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This popped up in my Instagram feed: Devin Vassell, Victor Wembanyama, David Jones Garcia, Harrison Ingram, Dyaln Harper and Jordan McLaughlin were asked what they would tell their 10-year-old selves. Vassell shared “don’t ever let anyone tell you that you can’t do something.” Wembanyama stated that the advice he got was to determine if something […]
Good morning Gang Green Nation! Here are your links to your New York Jets this glorious Friday in March: Susanna Weir – QB Geno Smith on His Return to the Jets: ‘It Felt Like I Was Back Where I Belong’ Jack Bell – Jets Newly Acquired S Minkah Fitzpatrick: ‘I’m Really Excited to Play for […]
Auston Matthews knocked out of the game by a knee hit from Radko Gudas.
*The Flyers needed the extra time to do it, but they beat the Wild last night in Minnesota so at least staying up late was worth it this time. RECAP ! *Going back a couple days to that Caps game… Owen Tippett was all over the place, huh? [ BSH ] *Speaking of that Caps game, this is pretty hilarious. Tom Wilson sucks but this is funny. [ RMNB ] *Kinda related, Nikita Grebenkin does a really good job pissing guys on the other team off. Which is just one of the reasons he fits so w...
While our podcast starts out with Patrik talking about cycling and the World Championship in Montreal at the end of September, 2026, it really is on one of the most interesting prospects in the Canadiens system, Bryce Pickford, who is our main subject. William Shoukri adds his thoughts to the discussion. Our talk focuses on his development, performance in Junior hockey, and potential path to the NHL. Pickford has produced exceptional offensive numbers in Medicine Hat, scoring at a high ra...
Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins lost 6-2 to the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. Defensive breakdowns from the Penguins and opportunistic scoring from Vegas helped the home team pull away in the third period. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin can’t return soon enough. [Recap] The Sports and […]
The Islanders are back home for a back-to-back, starting with what will hopefully be a vengeance match against the Los Angeles Kings. Coach Patrick Roy has made some line adjustments, putting newcomer Brayden Schenn with Mathew Barzal instead of with Calum Ritchie, the center who his arrival bumped to the wing. Personally, it’s the Palat-Schenn […]
Montreal Canadiens news and notes The Habs’ rebuild is taking shape. [ Montreal Gazette ] Jacob Fowler takes another step toward his destiny. [ Sportsnet ] Playing Fowler wasn’t the hard decision. The hard decision is who sits for Alexandre Texier. [ The Athletic ] Fowler’s success should take nothing away from Jakub Dobes. [ Journal de Montreal ] Samuel Montembeault isn’t giving up on his future with the CH yet. [ Journal de Montreal ] The Toronto Maple Leafs t...
10 thoughts after a refreshingly entertaining game/win over the Anaheim Ducks for the Maple Leafs, albeit with significant concerns about Auston Matthews’ injury situation: Regarding the post-game answers from Morgan Rielly taking “full responsibility” for the lack of response in the immediate aftermath of the Radko Gudas knee on Matthews — I’ll give Rielly this, […] The post 10 Thoughts: Leafs’ response to Gudas, Cowan’s first fight, Groulx’s shorty, and big nights for Maccelli & Knies appe...
The Tampa Bay Lightning finally beat a team not named the Toronto Maple Leafs. A 24-save performance from Andrei Vasilevskiy and two-goal efforts by Jake Guentzel and Gage Goncalves led the Lightning to a 4-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings. Nikita Kucherov had a pair of assists to reach 1,100 points in his career. J.T. Compher had the lone goal for the Red Wings while John Gibson stopped 25-of-28 in the losing effort. There were a couple of line-up changes as Darren Raddysh returned t...
The Chicago Blackhawks collected another 3-2 overtime win over the Utah Mammoth on Thursday night, making it a series sweep — t he first time the Hawks have swept a division opponent since 2016-17 . After a goalless first period, Dylan Guenther opened up scoring 5:47 into the second period. Andre Burakovsky made a brutal turnover at the offensive zone blueline, which led to a 2-on-1 with Logan Cooley carrying the puck and Guenther ready for the pass. Guenther scores off a Burakovsky ...
