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Sports Central
January 10, 2012
Mike Chen |
Can Caps Find Their Way Under Hunter? The Caps started hot, then floundered, then really floundered, then finally seemed to find their footing under new coach Dale Hunter. For a team loaded with talent, there won't be any answers until we get to May.   |
Sports Central
July 30, 2014
Mike Chen |
NHL Teams Facing an Identity Crisis In this year's NHL offseason, three teams are facing major crossroads. Two teams are perennial underachievers while another is taking a bold step forward. |
Sports Central
April 20, 2009
Mike Chen |
The Washington Capitals' Tough Lesson The Capitals started the playoffs with Stanley Cup dreams. After a few days and two games, the Washington players are looking at themselves and wondering what's happened to their team. |
Sports Central
November 7, 2011
Mike Chen |
Breaking Down NHL Attendance Woes Amid the big stories in the early NHL season -- both positive (Toronto Maple Leafs) and negative (Columbus Blue Jackets) -- there have also been grumblings about low attendance numbers for some markets. |
Sports Central
May 11, 2009
Jonathan Hamelin |
Top Suprises of the NHL Playoffs Whether it be young players making a name for themselves or Game 7s, there have been a lot of things surprising about the NHL playoffs so far. Here is a look at some of them. |
Sports Central
May 3, 2010
Mike Chen |
A Tale of Two Presidents' Trophies Why the San Jose Sharks and Washington Capitals both lost to eighth seed teams. |
Sports Central
April 18, 2011
Mike Chen |
Ovechkin Showing New Side to His Game If the Washington Capitals make it to the Eastern Conference Final and beyond, there's a lot of different aspects of their game to cite. |
Sports Central
April 7, 2008
Jeff DiNunzio |
There's No Argument This Time Alex Ovechkin is the league MVP. Period. |
Sports Central
May 13, 2011
Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Conference Finals Preview The conference semifinals of the NHL playoffs were not nearly as exciting as the opening round as a whole. |
Sports Central
January 10, 2006
Mike Chen |
The NHL's Halfway Home A look at NHL teams, talent and business. |
Sports Central
March 22, 2012
Mike Chen |
Injuries Muddy Stanley Cup Playoff Picture Where will this impact be felt? Enough teams have been bit by the injury bug that the epidemic of fallen star players reaches wide. |
Sports Central
April 28, 2011
Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Conference Semifinals Preview The opening round of the NHL playoffs saw only one sweep, four seven-game series, 11 overtime matches, and three double overtime matches. |
Sports Illustrated
April 9, 2002
Daniel G. Habib |
One-man Show Thanks to goalie Jose Theodore's heroics, surprising Montreal looks playoff-bound... |
Sports Central
January 15, 2013
Mike Chen |
NHL Storylines Heading Into the Season After months of uncertainty, the NHL is ready to get back where it belongs -- out of the boardroom and back on the ice. |
Sports Central
April 10, 2007
Chad Kettner |
2007 NHL Playoffs Preview After a long season filled with ups and downs, hockey fans can finally buckle up for the most exciting time of the year, the Stanley Cup playoffs. Here are some predictions. |
Sports Central
April 23, 2008
Jeff DiNunzio |
Why the NHL is Dead: A Response Sean Crowe maintains that the NHL is dead and asks, "how do we bring it back to life?" Well, how about we start by really answering that question? |
Sports Central
June 22, 2004
Tyler Norwood |
NHL - Capitals Shopping Top Pick? Since winning the rights to the first overall pick, there's been speculation Capitals GM George McPhee might shop the pick for a package of young players. |
Sports Central
September 15, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
Ice to See You Again, Ovechkin What makes this offseason a good one for the Washington Capitals is that they didn't just spend money -- they spent smart money. |
Sports Central
April 17, 2008
Sean Crowe |
Why the NHL is Dead The question is, how do we bring it back to life? |
Sports Central
April 25, 2012
Mike Chen |
Will the NHL's Dead Puck Era Return? The NHL is nothing if not a game of Follow the Leader. The coaching systems of winning teams often dictates what other teams try to emulate, and coming out of this year's playoffs, the notion of a winning formula is about to change. |
Sports Central
September 21, 2010
Mike Chen |
Five Storylines For 2010-11 NHL Season NHL training camps have just gotten underway. Here are the top five storylines heading into the 2010-11 NHL season. |
Sports Central
April 16, 2012
Andrew Jones |
Flailing Penguins and Fickle Canucks The NHL playoffs are underway and so far, nobody can complain of boredom. At press time, there had already been seven overtime games and even a couple suspensions, one of which includes a sheet of Plexiglas that has been suspended indefinitely for attacking Boston's David Krejci. |
Sports Central
May 15, 2006
Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Working Overtime The NHL should revisit another pressing problem: playoff overtime. |
Sports Central
April 21, 2006
Charlynn Smith |
Alexander the Great First-year hockey player Alexander Ovechkin's name always came up second. Now, the story is very different. His name is now one that hockey fans will not soon forget. |
Sports Central
October 5, 2005
Mike Chen |
Five Reasons to Watch the NHL In case you didn't hear about it (and Martha Burk is doing her best to make sure that you do), the NHL is back from its lockout of stupidity and looking to break the ice with fans new and old. |
