Posted by thesportsjunky on December 11, 2016 · Leave a Comment
NHL fans got a crash course in in the new NHL concussion protocol as the league took a star player off of the ice in their attempt to make the game safer.
Posted by thesportsjunky on October 18, 2015 · Leave a Comment
It is a sore spot for the NHL to talk about since the revelations over the last few years in the sports world.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on February 22, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The ugly side of the NHL arose once again this week as another death took a former player too soon. Steve Montador is the type of player that seems to fit the bill in these cases as a player that was never exceptionally great but good enough to play in the NHL. He was not necessarily a tough guy but he was a tough defenceman that was never at the top of the scoring charts but had a great stay-at-home game that many defenceman don’t have in this age.
Posted by thesportsjunky on December 31, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Canadian sports have been nailed down to one season and one sport and has been this way for years. The Canadians have never been considered a summer sport nation and have seen hockey as the true Canadian sport. This has been the case for decades with Canadians taking ownership of hockey and winter sports as their own and using it as a sense of pride.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on January 15, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The NHL season seemed all but doomed at the beginning of the year with the January 11th deadline fast approaching. It seemed as though the NHL had decided on another lost season but in the last minute they would come to an agreement. The NHL season was saved and hockey would return as fans rejoiced and many NHL teams breathed a sigh of relief.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on September 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Last year the NHL saw yet another record losing streak fall unfortunately for Toronto fans it was not their Stanley Cup streak. Instead it was the Boston Bruins streak who had not won a Stanley Cup since the 1971-72 season. It also saw a streak continue as the six Canadian teams again were not able to break their 17 year Stanley Cup drought. They again had a chance and a very good chance with the Vancouver Canucks but were unable to pull off the win. This left the Boston Bruins as the defending champs and the Vancouver Canucks as the defending Western
Conference champions for the second time in Franchise history.
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