Florida Panthers rookie Aaron Ekblad added to 2015 NHL All-Star Game
At 18 years, 352 days old, Ekblad will become the youngest defenseman to play for an NHL All-Star team. He isnt, however, the youngest blueliner to appear in the game. Dating back to when the game featured the defending Stanley Cup champion against .
Best and worst in 2015 NHL All-Star Game merchandise
COLUMBUS, Ohio ��� As usual, the National Hockey Leagues big events are a reason for fans to come together, watch amazing athletes perform and celebrate the game while buying armloads of crap from the merchandise kiosks. Because, you know, that .
Ranking every NHL All-Star Game jersey of all-time | The.
How would you describe the process of examining every NHL All-Star Game jersey ever made and debating the merits of each at the THN office until wed hammered out a definite set of rankings? Silly? Stupid? Fun?
NHL Helmets Come to Life With Airbrushed Flair
Steve Mason unzipped the bag and inside found zombie heads with mouths agape staring right back at him through whitewashed eyes.
Sergei Bobrovsky out of All-Star Game; Blues Brian Elliott.
From Yahoo Sports: Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky will miss this weekends NHL All-Star Game in Columbus with a groin injury. He suffered the lower body injury during the teams loss against the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday.
Your definitive NHL All-Star Game skills competition event ranking
MONTREAL - JANUARY 24: Eastern Conference All-Star Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals competes in the Scotiabank NHL Fan Fav Breakaway Challenge during the Honda NHL Superskills competition as part of the 2009 NHL All-Star weekend .
Hold the Octopus: Roy Halts Red Wings
There are times when Patrick Roy is so superb that his own teammates find themselves standing back in awe. This was one of those nights. The Colorado goaltender continued to frustrate Detroit as the Avalanche defeated the Red Wings, 3-0, tonight to go up by 2-0 in the four-of-seven-game Western Conference finals.
Sidney Crosby out of All-Star Game with lower body injury.
From Yahoo Sports: In one day the NHL lost a Vezina Trophy winner and two former Hart Trophy winners from its All-Star Game roster.
Penguins Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury Named to the 2015.
Penguins Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury Named to the 2015 NHL All-Star Game as an Injury Replacement.
Torrey Turns Florida Into Hot Hockey Property
Bill Torrey sat back in his chair at the Florida Panthers practice arena, trademark bow tie neatly in place, and let out a hearty laugh. At my advanced age, the club president said today, its a sweet feeling to still be fooling people.
Top 10 moments of the 2015 All-Star Game Draft | Puck.
From Yahoo Sports: You know how you dread going to weddings, but once you hear there is going to be an open bar, it doesnt seem all unmanageable after all? Thats kind of how the NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft worked for��.
From New Arrivals to Shifts in Rules, a Season of Change
LEAD: The arrival of several Soviet players is only one of many personnel shifts in the National Hockey League as it opens its 73d season this week. None are as dramatic as Wayne Gretzkys move last season from Edmonton to Los Angeles, but a few teams wont seem the same with familiar faces in different places.
Sidney Crosbys regrettable All-Star Game snub | Puck.
From Yahoo Sports: There is no question Sidney Crosby does his part; but when youre the NHLs biggest name and you have as many appearances in the All-Star Game as Eric Brewer, theres something wrong.
NHL All-Star Skills Competition players announced; who.
From Yahoo Sports: Team Foligno and Team Toews have selected their competitors for the Saturday night Skills Competition, scheduled for 7 p.m. ET at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.
The best NHL All-Star Game moments
A quick break in regular season action provides an opportunity to relive some of the all-star weekends most memorable moments. From all-time greats flailing their fists to Owen Nolans called shot, here are the best moments from the NHL all-star game.
Behind Phil Kessel for Tyler Seguin trade that rocked NHL.
COLUMBUS, Ohio ��� The NHL didnt give much guidance to All-Star Game captains Jonathan Toews and Nick Foligno in Friday nights Fantasy Draft, outside of when to have all of their goalies taken and when they had to fill��.
Kings Sutter, Predators Laviolette Named All-Star Coaches
Darryl Sutter of the Los Angeles Kings and Peter Laviolette of the Nashville Predators will serve as head coaches for this months NHL All-Star Game, the National Hockey League announced on Friday.
Sidney Crosby to miss NHL All-Star Game
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The NHL All-Star Game will be missing its biggest star with the Pittsburgh Penguins announcing that Sidney Crosby wont go. The team said Thursday he has been dealing with a lower-body injury and needs a week to heal. Under NHL .
Parents furious over NHL All-Star Game ticket policy change
Brodts sister is a season-ticket holder for the Blue Jackets and purchased tickets through the team for the NHL All-Star Game at Columbus Nationwide Arena. Brodt wanted to join her for the game, and went through StubHub to purchase tickets for.
A Broadway Bust Has Become a Smash in Pittsburgh
Somehow, the peripheral man has become the pivotal man. Petr Nedved, who evidently needed to become a Pittsburgh Penguin in order to live up to his legend, insisted hes the same man he always was, just a little better understood. Its not hard to imagine Nedveds astonishment at becoming the short-term focal point of the Rangers quest for a Stanley Cup -- after all, he isnt even a Ranger anymore. And when he was, the bulk of the attention they paid him came through a harangue of rebukes and complaints about his perceived shortcomings.
