Calgary Flames

Only about 17 hours until the Chicago Black Hawks take the ice at General Motors place in downtown Vancouver to take on the Canucks in the Western Conferences first semifnal matchup.  Chicago who is coming off a dramatic series win over the Calgary Flames will try to keep their magical season going.  The young Hawks [...]

Ok, first off I have to say that the Anaheim Ducks should change their name back to the Mighty Ducks.  The game I watched last night between the Ducks and San Jose showed me that these Ducks have what it takes to go all the way.  They have a unique blend of snipers, savvy veterans [...]

Last night in San Jose, the Sharks fighting for their playoff lives came away with a critical victory over the Anaheim Ducks.  The Ducks had taken  a commanding 3-1 lead in the series and put the Sharks backs up against the wall.  San Jose won 3-2 in an overtime thriller to stay alive in the [...]

That sound you hear is the toilet flushing on the Montreal Canadiens’ season.  Last night the Boston Bruins defeated the Canadiens 4-1 sweeping them out of the playoffs in four straight games.  The entire series the Bruins took it to Montreal in every facet of the game.  They beat them to the corners for the [...]

The Washington Capitals and the Calgary Flames got big wins last night to pull them back into their respective series’.  The Capitals shutout the New York Rangers 4-0.  Simeon Varlamov got his first career playoff win to go along with his first playoff shutout, actually it was the first NHL shutout of his career.  Alex [...]

It occurred to me while watching the Boston Bruins dominate the Montreal Canadiens that so far this years playoff race is offering no real surprises with the exception of the Anaheim Ducks beating the San Jose Sharks in their first meeting.  Last night saw the Boston Bruins, the New York Rangers, the Detroit Red Wings [...]

Last night showed us that the playoff seedings really don’t matter, every team is made up of a roster of professionals who can win on any given night.  The San Jose Sharks dropped their opener to the Anaheim Ducks being shutout 2-0 in the process.  Ducks goalie Jonas Hiller stopped all 35 shots he faced [...]

Let’s start off with the number 1 seed San Jose Sharks versus the number 8 seed Anaheim Ducks.  This is a series that is more evenly matched than most people would think.  During the regular season the Sharks went 4-2 vs the Ducks but the all the games showed how close these two teams really [...]

13 games were played last night in what were largely just kind of take it easy games.  Most of the top teams lost as they rested a few of there regular players so they could be fresh for their respective playoff runs.  The Detroit Red Wings, the San Jose Sharks, the Boston Bruins and the [...]

The Nashville Predators lost to the Minnesota Wild 8-4 effectively killing any playoff hopes that the Predators were hoping for.  Minnesota took control early and never looked back as they cruised to victory.  It seemed like Nashville just couldn’t get anything going.  Nashville didn’t do themselves any favors by going 5-4-1 in their last 10 [...]