AskMen.com
Johnny Testa |
Breakaway Tips From Alexander Ovechkin One of the best players in the National Hockey League offers some tips on how to successfully score on a breakaway. |
Sports Central
February 27, 2008
Jeff DiNunzio |
Here Yesterday, Gone Today The 2008 NHL trade deadline was filled with big-name movement, all in preparation for the final playoff stretch. Here's a review some of the wisest deadline transactions. |
Sports Illustrated
January 22, 2003
Daniel G. Habib |
Something Extra Hard-shooting defenseman Andy Delmore gives the Predators an even bigger advantage on the power play. |
Sports Central
May 9, 2011
Mike Chen |
Caps' Stunning Loss is More Than Ovechkin, Boudreau The problem for the Capitals is that regular season success, while enjoyable and certainly better than losing, just isn't enough anymore, and it will take another year to see if certain players have turned the corner. |
Sports Central
June 10, 2004
Mike Chen |
NHL - Top-10 Playoff Moments Here are the top-10 memorable moments of the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs. |
Sports Central
March 19, 2014
Mike Chen |
Contenders Face Early Exits in New NHL Playoff Format NHL general managers in the Eastern Conference who look at the potential playoff matchups are glad that they don't have to deal with the first-round dilemma facing teams on the other side of the continent. |
Sports Illustrated
May 2, 2000
Kostya Kennedy |
Scorecard Why the NHL's postseason is the best in all of sports |
Sports Central
October 23, 2006
Charlynn Smith |
The NHL is Back This is the year hockey will shine again in the world of sports, and here are the reasons why. |
Sports Central
May 9, 2006
Mark Chalifoux |
Making Sense of a Tragedy There's nothing better than playoff hockey -- or is there? |
Sports Central
June 26, 2013
Mike Chen |
Lessons Learned From a Shortened Season Chances are, you've all but forgotten the Great NHL Lockout of 2012. and it seems like little-to-no momentum has been lost by the NHL. The season started with uncertainty and anger and ended with record-breaking TV ratings and a thrilling two months of playoffs. |
Sports Central
May 20, 2009
Andrew Jones |
Why This is the Year for Sid the Kid Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin have two things Alexander Ovechkin doesn't have: each other and a much more engrained sense of team play. |
Sports Central
April 12, 2011
Andrew Jones |
2011 NHL Playoffs Preview The table is set for the NHL's playoff race. Sixteen teams now vie to hoist the cup that really matters, the lord of all trophies, Lord Stanley's. |
Sports Central
December 5, 2007
Jeff DiNunzio |
The Quarter Season NHL Review A summary of the first quarter of the 2007-2008 NHL season. |
Sports Central
February 8, 2004
Mike Chen |
A New World Order When the Anaheim Mighty Ducks elected to not qualify Paul Kariya, they made a statement that no player, not even their franchise leader and longtime captain, was worth over $9 million dollars in the NHL's looming new economic landscape. |
Sports Central
March 30, 2010
Mike Chen |
The Wide-Open West Every team in the NHL Western Conference has a significant weakness, making this year's first round a wide-open field with the potential for upsets no matter who's playing who. Here's look at the Achilles' Heel for each team. |
Sports Central
May 22, 2004
Pete Sweigard |
NHL Ushers in a New Era The NHL has been slow to embrace the youth movement, continuing to market the marquee names, the proven entities. |
Sports Central
November 19, 2004
Mike Chen |
The Theory of Contraction The Hockey News recently published a magazine with a series of hypothetical debates. While this is primarily something to fill the void as the current lockout continues, the debates to bring up several interesting talking points. |
Sports Central
May 17, 2006
Mike Chen |
NHL Award Predictions The nominations for the annual NHL awards have been announced. Check out who should take home the hardware when all is said and done. |
Sports Central
July 13, 2015
Mike Chen |
Is San Jose's Year of Hell Finally Over? The Sharks have emerged from their year of hell with a new goalie, a veteran defense man to anchor Brent Burns, and a versatile tough-as-nails forward who can play anywhere in the top nine. |
Sports Central
October 12, 2011
Mike Chen |
Top Five NHL Storylines of 2011-12 Here are your top five storylines for the new NHL season. |
Sports Central
March 14, 2006
Mike Chen |
NHL Trade Deadline Winners and Losers This year's NHL trade deadline featured plenty of movement, but not a lot of substance. |
Sports Central
May 21, 2015
Mike Chen |
Does Choking Truly Exist in the NHL Anymore? Choker. It's an easy label to put on a team that's blown a series lead. The San Jose Sharks blew a 3-0 series lead to the LA Kings, and now that's the stigma they've earned. |
Sports Central
November 29, 2005
Mike Chen |
NHL Surprises and Disappointments A look at some of the surprise booms and busts in the NHL -- and just how and why these things occurred. |
Sports Central
March 26, 2013
Mike Chen |
What to Expect at the NHL Trade Deadline With the trade deadline fast approaching and still many teams within striking distance of a playoff spot, GMs have to keep one eye on the race and one on the future. |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2001
Kostya Kennedy |
Forever after If I remember this NHL mailbag in months and years to come, I will remember it for one reason: It came before... |
