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Jake Middleton Has To Recover From A Slow Start

The Minnesota Wild are used to leaning on Jake Middleton, and Middleton is used to delivering for the team. Since the Wild acquired him from the San Jose Sharks at the 2022 trade deadline, they've entrusted him with increasingly demanding workloads. He went from 19:02 in his first full campaign in M...

GDB 8.0: Oilers host Canadiens for quick stop at home (7 PM MT, SNW)

Tonight is officially listed as a home game for Edmonton, but it feels like part of an eight-game road trip. The Oilers played the Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Red Wings, and Senators on the road, and they host the Canadiens tonight before playing in Seattle and Vancouver this coming Saturday and Sunday. It’s an odd one-game…

Austin Reaves deserves to be held to a higher standard

With 40 seconds left in the first quarter of his team’s season opener, Austin Reaves saw a glimpse into his future. After receiving a screen from Marcus Smart, Reaves was suddenly blitzed near halfcourt by two Warriors’ defenders. It was the type of defensive strategy normally reserved for the league’s most feared scorers like his […]

Panthers vs Bills: Offensive preview

The Carolina Panthers won their third game in a row on Sunday to improve to 4-3, the first time they’ve had a winning record in about 25 years based on my feelings and not facts. They reached that milestone by capturing a rare road win, the second of Bryce Young’s career. The win and the […]

Flyers’ Ristolainen, Bonk out for at least 5 more weeks, according to report

The Philadelphia Flyers blue line is still incomplete to start the season and it looks like it will remain that way for quite some time. According to The Athletic’s Kevin Kurz, both defensemen Rasmus Ristolainen and Oliver Bonk are approximately five to six weeks away from being back in game action. Kurz also adds that that is the timeline as long as there are no setbacks to either blueliner’s recovery. Per a team source, both Rasmus Ristolainen (triceps surgery) and Oliver Bonk (upp...

The Hockey Show - Episode 683

The Hockey Show , Canada's only campus-produced radio show that strictly talks hockey, is back on the UMFM frequency tonight with a lot of stuff to go over from the hockey world. It's pretty remarkable that there's always something going on in hockey around the globe that is significantly news-worthy, but that's how the sport goes. Whether it be Canada, the US, overseas, the NHL, the AHL, or anywhere else, there are stories - both good and not-so-good - that should be brought forth for greater...

Preview: It’s Nordiques vs. Whalers at Ball Arena

Well, folks, the long-anticipated wait is finally over. The teasing and trolling are over, and we have the new Nordiques Jersey. The first game they will see comes against the Hartford Whalers, or as they are currently known, the Carolina Hurricanes. This game doesn’t just set up as a sight for sore eyes because of […]

Indiana football: 3 things to know about the UCLA Bruins

No. 2 Indiana football is set to welcome the turnaround story of the 2025 college football season when the Hoosiers take on the UCLA Bruins on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. They’re not quite the 2024 Hoosiers in terms of turnaround. UCLA’s move came midseason when the athletic department moved on from now-former […]

Today In NHL History - Milan Lucic Hits Van Ryn

On October 23rd in 2008, Boston Bruins power forward Milan Lucic delivered a crushing check against Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Mike Van Ryn shattering the TD Garden glass early in the second period of play. Neither player was injured during the incident though a few front row fans were cut by glass. Toronto beat Boston that night by a score of 4-2. That's today in NHL history.

Here’s how to tune in to Hurricanes vs. Avalanche tonight

The Carolina Hurricanes continue their annual State Fair road trip on Thursday night against the Colorado Avalanche, and they’ve one 3-1-0 on a brutal six-game swing that g0t started with wins in California over San Jose, Anaheim and Los Angeles before the team suffered its first loss of the season in Vegas. The Canes were […]

Today In NHL History - Gretzky's Wife Knocked Out

On October 22nd in 1997, Wayne Gretzky's wife Janet Jones was bloodied and knocked unconscious when a heavy hit by New York Rangers defenseman Ulf Samuelsson on Chicago Blackhawks forward Sergei Krivokrasov dislodged a large pane of plexi-glass striking the 36 year old actress. Jones was treated by team doctors before being carried out of Madison Square Garden on a stretcher and transported by

GM #7: Seattle Kraken @ Winnipeg Jets

The Winnipeg Jets ( 5-1-0 ) will put their 5 game winning streak on the line tonight when the Seattle Kraken ( 3-2-2 ) visit the Canada Life Centre. If the hometown club can manage to pick up another victory, then they will match the New Jersey Devils’ league leading hot streak. The visitors will be entering action on a 2 game skid, after being blown out by the Philadelphia Flyers ( 5-2 ) & the Washington Capitals ( 4-1 ). The True Northers got a bit of a scare when 4th line center Morgan...

MDP Motorsports Promotions and Claremont Motorsports Park Present the 5th Annual Turkey Day Classic

Claremont, NH — MDP Motorsports Promotions is excited to announce the return of one of the most anticipated post-Thanksgiving traditions in New England short track racing — the 5th Annual Turkey Day Classic, taking place… The post MDP Motorsports Promotions and Claremont Motorsports Park Present the 5th Annual Turkey Day Classic first appeared on The MotorSportsNews.Net(work) .

Cam York starting Flyers season as one of NHL’s best defensemen

Cam York is on his way to have a breakout season for the Philadelphia Flyers. The 24-year-old defenseman is already grading out as one of the best in the entire NHL through the first couple weeks of the 2025-26 season. It started out as an unknown. York suffered a lower-body injury in preseason that kept him out through the first three games of the season, but since he came back and has played now three games, he appears to be dominant. Sure, the scoring that we always dreamed of Yor...

What to know about Falcons – Dolphins in Week 8

After enduring a tough early season schedule that saw them lose to the Panthers, Buccaneers, and 49ers while beating the Vikings, Commanders, and Bills, the Falcons get a brief reprieve before facing off against resurgent Patriots and Colts teams. That comes in the form of the woeful Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins are terrible, as their […]

We are about to learn what these Penguins are really about

There are two main takeaways I have from the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2-0 start going into Thursday’s game against the Florida Panthers. The first is that, along with the record, they have been an objectively good hockey team over these first seven games. The results are good, and there is good process behind the results. They […]