Pavel Datsyuk

First off, the Washington Capitals wore down the San Jose Sharks.  Then the Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin finished them off.  Ovie netted two goals in a 28 second span early in the 3rd period to put the Caps in control as they cruised to the 4-1 victory.  Ovechkin’s two scores gave him an NHL-high seven [...]

So close.  Losing in game seven of the Stanley Cup Final to the Pittsburgh Penguins on your home ice may have been heartbreaking for the Detroit Red Wings, but they have built up a nucleus that promises to contend for the championship for the foreseeable future.  Given that the Red Wings’ amazing 112-point season in [...]

Las Vegas was the place to be last night as the NHL handed out its annual awards recognizing hockey’s best players.  Washington Capitals star forward Alex Ovechkin may not have a Stanley Cup championship but what he does have is the Hart Trophy and the Lester B. Pearson Award.  The Hart trophy is given to [...]

Well today is the last day of hockey.  At 8pm EST the puck will drop in Hockeytown USA.  Sixty minutes is all that separates the Detroit Red Wings from repeating as Stanley Cup champions or will it be the young Pittsburgh Penguins who finally break through and win their first Stanley Cup.  One aspect that [...]

Wow, what a game.  Totally one sided but still a great game.  Detroit, back at full strength came out of the locker room and took it to the Pittsburgh Penguins.  I mean they totally dominated them.  Detroit put on an exhibition as they shutout the Pens 5-0 to take a 3-2 lead in the Stanley [...]

With game five of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs looming later in the day and at the urging of my dad, ( Happy Birthday Daddy ) I decided to go ahead and write a piece about Detroit’s forward Marian Hossa.  Hossa’s story is interesting to say the least.   At the end of last year’s postseason, [...]

Last night the Pittsburgh Penguins finally broke out of their offensive slump as they beat the Detroit Red Wings 4-2.  Maxime Talbot opened the game scoring 4 minutes and 48 seconds in the 1st period and closed the game’s scoring with an empty netter with less than a minute to go in the 3rd.  In [...]

Playing in their second straight game in as many days, the Detroit Red Wings defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins by a score of 3-1 to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup final.  For the second straight year, the young Pittsburgh Penguins  descended on  Joe Louis Arena to kick off the Stanley Cup finals and [...]

After a night off, play resumes in Carolina tonight where the Hurricanes have their backs up against the wall.  They trail the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in the best of seven Eastern Conference Final.  Carolina has got to figure a way to slow down the Penguins juggernaut offense.  Sidney Crosby and Evegni Malkin have been on [...]

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 [...]