February 2019 11
Wild Wild West — Pacific Division Heats Up
By Andy Eide As we storm down the home stretch of the NHL season, the only real drama left in the Pacific Division is which team is going to win the division title, and it’s a two-horse race. Heading into action Thursday night, the Calgary Flames – who have been, um, red hot – hold […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 25 – Dizzying Deadline! Featuring 1980 Gold Medalist Dave Christian
GIGANTIC EPISODE this week! Dave Christian, gold medalist from the 1980 Miracle on Ice team, 15-year NHL veteran, and member of the US Hockey Hall of Fame joins Sound of Hockey for a super fun interview. With Dave, the guys discuss his very successful – but sometimes overshadowed – NHL career, how Team USA prepped […]
Wild Wild West – A New Western-Conference-Focused Blog Series
Welcome to the Wild Wild West, a new series that will focus on the future home conference of the soon-to-arrive NHL franchise in Seattle. The idea here is to get you well acclimated with the landscape of what’s happening in the Western Conference, so that when Seattle does ultimately begin play in 2021, you will […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 24 – Bunch of Jerks!
It happened again! Don Cherry is really mad that the Carolina Hurricanes are having fun, and Sound of Hockey is here to analyze his antiquated analysis. In Episode 24, Andy gives a robust update on the WHL, where everybody is kung fu fighting these days. John also shares some recent speculation about how the Maple […]
US Born Players in the NHL
With the kick off Hockey Week in America, I thought it would be a great time to look at some player country origin data across the league. Nationality in the NHL The trend of US players in the league has been increasing since the 1980s. Events like the Miracle on Ice, Gretzky playing for the […]
Braving the Elements for the Everett Silvertips
As #Snowmaggedon19 struck the Seattle metropolitan area this past Friday, the plan that NHLtoSeattle founder, John Barr, and I had been devising for quite a while was suddenly under duress. For way too long, we had been trying to find a night that worked for both of us to make it to Angel of the […]
San Jose Runs Over Canucks In Clash Of NHL Seattle’s Closest Rivals
By Andy Eide Vancouver Canucks goalie prospect Micheal DiPietro’s first NHL start Monday will surely be a memorable one for him – for both good and bad reasons. The 19-year-old is with the Canucks as an emergency call up from the Ontario Hockey League’s Ottawa 67’s due to a collection of broken down Vancouver goalies. […]
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