Wreggets Playoff Run Hits a Pothole
Until today, he had handled the perils of playoff pressure by maintaining picture-perfect goalie vision, eagle-eyed and quick-gloved. He had been seeing the puck like a basketball, and his playoff performance had prompted his coach and his Penguin teammates to deny that Ken Wregget was actually a backup goalie, worthy enough in his way but clearly second to the head backstop, Tom Barrasso, in competence.
Official Predicts NHL Players Back at Olympics
A senior Canadian ice hockey official believes NHL players will return to the Winter Olympics, and is urging an early decision this time.
2015 NHL All-Star Game: Three-time champ Alex Ovechkin falls in breakaway.
5 Buckeyes football jersey, pulled the son of Blue Jackets trainer Mike Vogt onto the ice to score and summoned six fellow All-Stars to create the famous formation from the ���Mighty Ducks��� movies. Ovechkin, who won the competition in 2008, 2009 and 2011.
Jagr Leaves Rangers Dizzy and Down by a Game
Maybe the Rangers will find a way to stop Jaromir Jagr before its too late. Perhaps they can bump him and get in his way or rough him up to try to curtail his world-class displays of skating, passing and shooting. Its also possible -- maybe even likely -- that New Yorks star players will stop hurting their team with bold gambles on offense and unwise, unprovoked penalties on defense.
Zemgus Girgensons Thrust Into All-Star Game by Latvian Fans
COLUMBUS, Ohio ��� Reporters and photographers at the N.H.L. All-Star Game media day thronged around Zemgus Girgensons, a modest second-year center for one of the leagues worst teams who obliterated a list of hockey superstars in fan voting .
NHL All-Star Game: Madhouse Enforcer vs. Alex Quigley.
In honor of the NHL All-Star Game Fantasy Draft, Alex Quigley of 87.7 The Game will see if he can best Madhouse Enforcer in a game of All-Star pick em.
Nashville to Host 2016 NHL All-Star Game
Nashville will host the National Hockey Leagues 2016 All-Star festivities, which will mark the first time the Music City will enjoy the economic boost the event provides, the league said on Friday.
Predators Filip Forsberg replaces Evgeni Malkin at NHL All-Star Game
After being named as one of the rookies to take part in the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, Nashville Predators center Filip Forsberg has been called up to the big club. Forsberg has officially been named to the NHL All-Star Game as a replacement for.
NHL All-Star Snow Slide: The best $2 spent in Columbus.
COLUMBUS, Ohio ��� Inside of Nationwide Arena this weekend, the biggest names in the National Hockey League will fly around the ice in the All-Star Game. Outside of Nationwide Arena this weekend, the biggest fans of the��.
World Cup of Hockey to return in 2016: NHL All-Star Insider
The eight-team format of all NHL players will have a couple twists. There will be two teams of rivals ��� an under-23 United States and Canadian team, and a European all-star team from the continents lesser hockey nations such as Slovakia, Slovenia, .
NHL Bringing 2016 All-Star Game to Nashville
Timing had been the only question about Nashville hosting the NHL All-Star game, and the league finally has the answer.
2015 NHL All-Star Game notes: A huge honor for former Caps prospect Filip.
COLUMBUS ��� Filip Forsberg was sitting on his couch, watching television, when the telephone rang. The Nashville Predators rookie and former Washington Capitals first-round pick had already been scheduled to attend the 2015 NHL All-Star Game and, .
Flames forward Gaudreau to play in All-Star Game
Gaudreau was one of six rookies named to participate in the 2015 Honda NHL All-Star Skills Competition on Saturday. He is the third rookie from that group who will play in the All-Star Game, joining Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad and.
Fall Out Boy will light mups at the NHL All-Star Game | Puck.
From Yahoo Sports: The NHL has announced the entertainment for the 2015 All-Star Game next weekend (Jan. 25) in Columbus. Alas, theres never any fighting in the exhibition event, which dramatically reduces the chances��.
Rick Nash would have been All-Star Game captain if NHL.
From Yahoo Sports: Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reports that the NHL never asked Nash if hed like to serve as a captain in the All-Star Game this season.
Red Wings Advance In Overtime Thriller
For most of this splendid Game 7, the two captains played on lines that were matched against each other. Steve Yzerman of Detroit and Wayne Gretzky of St. Louis must have skated 40 minutes each amid the precious tension of Joe Louis Arena. Along with their linemates, they circled, shot, passed and blocked shots in one of those Stanley Cup playoff classics that was scoreless for more than 81 scoreboard minutes and for more than four hours if you were keeping time at home.
The Eye On Hockey All-Star Game mock draft
On Friday night in Columbus, Nick Foligno of the Columbus Blue Jackets and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks will select the teams that will play in the 2015 All-Star Game at Nationwide Arena on Sunday. It is a format the NHL has used the past .
