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…the difficult beginning.’ Anyone who has read PenguinPoop I’ve known for a long time that this has been my mantra over the years. Partially rooted in my distant hockey past, when early Penguins teams during the goon squad era were routinely torn apart by the likes of Philly’s reckless Broad Street Bullies, Boston’s Big, Bad, […]
Patrick WilliamsTheAHL.com Features Writer ROCKFORD, Ill. …AHL President and CEO Scott Howson met with local and national media Wednesday for his annual state-of-the-league address. A tradition started by Howson’s predecessor, Dave Andrewseach season’s press conference is an opportunity to gauge where the league stands during the AHL All-Star Classic. For starters, Howson was impressed this […]
Team France has announced their squad for the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan. This will be the first time NHL players have competed in the Olympics since 2014. Because the men’s tournament started on February 11, 2026, teams were given a deadline of December 31, 2025 to submit their selections. Team France will look to […]
What’s wrong with Auston Matthews? That was the question Toronto Maple Leafs fans – and much of the hockey world – were asking themselves for the first three months of the 2025-2026 season and, honestly, for most of 2024-2025 as well. A short stretch after the Christmas break looked like the Hart Trophy version of […]
Could New Jersey Devils defenseman Dougie Hamilton be the solution to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ defensive needs? I was told by a league source that this was highly unlikely in mid-January, but call me stubborn: this is a good fit should the Devils decide to sell low on the big right defender. The restructuring Leafs […]
Olympic hockey preview: William Nylander ready to take on Sweden vs. to lead Finland William Nylander and Team Sweden will face the toughest test of the preliminary round and face arch rivals Finland on Friday. Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson did not play any shifts in Wednesday’s opener despite preparing for the game. Ekman-Larsson […]
The first two days of action of the 2026 Olympic men’s hockey tournament saw plenty of excitement, with an early upset and teams handling their business as expected. Going into the third day of action, which still has a four-match schedule, the matches are crucial for teams that want to avoid being drawn 0-2 in […]
Kevair Kennedys A 22-point performance was the catalyst Thursday night, leading Merrimack to an authoritative 81-56 win over Marist. The Warriors absorbed an early surge before flipping the script with a decisive 25-5 run to end the first half. By the time the horn sounded, Merrimack had turned a shaky start into a five-point cushion. […]
The New York Rangers will be an obvious team to watch once the NHL roster freeze is lifted. The Rangers are one of the NHL’s top sellers, having already traded Artemi Panarin to the Los Angeles Kings and Carson Soucy to the New York Islanders. But now that the Rangers have been retooled, they shouldn’t […]
Stars were on full display during Team Canada’s first win at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, including Oil squirters captain Connor McDavid who tied the country’s record for most assists in a match at one Olympic Games involving NHL players. * Avalanche forward Brok Nelsonwho has a deep family history with de Winter Olympic […]
