Hockey

Fans can watch the 2015 NHL All-Star Game live online and see as the annual showcase of the league’s best players takes on a new dimension. Like the last two years, this season’s the game is in the hands of the players themselves, with a playground-style draft where captains Jonathan Toews and Nick Foligno alternated […]

On Saturday night, the Detroit Red Wings will go head to head against the Nashville Predators. The highly-anticipated hockey game is being played at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan, and will start at 7 p.m. (Eastern Time). Fans of the Detroit Red Wings and Nashville Predators will be able to watch the full […]

Hockey fans who can’t get to a television on New Year’s Day can watch the 2015 Winter Classic live online and see the Chicago Blackhawks and Washington Capitals face off from Nationals Park. The annual hockey tradition, which kicked off as the calendar turned 2008, will feature one of the top teams in the league […]

New York Rangers Kevin Klein was high-sticked by Pittsburgh Penguins forward Zach Sill during the first period of Monday night’s hockey game. The incident was worse than anyone thought because it actually ripped off part of Klein’s ear, as reported by Fox Sports. According to Rangers coach Alain Vigneault, Klein had to get 13 stitches […]

Tyler Ennis. The 25-year-old ice hockey player has an immeasurable amount of potential and talent in the rink. Even though hockey can be viewed as a relatively boring sport at times, it can also have its moments when it is absolutely amazing. Tyler Ennis was able to create one of those amazing moments himself during […]

One hockey goalie is being hailed a hero after he flew out of the dressing room to make an unexpected save. Patrick O’Brien, the 26-year-old goalie, was getting ready to play for the amateur Gander Flyers team at the Gander Community Centre, in Newfoundland, when he was informed a fan had collapsed in the stands. […]

Hockey, to those who grew up in the regions on earth where winters are cold and harsh, is the equivalent of the iconic backyard basketball hoop, sometimes tacked onto the side of a barn or a garage, or the sandlot baseball diamond where bases are made up of bundled up t-shirts or pieces of torn […]

If you’re looking for something to brighten your day, look no further than this video of a little fan of the Boston Bruins, so psyched about being rinkside that he gives a fist bump and a smile to every player as they pass. The video went up yesterday, courtesy of YouTube user HockeyWebCaster, and it’s […]

Elsa with a beard? Why not! The Boston Bruins hockey team has a yearly Halloween tradition that includes visiting Boston Children’s Hospital. Traditionally, the costumes take on a funny note to help lift the spirits of the children. This year is no exception. Dougie Hamilton, Torey Krug, Seth Griffith, Matt Fraser, Kevan Miller and Matt […]

The Florida Panthers have had a rough start to the new season. You’d be hard pressed to find fans who’ve been there and know it. ESPN is reporting the announced crowd of 7,311 on Monday night was not only a franchise all-time worst, smashing the previous low of 10,063, it was also the smallest attendance […]

It used to be the biggest joke in the National Hockey League. The Phoenix Coyotes were seemingly perpetually for sale after the league stepped in to save the team from bankruptcy in 2009. For four years the league ran the team, all the while trying to sell them. There were suitors, but any time a […]

The NHL’s Los Angeles Kings began the 2014-2015 regular season the same way they began the 2013-2014 post season — with a blowout loss to the San Jose Sharks. With the way history repeats itself so often, this should scare the rest of the NHL. The Bleacher Report is reporting, and expecting, big things from […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins have a lot on the line coming into the 2014-2015 NHL season. The players must redeem themselves after last season’s epic playoff collapse. Remember back in April when there were few National Hockey League teams hotter than the Pittsburgh Penguins? The Pens had captured the inaugural Metropolitan Division crown and boasted a […]

Saku Koivu is hanging up his skates after 18 seasons in the NHL. The longtime Anaheim Ducks and Montreal Canadiens legend, and four-time Finnish Olympic medalist, announced on Thursday his decision to retire. The Ducks had already decided after the season that they wouldn’t be re-signing Koivu, meaning he would have to test free agency […]

Just because the NHL says it isn’t planning on expansion soon doesn’t mean it’s not a good time to talk about it. Sports Illustrated is reporting that the NHL board of governors will discuss the possibility of expansion, but right now it’s only talk, according to NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. Five investment bankers who actively […]

“How do rumors get started?” One-hit-wonder band Timex Social Club asked that in 1986, and NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly is probably wondering the same thing. Reports surfaced yesterday that the NHL was looking at a four-team expansion in 2017, but unfortunately, they’re just rumors. The NHL has no plans to expand, the L.A. Times […]

The Philadelphia Flyers are slowly becoming a better team. Now, they will need some luck. After signing defenseman Kimmo Timonen, a 15-year veteran, to a one-year contract valued at $2 million, doctors in Timonen’s home country of Finland have diagnosed Timonen with blood clots, according to NHL.com. Flyers new general manager Ron Hextall announced in […]

