NHL unveils its 24-team Return To Play plan, could start training camps in July
By Andy Eide NHL commissioner Gary Bettman detailed the league’s Return To Play plan Tuesday that includes a 24-team playoff format which would allow the NHL to conduct a post season after pausing their regular season in March due to the COVID-19 disease. His live streamed announcement came a couple of days after the NHLPA […]
How has the pause affected scouting the 2020 NHL Draft?
By Andy Eide It’s been over 50 days since we’ve had any hockey on the ice, at any level, throughout the globe as leagues every where navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Players and coaches have returned to their homes to prepare as they can for a hopeful season restart, or in the case of junior, NCAA, […]
A look back at the 2019-2020 U.S. Division
By Andy Eide For the first time in its 102-year history there will be no Memorial Cup handed out this May. Due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 disease the Canadian Hockey League canceled the playoffs for all three member leagues. This of course, meant that the Western Hockey League season was over and for the […]
NHL Seattle breaks ground on practice facility in Northgate with an eye towards serving community
By Andy Eide SEATTLE – While there is already a hole in the ground and construction at Northgate Mall, NHL Seattle was on the scene Thursday to officially break ground on its new training facility. The NHL Seattle Ice Centre will be a 180,000 square foot project, located on the east side of the mall […]
Memorial Fund supporting local hockey in place to honor the loss of Boise State player Bobby Skinner
By Andy Eide Bobby Skinner didn’t make every hockey team he tried out for and was cut on more than one occasion. Those setbacks didn’t stop him from pushing forward, however. He would work on his game, improve his fitness, he would persevere. That dedication to the sport eventually paid off as the defenseman made […]
Weekly One-Timers: Coaching changes and All-Star trick shots
By Andy Eide No NHL head coach should be feeling secure these days. Not after the surprise firing of Vegas Golden Knights head man Gerard Gallant on Wednesday morning. Gallant was in his third season with Vegas and is just two years removed from guiding the Golden Knights to the Stanley Cup Final in the […]
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