone has different standards for celebrity status. Maybe what you drive or where you live or if you’re famous enough where they assume you won’t present at the NHL Awards.  For us, celebrity status is having your own menu item named after you. Jonathan Toews has his own beer. Jaromir Jagr was immortalized on a peanut … [Read more...]

What We Learned: Why Pekka Rinne has been awful this season Sometimes very good players will have an inexplicably bad year. It doesn't happen often, mind you, but when it does, people collectively lose their minds speculating about, “What's wrong with so-and-so?” The most recent example of this is Sidney Crosby, who “only” had 84 points in 77 games last season and is now on 40 in 46 this … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Crawford's seventh shutout; Ryan's 'puppy' goal No. 1 Star: Corey Crawford, Chicago Blackhawks In a key divisional match up, Crawford stepped up for Chicago with 25 saves in a 2-0 shutout win over the St. Louis Blues. Crawford improved to 28-11-2 with a 2.08 goal-against average .932 save percentage. The shutout was Crawford’s league-leading seventh. It’s the first time a … [Read more...]