Wayne Gretzky is reportedly heading up a group of investors who aim to bring an NHL franchise to Seattle, Washington. According to an article in the New York Post, this isn’t the first time the Great One has attempted to become an owner, nor is it the first time that the idea of putting the […]

Paul Stastny is widely regarded as the best veteran forward available in this summer’s free agency pool. That’s more a sign that the pool is shallow than that Stastny is great. That didn’t stop the St. Louis Blues from paying a steep price — $28 million over four years — for what amounts to the […]

The 2014 NHL draft could well be the turning point for the Buffalo Sabres. The franchise this season went full tilt into rebuilding mode, auctioning off anyone even close to NHL ready in the name of stocking up for the future. The team already had the top-rated system heading into this week’s draft, and NHL […]

The Pittsburgh Penguins were the first of several NHL teams to choose players with very familiar names in the 2014 NHL draft, choosing Kasperi Kapanen (son of Sami Kapanen, who played with the Whalers, Hurricanes and Flyers) with their first round pick. The Buffalo Sabres quickly followed suit, choosing Brendan Lemieux, son of NHL standout […]

Brendan Lemieux already has the bloodline for hockey greatness, and now he’s got the motivation too. The son of hockey tough guy Claude Lemieux expected to be a first-round pick in this week’s NHL draft, but by the time the first round ended on Friday night, he didn’t hear his name called. Brendan Lemieux had […]

Dominik Hasek will be inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame, capping off a career that included an unprecedented two Hart Trophies as NHL MVP and a Stanley Cup trophy with the Detroit Red Wings. Inductions were announced on Monday, with a class that also included Peter Forsberg and Rob Blake. Another inductee, Mike Modano, […]

The L.A. Kings and NY Rangers played about as close of a five game series as any fan of hockey could ask for. The Stanley Cup Finals featured not one, or two, but three games that ended in overtime. The fifth and deciding game ending in the second overtime. The NHL could not have asked […]

The Los Angeles Kings have won the Stanley Cup after a marathon Game 5, beating the New York Rangers 3-2 deep into a second overtime. The Kings got the game-winning goal from Alec Martinez with 5:17 remaining in the second overtime, collecting a rebound and burying it behind Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist to win the […]

Watch Rangers-Kings Game 5 streaming online live at 8 pm Eastern Time — 5 pm for those of you watching from the Pacific Time Zone — by following the link provided at the bottom of this article. Here we are, Game 5. The Rangers finally decided to show up in Game 4 and make things […]

NY Rangers fans were given a glimmer of hope last night when King Henrik Lundqvist picked the team up and carried them on his back to a 2-1 victory in game 4. This allowed the NY Rangers to avid the sweep, but do they still have a serious chance to win the Stanley Cup? It’s […]

Rangers-Kings game 4 starts tonight at 8 P.M. Eastern Time – 5 P.M. for West Coast fans who hope to see their Los Angeles Kings complete the sweep against the New York Rangers. The Rangers have their backs against the wall. They’ve been there before, but not quite like this. For one thing, they’re down […]

The NY Rangers are on the verge of being swept out of the Stanley Cup Finals by the LA Kings. For the Rangers, this is the first appearance in the NHL Finals in 20 years. Down 0-3, it is not over, but there’s not much life left. Lessons learned may be applied toward next year, […]

Rangers-Kings game 3 starts tonight at 8 P.M. Eastern Time – 5 P.M. for fans in Southern California. You can watch the Kings-Rangers game 3 streaming online live by following the link provided at the bottom of this article. The New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings seem determined to make the 2014 Stanley Cup […]

Rangers-Kings game 2 starts tonight at 7 pm Eastern Time (4 pm for those on the West Coast) and you can watch the game streaming online live for free by following the link at the bottom of this preview article. Expect the Rangers-Kings game 2 to have al the energy of game 1 and more […]

Rangers vs. Kings, Kings vs. Rangers. Either way you look at it, expect the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals to be epic. The Rangers and the Kings have both had tremendous success in Game 7s this postseason – attested to by the fact that they’re here in the Stanley Cup Finals. Before this year, no team […]

The L.A. Kings made history, becoming the first team to win three game 7s on their way to the Stanley Cup Finals The Stanley Cup Finals are set. The Los Angeles Kings will play their first game against the New York Rangers on Wednesday. Say what you will about the L.A. Kings vs. Chicago Blackhawks […]

Watch Blackhawks vs. Kings streaming online live by clicking the link at the bottom of this game 7 preview. The Kings vs. Blackhawks game 7 starts at 8 pm Eastern Standard Time, 7 pm for fans in Chi-Town, and 5 pm for fans on the Pacific Coast. The Chicago Blackhawks have won the last two […]

