Rangers can’t buy a goal and it’s starting to get frustrating. The good news is that the process is going well despite injuries, allowing only eight goals in regulation. The bad news is that they have scored once in three games and have only scored 11 goals in six games. That’s not good, and no […]
The New Jersey Devils entered Saturday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers on an emotional high after defeating the Florida Panthers in their Home Opener. While the crowd may not have received rally towels today, they were still just as rowdy as the Devils charged their way to a fourth victory in a row5-3. Related: Jack […]
The New York Islanders didn’t get their first lead until 63 seconds remained in regulation, sneaking past the Ottawa Senators 5-4 on Saturday afternoon. Emil Heineman, Bo Horvat, Max Shabanov, Kyle Palmieri and Anders Lee scored for the Islanders. Ilya Sorokin made 29 saves in the win. Related: 5 picks from the Ottawa Senators’ first […]
Patrick WilliamsTheAHL.com Features Writer Winning a Calder Cup will change a man. Even one as experienced as Manny Malhotra. The 45-year-old Malhotra is entering his second season as head coach of the Abbotsford Canucks with his name already on the Calder Cup. His team went a combined 60-32-2-2 over last year’s regular season and playoffs, […]
Men’s hockey in Canada West is one of those sports where teams have different levels depending on how aggressively they recruit, their own expectations for their season and the people running the programs. We’ve seen the Alberta Golden Bears set a standard that few teams could meet, but the recent emergence of the Saskatchewan Huskies, […]
The 2025-2026 NHL season is already generating a lot of off-ice talk as teams continue to work on contract negotiations and explore trade options. There’s talk of a standoff between the Rangers and Artemi Panarin, expansion talks involving Jacob Markstrom, trade talks involving Owen Tippett and Nick Robertson, and the Edmonton Oilers being interested in […]
The Calgary Flames are currently ranked 32nd in the NHL, which puts them in last heading into their sixth game of the season. There’s still a lot of hockey to be played, but the playoffs could certainly be out of reach well before game 82. Craig Conroy and the Flames management have made minimal changes […]
It took just four games into the 2025-2026 season for many to start tearing apart Edmonton Oilers defenseman Evan Bouchard. The 25-year-old had a terrible outing against the New York Islanders on Thursday night, culminating in a win an ugly giveaway in the first period. As the last man back, he tried to get past […]
The New York Rangers are coming off one of their least predictable seasons yet. After a decent first few games of the season, we can think a bit about expectations for the season. Most likely, the Rangers will return to the playoffs as a six, seven or eighth seed, which seems to be in line […]
The Minnesota Wild are officially five games into their season and it has been an up and down road. They won their first game against the St. Louis Blues on the road in a dominant 5-0 win, but their next game was the home opener and they fell 7-4 to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Their […]