Florida Panthers

It was a light night on the schedule with only 3 games played.  The Detroit Red Wings disposed of the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on Buffalo’s home ice.  Marian Hossa scored twice recording his 39th and 40th goal, also added an assist to once again lead the Red Wings to victory.  Chris Osgood was solid in [...]

OK, I have to admit the San Jose Sharks are good, I mean really really good.  Last night in front of another capacity crowd the San Jose Sharks walked into the pond in Anaheim and beat the Ducks 3-2.  The Sharks recorded their 52nd win of the season setting a franchise record for wins.  The [...]

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in what turned out to be a high scoring game.  The Flyers netted 8 goals  to the Male Leafs’ 5.  Jeff Carter lead the way with his second hat trick of the season.  The Flyers exploded for 5 goals in the first period and never looked back.  [...]

The Florida Panthers won their third straight game last night beating the Ottawa Senators 5-2.  After a scoreless first period the Panthers scored three times in the second to take a 3-1.  They never looked back cruising to a 5-2 victory in front of the home crowd.  Five different players scored in the win which [...]

Whoa, everybody hold everything.  Last night’s games left the playoff picture extremely muddled up.  Let’s start off with Buffalo’s big win first.  The Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in a shoot-out.  The win kept the Sabres slim playoff hopes alive.  The Canadiens got 1 point out of the game so all was not lost [...]

Another night,  another bunch of important games were played to determine who’s going to be in and who’s going to be out.  Just in case for those of you who don’t follow hockey, I’m talking about the NHL playoff race.  In the last 2-3 weeks teams have begun to jockey for playoff positions, some have [...]

It was business as usual last night in the NHL, although for four teams their game had huge playoff implications.  The Anaheim Ducks and the Minnesota Wild got critical wins to remain in a very tight race in the western conference.  In the eastern conference the Buffalo Sabres beat the Florida Panthers to pull within [...]

As the regular season draws to a close there is a flurry of activity happening between contending teams who are jockeying for a spot in the post season.  Last night was no different.  The Anaheim Ducks, the Montreal Canadiens and the St.Louis Blues all got critical wins to keeping pace with the playoff chase.  However, [...]

The NHL playoff chase is proving to be a really tough fight right to the end of the regular season.  Usually in past seasons most playoff slots are filled at this point in the season, but as of  this morning the Buffalo Sabres who are desperately trying to hang in the race for the last [...]

Glen Sather, who formerly worked for Peter Pocklington as head coach back during the 1980″s for the western conferences Edmonton Oilers, put up 1 million dollars for the former Oiler owner ( 2 days after Pocklington pleaded not guilty to bankruptcy charges ) to remain free on bail until his trial.   Sather, who is [...]