After a frustrating game against the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, the Colorado Avalanche took on the Seattle Kraken tonight to begin a two-game road trip. The visitors scored early and often to end up winning by a final score of 5-1. Let’s take a look at the action from tonight! First Period Martin Necas would […]
Pregame The Penguins use the same lines and lineup as the last game, Arturs Silovs gets back in the net. The Vegas Golden Knights get captain Mark Stone back in the lineup for his first game since getting injured against these Penguins back on March 1st. First period Vegas gets the first goal, tough sequence […]
After playing a dominating first period, the Carolina Hurricanes let their “foot off the gas” and allowed the St. Louis Blues to crawl back into the game and eventually win by a score of 3-1, on Thursday night at the Lenovo Center. Even as they outshot the opposition 13-2 and out-chanced them, the home team […]
According to Tim Bontemps, Keyonte George has a grade two right hamstring strain. A quick Google search reveals that a grade two hamstring strain can take somewhere between three to eight weeks. With the season nearing the end, it doesn’t seem likely we’ll see Keyonte George again. Not only does it benefit the Jazz to […]
Auston Matthews was forced out of the Toronto Maple Leafs game against the Anaheim Ducks Thursday night after a brutal knee-on-knee hit from Radko Gudas. Radko Gudas received a 5-minute major and a game misconduct for kneeing Auston Matthews. Matthews has since left the game 🤕 pic.twitter.com/E8lc8MjvJh — Gino Hard (@GinoHard_) March 13, 2026 "Matthews was in serious distress", as noted by TSN colour commentator Mike Johnson. The captain was in plenty of pain and wasn't putting an...
Three options for Michigan State’s quarterfinal opponent presented themselves going into Wednesday’s Big Ten Tournament action. MSU could have faced a rematch with the opponent that handed the Spartans their worst loss of the year (#11 seed Minnesota), a team they had already beat twice but endured a struggle almost every step of the way […]
A tired Flyers team overcame a somewhat off night by Dan Vladar, another string of horrid power plays and a rested Minnesota Wild to eke out a 3-2 shootout victory in what was one of the grittier efforts of the season. The basics First period: 18:36- Emil Andrae (Trevor Zegras) Second period: 8:39- Matt Boldy (Mats Zuccarello, Quinn Hughes) (PPG), 17:51- Kirill Kaprizov (Brock Faber, Quinn Hughes) Third period: 7:58- Owen Tippett (Carl Grundstrom, Travis Sanheim) (SHG) Overtime: No s...
After one of the Edmonton Oilers’ best games of the season, the Oilers put up a stinker in the following game. On Thursday, the Oilers played the third of four games on the road, travelling to Dallas to play the Stars. While it wasn’t as bad as their 8-3 loss earlier this season, it wasn’t…
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Alexis Lafrenière stayed hot, Gabe Perreault kept making plays, and Igor Shesterkin did the rest as the Rangers outlasted the Jets in a wild 6–3 win.
Craig Berube addressed the media after his team’s 6-4 win over the Anaheim Ducks, which improved the Maple Leafs’ record to 28-27-11. On Radko Gudas’ knee on Auston Matthews: That’s a dirty play. The league is obviously going to look at it and see what the suspension will be, or whatever happens. Gudas knee-on-knee collision […] The post Craig Berube on the Leafs’ lack of immediate response to Gudas’ knee on Matthews: “We should’ve had four guys in there doing something about it, but I thou...
With Minnesota’s season over, Rangers prospect Brody Lamb is officially turning pro. The Gophers captain has signed his entry-level deal and will report to Hartford to begin his professional career.
The math still says they aren’t eliminated, but this game was pretty emblematic of all the Devils problems this season, and is probably enough to even snuff out the hope of even the most optimistic of fan. It’s onto tankathon and prospect watch again, good times. Just more of the same: Inconsistent effort, poor goaltending, […]
João Cancelo did not arrive in Barcelona this winter with the idea that he would be playing every minute that matters. Yet a few weeks after leaving Saudi Arabia behind, that is more or less where things stand. Alejandro Baldé’s thigh injury in the Copa del Rey semi-final second leg has forced Hansi Flick into […]