Bob Probert’s NHL Legacy
NHLHS Chicago Blackhawks Correspondent Ryan Hackett gives his thoughts on the passing of a hockey legend, Bob Probert. RIP Probie.
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Just a few short hours after both Canada and the United States finished the weekend-long celebrations for their respective national holidays, the hockey world suffered an immeasurable loss as one of its own, Bob Probert, met his end at the young age of 45. Widely regarded as the best “tough guy” to ever lace it up in the NHL, Probert played one of sport’s most difficult roles for an astounding 17 NHL seasons, first for the Detroit Red Wings, then for their division rival Chicago Blackhawks.
Categories: Around the League, By Teams, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, NHLHS Features, Western Conference Tags: Bob Probert, Brantford Alexanders, Chicago Blackhawks, claude lemieux, Craig Coxe, Darren Pang, Detroit Red Wings, Doug Gilmour, Ian Laperriere, Jeff Odgers, Jody Shelley, Joey Kocur, Marty McSorley, NHL, Nick Kypreos, OHL, Steve Yzerman, Tie Domi
NHLHS Mock Draft: With the Twenty First pick…
NHLHS Mock Draft is our latest feature where we collectively predict the first round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. The draft is a crapshoot and we will be wrong… …but we thought it would be fun to try.
With the 21st overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, the Detroit Red Wings select…
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Categories: Around the League, By Teams, Central, Detroit Red Wings, NHLHS Features, Western Conference Tags: Jonathan Merrill
The Hockey Guys
The Cup may have been hoisted but, Hockey fans who are having a hard time coping with the lack of hockey now that the season is over need to look no further.
We got your fix right here.
We go live tomorrow with our 2009-2010 NHL season wrap-up show.
Be sure to tune in live with us tomorrow from 1-3 p.m. EST.
The Hockey Guys on Blog Talk Radio – link for show tomorrow. Chat room will open approximately 5 minutes prior to show’s puck drop.
Categories: 30 Team Series, Anaheim Ducks, Around the League, Atlanta Thrashers, Atlantic, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, By Teams, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Eastern Conference, Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, NHLHS Features, Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Northeast, Northwest, Ottawa Senators, Pacific, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage, Plays of the Week, San Jose Sharks, Southeast, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: hockey radio show, Hockey talk show, National Hockey League, nhl podcast, nhl radio, nhl radio show, nhl talk radio
The Hockey Guys Live Saturday May 1st, 4 p.m. EST
The Hockey Guys are back again this weekend, this time broadcasting to you live on Saturday May 1st from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. EST.
All round two discussion and breakdowns of the games played up to showtime.
Tune in, and join us in the live chat as well by visiting:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thehockeyguys/2010/05/01/the-hockey-guys
We hope to see you all live with us in the chat room. And feel free to call in.
~THG
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, Boston Bruins, By Teams, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings, Eastern Conference, Montreal Canadiens, Northeast, Northwest, Pacific, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage, San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks, Western Conference Tags: 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Pros & Cons: Detroit Red Wings vs San Jose Sharks
Our newest feature, Pros and Cons, holds a debate between two of our featured writers as they make an argument for each team in the series. We will continue this series throughout the playoffs as we delve deeper into how these two teams will fare against each other.
Categories: Around the League, By Teams, Central, Detroit Red Wings, NHLHS Features, Pacific, Playoff Coverage, San Jose Sharks, Western Conference Tags: Brian Rafalski, Nicklas Lidstrom, Niklas Kronwall
The Hockey Guys w/ Jeff Marek
The Hockey Guys go live at 2 p.m. today and will have Jeff Marek of CBC Sports joining the show.
We are back to regular programming hours today, which means the show will start live at 2 p.m. EST. To join us live is very simple.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thehockeyguys
Use that link, create a user name, sign in and join us.
Jeff Marek will be joining the guy’s within the first hour of the show.
We hope to see you all there today.
Have a great final day of the weekend.
~THG
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, Eastern Conference, Los Angeles Kings, NHLHS Features, Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils, Northeast, Northwest, Ottawa Senators, Pacific, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage, San Jose Sharks, Southeast, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: 2010 NHL Playoffs, 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, 2010 Playoffs, CBC, CBC Sports, hockey radio, Hockey talk radio, Jeff Marek, National Hockey League, NHL, NHL Playoffs, nhl radio, stanley cup, talk show
It Keeps Getting Better
Five days in, seven overtime games and ten road wins later, the playoffs have been all that we could expect and more.
In what has been discussed time and time again, the National Hockey Leagues second season, also known as the Stanley Cup Playoffs, is all about goaltending.
Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings, Brian Boucher of the Philadelphia Flyers, Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks, Tuukka Rask of the Boston Bruins, Ilya Bryzgalov of the Phoenix Coyotes, Ryan Miller of the Buffalo Sabres, Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators, Martin Brodeur of the New Jersey Devils, Evgeni Nabokov of the San Jose Sharks, Marc-Andre Fleury of the Pittsburgh Penguins, Antti Niemi of the Chicago Blackhawks, Brian Elliot of the Ottawa Senators, Jimmy Howard of the Detroit Red Wings, Jaroslav Halak of the Montreal Canadiens, Craig Anderson of the Colorado Avalanche as well as both Jose Theodore and Seymon Varlamov of the Washington Capitals have not only stepped up to make some amazing saves but have been able to keep each and every series even or close enough to it.
Categories: Around the League, Atlantic, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, Eastern Conference, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, NHLHS Features, Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils, Northeast, Northwest, Ottawa Senators, Pacific, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage, San Jose Sharks, Southeast, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: Andrei Kostitsyn, Antti Niemi, Braydon Coburn, Brian Boucher, Brian Elliot, Craig Anderson, Evgeni Malkin, Evgeni Nabokov, Henrik Zetterberg, Ilya Bryzgalov, Jaroslav Halak, Jimmy Howard, Jonathan Quick, Jose Theodore, Marc Andre Fleury, Martin Brodeur, Mike Richards, Nickas Backstrom, Nicklas Backstrom, Patrick Sharp, Pekka Rinne, Peter Forsberg, Roberto Luongo, Ryan Miller, Seymon Varlamov, Sidney Crosby, Tuukka Rask
Discovering the Underdog
NHLHS writer Anthony Curatolo gives a look at how the underdogs are on top to start this year’s NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs.
If you were a betting man who strictly took the underdogs, the first night of the playoffs made you rich.
And as if the first night of the 2010 NHL playoffs completed wasn’t enough, it seemed as if night two would match night one.
Why you ask? The answer is simple. Not one team considered to be the favorite were able to win.
Categories: 30 Team Series, Around the League, Atlantic, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Central, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, Eastern Conference, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, NHLHS Features, Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils, Northeast, Ottawa Senators, Pacific, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins, Playoff Coverage, San Jose Sharks, Southeast, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, Western Conference Tags: Jaroslav Halak, Jimmy Howard
