Posted by thesportsjunky on January 11, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The NHL is a league that has been dominated by certain teams, although it is not always because of their performance on the ice. A few teams take headlines more than any other as they have some of the biggest and craziest fan bases in the league. The majority of these teams are in Canada where hockey is the main story on most days. The kings of this media attention are the two teams that had a major role in creating the league and the legends that make up the history of the NHL.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 21, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The halfway point of the NHL season is approaching and for some teams it is desperation time as they need to figure it out now if they want to be in the playoff hunt. Plenty of teams are sitting right on the edge trying to find another gear that will give them a boost. These teams are only a winning streak away from entering the playoff conversation but there are still those handful of teams that need a lot more help.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on September 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The NHL continues to grow and despite many teams in the south struggling to get by there is one area that is not following suit with other non-traditional markets. The west coast of the USA, or more accurately California, was never a hockey market when the Los Angeles Kings entered the NHL in 1967. It was one of the first major expansions in the NHL and they would look to the West Coast to add two teams.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on June 23, 2013 · 1 Comment
The NHL season is a little stranger than usual with such a compressed time frame to get everything done. This is being seen this year as the Stanley Cup Finals are still going on and every other team is in offseason mode. Along with talk about a great series between Chicago and Boston the news continues to flow in from the other teams are the league.
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