Will the Hartford Whalers return to Connecticut?
Long Live The Whale!
I just returned from a week-long visit to my family in Connecticut. When my sister picked me up at the airport, I was greeted with a familiar team logo on her baseball cap, that of the now-defunct Hartford Whalers.
I of course complimented her on it, [...]

The Montreal Canadiens have taken the Pittsburgh Penguins to seven games in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs — who will win?
Game Seven Preview
I’ve been a fan of the Stanley Cup playoffs since they went to a four-round, seven-game format. It is the greatest test of endurance in pro sports–grueling, unpredictable and [...]

Deep Into Sports reflects on the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Just Another Stanley Cup Playoff Upset
The first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs finished tonight in grand fashion with the Montreal Canadiens–who came into the post-season tied with the Philadelphia Flyers for the lowest point total (88) of any playoff team–upsetting the Presidents’ [...]

A couple weeks into the NHL season, and we have yet to run a hockey post! Nothing against puck–I love the sport–but we here at DIS have had our hands full with baseball, college football and the NFL.
So it’s time for some hockey.
This isn’t an NHL post, though. It’s video of a nine-year-old [...]

A few weeks ago I was listening to a morning radio program and the announcers read a list they found on the Internet of the “Top Ten American Sports Franchises”. Quite simply, the list was a complete joke full of bias for and against certain cities as well as entire sports (basketball was over-represented, [...]

 
Random thoughts and observation on the Stanley Cup Finals…
 
 

Save for the game five blowout when the ‘Guins lost their poise and the Wings mauled Fleury, this has been an even, hard fought and beautifully played series.
Hockey purists who believe fighting is necessary to the game’s quality must be disappointed. A fight would only detract [...]

The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings are on the verge of a surprisingly (or perhaps not so surprisingly) infrequent occurrence, that of meeting in the Stanley Cup Finals for two straight seasons. Although such repeat showdowns are not common these days in any of the Big Four sports (the last time it [...]

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For anyone who didn’t catch the highlights on ESPN, Mike Ribeiro of the Dallas Stars made an amazing shootout goal last night against the Avalanche:

Anyone who has played sports for any length of time is familiar with the type: the fire-and-brimstone coach who thinks that the best way to deliver his instructions is at Led-Zeppelin-concert volume. We’ve all had that coach that feels that public embarrassment is the best motivator; the guy that would make Don Rickles [...]