A CELEBRATION OF ABILITY, PLUS PIZAZZ
THEY are events that celebrate athletic achievement, a mid-winter gathering of the academy award winners of the ice rinks and hardwood floors. The theme of the National Hockey League and National Basketball Association all-star games is not defined so much in terms of victory and defeat as by their entertainment value. Was it boffo? Did the fans enjoy seeing all those shooting stars? Did they leave wanting more? Imagine if every year, the Oscar winners gathered shortly after the presentations to film a movie short, something that would not require a great deal of rehearsal but would give us a chance to see Hollywoods best on the same screen? Well, in effect that is exactly what the hockey and basketball all-star games provide, an opportunity to see the rich and famous interact -hockeys Humphrey Bogart camped in the crease and basketballs Clark Gable leading a fast break with Cary Grant and Spencer Tracy on the wings.
30 Seconds With Kathryn Tappen: NHL Network Job Is Merely the Latest Highlight
Since joining NHL Network in July after five years at NESN, Kathryn Tappen has become one of the leagues most recognizable faces. Tappen, 30, hosts the nightly highlight show NHL Tonight and is a co-host for special events, holding her own among former coaches and players like Barry Melrose and Kevin Weekes. Tappen, who grew up in Morristown, N.J., was a member of the cross-country and track teams at Rutgers, where she was an academic all-American and set a team record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.. Excerpts from 30 Seconds Q&A with Kathryn Tappen, who hosts a nightly highlights show on the NHL Network; Tappen is a former Rutgers track star who is diplomatic about her rooting interests. Photo (M)
Little-Known Latvian Has Unlikely Lead in All-Star Voting
Latvian-born forward Zemgus Girgensons is the unlikely runaway leader in National Hockey League All-Star fan voting thanks to massive support from his hockey-crazed nation, according to results released on Tuesday.
Here are your 2015 NHL All-Star teams - Yahoo Sports
From Yahoo Sports: The All-Star teams for the 2015 game in Columbus Ohio.
30 Seconds With Kathryn Tappen: NHL Network Job Is Merely the Latest Highlight
Since joining NHL Network in July after five years at NESN, Kathryn Tappen has become one of the leagues most recognizable faces. Tappen, 30, hosts the nightly highlight show NHL Tonight and is a co-host for special events, holding her own among former coaches and players like Barry Melrose and Kevin Weekes.. Kathryn Tappen, who hosts a nightly highlights show on NHL Network, is a former Rutgers track star who is diplomatic about her rooting interests.
Puck Daddy 2015 NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft Chat! - Yahoo.
From Yahoo Sports: Its the 2015 NHL All-Star Game Fantasy Draft! And were chatting live!
Sabres Girgensons Extends Lead in All-Star Vote
Buffalo Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons is skating away with the NHL All-Star game fan vote.
Brett Lindros Calls It Quits
Speaking sadly of a career he is ending at age 20 because of repeated concussions, the Islanders Brett Lindros said yesterday that he was quitting because he did not want to risk the possibility of blindness as well as permanent brain damage. What was scary for me was each time it took longer to resolve -- my last concussion before my 20th birthday took eight or nine weeks, Lindros said in a telephone conference call yesterday. Sometimes I had memory loss on the bench.
NHL to Players: No Stomping!
Chris Pronger, the towering and ornery all-star defenseman for the Ducks, was suspended Saturday for eight games for stomping on the leg of the Canucks Ryan Kesler after two got tangled up in back of the Anaheim goal on Wednesday.. Chris Pronger is suspended eight games for a foot stomp
2015 NHL All Star Game Preview, Predictions | RantSports
Now that the ���fantasy draft��� is behind us, proper focus can be put on the 2015 NHL All-Star game as the teams are ready for the leagues first All-Star Game since 2012. Hometown left wing Nick Foligno of the Columbus Blue��.
Sharks Beat Kings 4-2 in Final Game Before All-Star Break
Patrick Marleau and Joe Pavelski scored power-play goals to send the San Jose Sharks into the NHL All-Star break on a winning note with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night.
2015 NHL All-Star Game: Alex Ovechkin balances obligation and fun of sixth.
COLUMBUS, Ohio ��� The lone Washington Capitals representative at the 2015 NHL All-Star Game had already taken a selfie with a camera pole made from a hockey stick and joined the live studio television set here at Nationwide Arena, so now it was time to .
2015 NHL All-Star Game: Alex Ovechkin really wanted to be picked last, was not
COLUMBUS, Ohio ��� Despite his persistent hopes and accompanying signage begging to be the final pick in the 2015 NHL All-Star Game draft, Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin was instead chosen by Columbus Blue Jackets forward Nick Folignos squad, third .
Best and worst in 2015 NHL All-Star Game merchandise.
The 2015 NHL All-Star Game is no exception, and Puck Daddy went to the gear headquarters in the Columbus Fan Fest to find our favorite and least favorite items for sale on site. Here are yours truly and Josh Cooper, with��.
NHL All-Star Game 2015 Rosters: Analyzing Team Foligno vs Team Toews After.
The 60th NHL All-Star Game rosters are set following a draft by team captains Nick Foligno of the host Columbus Blue Jackets and Jonathan Toews of the Chicago Blackhawks. Even with some high-profile withdrawals, including Sidney Crosby, both teams .