The Blackhawks vs. Kings series goes to game 6 in Los Angeles tonight at 9 pm Eastern Time, 8 pm for fans in Chi-town, and 6 pm for fans on the West Coast. Chicago won a grueling game 5 in double overtime to stay alive in the Kings vs. Blackhawks series. They’ll have to win […]

Watch Rangers vs. Canadiens Game 6 from New York streaming online live by clicking on the link provided at the bottom of this article. It’s been 20 years since the last time the New York Rangers earned a spot in the Stanley Cup Finals. Wayne Gretzky was leading the charge at the time. It’s been […]

Blackhawks vs. Kings game 4 begins at 9 P.M. Eastern Time (that’s 8 P.M. for those watching from Chicago and 6 P.M. for fans in Los Angeles). Los Angeles takes a 2-1 series lead into game 4 of the Kings vs. Blackhawks series. Game 4 will be at the Staples Center in LA before the […]

Watch Canadiens vs. Rangers game 4 by clicking on the link at the bottom of this article. Montreal took game 3 in overtime to put themselves back in the Rangers vs. Canadiens series, trailing two games to one. Game 4 will be played at Madison Square Garden in New York, but that may not pose […]

Watch Blackhawks vs. Kings game 3 streaming online live by clicking on the link at the bottom of this preview article. The Kings vs. Blackhawks series is all tied up at one game apiece headed into tonight’s game 3 in Los Angeles. The LA Kings stole the home ice advantage when they split the two […]

Dan Carcillo will miss the rest of the NHL playoffs after the New York Rangers forward made physical contact with an official during his team’s Game 3 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. Carcillo was involved in a scuffle in Thursday night’s game when he elbowed linesman Steve Driscoll. The official was trying to keep Carcillo […]

Watch Rangers vs. Canadiens game 3 by clicking the link at the bottom of this preview article. The Canadiens vs. Rangers series moves to New York for the next two games as the Canadiens find themselves in unfamiliar territory, two games behind and fighting for their playoff lives. The Rangers carry a 2-0 series lead […]

Watch Canadiens vs. Rangers, game 1 of the 2014 NHL Eastern Conference championship streaming online live this afternoon by clicking on the link at the bottom of this series preview. The Rangers vs. Canadiens series – or, as the Montreal Canadiens’ Facebook page refers to it, the “Rouge, Bleu et Blanc vs Red, White and […]

Watch LA Kings vs. Anaheim Ducks game 7 streaming online live by clicking on the link at the bottom of this preview article. Whether you call it the Battle of California, the Freeway Faceoff or just Ducks vs. Kings, this is game 7 of an NHL playoff series, and it features regional rivals. It does […]

Watch Canadiens vs. Bruins game 7 streaming online live by clicking the link at the bottom of this preview article. Just a few days ago, everyone was asking, “Can Montreal force a game 7 in the Bruins vs. Canadiens series?” The Habs turned that question mark into an exclamation point with a dominant game 6 […]

Watch Penguins vs. Rangers game 7 streaming online live tonight at 7 P.M. Eastern Standard Time by clicking on the link at the bottom of this preview article. Who would have thought that we’d be talking about a Rangers vs. Penguins game 7 after Pittsburgh charged out to a 3-1 series lead? Sid Crosby & […]

Watch Wild vs. Blackhawks game 6 streaming online live by clicking on the link at the bottom of this preview article. The Blackhawks vs. Wild series has been a barnburner so far, with both teams coming out strong in front of their home crowds. The ‘Hawks take a 3-2 series lead into Minnesota for game […]

[Update: You can read a review of and find a link to watch tonight’s Bruins vs. Canadiens game 7 here] Bruins vs. Canadiens game 6 starts tonight at 7:30 P.M. Eastern Time as Boston heads to Montreal with a 3-2 series lead. The Bruins have been here before. In 2011, they faced the same situation […]

There are often little interactions which take place between play of hockey games, but Boston Bruins player Shawn Thornton tried to pull a little “gamesmanship” from the bench during live play on Saturday. The Bruins were facing off against the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of their playoff series. As Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban picked […]

Blackhawks vs. Wild game 5 starts tonight at 9:30 Eastern / 8:30 Central Time. As we’ve said all along, don’t underestimate the Minnesota Wild, especially when they’re playing in their own barn. The defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks made it look all too easy skating to an early 2-0 lead in the Blackhawks vs. […]

Watch Rangers vs. Penguins game 6 by clicking on the link at the bottom of this preview article. In case you haven’t been paying attention, what looked like it was going to be easy street to the conference finals for Sidney Crosby and Co. has suddenly become an interesting Penguins vs. Rangers series – a […]