Brandon Hagel celebrated making the Olympic roster with three assists, including one on Darren Raddysh’s game-winning, overtime goal as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeat the Anaheim Ducks, 4-3, in Jon Cooper’s 1000th game. It wasn’t the prettiest game the Lightning have played on the West Coast, but once again, they found a way to pick up two points to keep their winning streak going.
First Period:
The Lightning took a few minutes to get their flow going and it almost cost them a g...
From Raw Charge
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The Edmonton Oilers have been squeezing the nickel until the beaver squeals, as close to the salary cap ceiling as they can with their current roster. If there’s one benefit to the volume of injuries they’ve endured, it’s that the hard salary cap decisions have been delayed. The past week has seen David Tomášek‘s $1.2-million…
From In the Pressbox
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The Matchup: New Jersey Devils (20-17-2) at the Columbus Blue Jackets (17-15-6) The Time: 7:00pm ET The Broadcast: TV — MSGSN, Radio — Devils Radio Network The Game Preview: I wrote the preview this morning. The Rules: If you have been a reader here, you already know the rules. But for the rest, a reminder: please do not swear in […]
From All About The Jersey
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The New Jersey Devils, from all accounts around the National Hockey League, had Dawson Mercer in a package that they were hoping would entice the Vancouver Canucks to send Quinn Hughes to Jersey. As we all know by now, that offer failed. But according to insider David Pagnotta , the Devils have not, and will not, stop dangling Mercer in trade talks—especially if it lands them one thing in particular. The Devils are desperately in need of goal scorers. They currently sit 27th in the NHL i...
From NHL Trade Rumors
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After Wednesday’s practice, Craig Berube discussed Nick Robertson’s growth, the team’s mood entering the new year, and the status of his many injured players. Where have you noticed the most growth in Nick Robertson’s game this season? Berube: I haven’t been here that long, but what I’ve seen from Nicky is more maturity and a […]
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From Maple Leafs Hotstove
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The Butterfly Effect Continues. While not cited as the reason, the 4-3 shootout loss to Florida on December 19th claimed another victim in the Olympic hopes of Seth Jarvis. You’ll recall that after giving up a 3-0 lead to the Panthers, the Carolina winger was heading down on a breakaway in the 3-on-3 overtime set […]
From Canes Country
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Welcome to the last Public Skate of 2025, folks! You’ve skated publicly 80-something times (or close, I estimated) this year, and we always appreciate your participation. Hopefully tonight’s game won’t inspire another round of searching the comments for ways to describe how bad the game was, but beggars can’t be choosers. Tonight looks like a […]
From Stanley Cup of Chowder
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Watching the Flyers can be A Lot and fortunately our writers here have time to fill in when the team isn’t playing with other interests. There were lots of great films and television shows in 2025 that were watched that we thought we could share with you all. What were some of your favorite watches of the year? Disagree with any of ours?
Jason P : I probably watched more television than movies in 2025, but I recently just got to viewing Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another . Th...
From Broad Street Hockey
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LOS ANGELES — Watching the Lakers play against good teams this year is like watching a rerun of your favorite TV show where you know what’s going to happen. They’ll lose in blowout fashion and the opponent’s youth and athleticism will feel jarring compared to the lethargic tempo the Lakers play at. This has been […]
From Silver Screen and Roll
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The San Jose Sharks welcome the Minnesota Wild to the Shark Tank today, hoping to sweep the season series. It’s a much different Wild team than the Sharks have played in the past two outings. The Sharks won the previous two meetings, though both of those happened before the Quinn Hughes trade. San Jose won 6-5 in overtime on Oct. 26 and 2-1 in overtime on Nov. 11.
But now, the Wild have one of the best defensemen in the world in Hughes. Since acquiring Hughes on Dec. 12, the Wild have gon...
From Fear The Fin
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So, let’s get this straight. The Edmonton Oilers are about to face the Boston Bruins tonight on New Year’s Eve, and Andrew Mangiapane — yes, the same Andrew Mangiapane who was a healthy scratch literally one game ago — is now skating on the second line with Leon Draisaitl. I’m sorry, what? Look, we’ve all…
From In the Pressbox
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The calendar year 2025 for the New York Islanders comes to a close in a jarringly different state compared to one year ago. Instead of being a drifting, dull team guided by a GM that seemed…stuck in neutral, they are now a more entertaining (if risky) team, with new life, in the thick of a […]
From Lighthouse Hockey
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Team Canada was the first nation to release their official roster for the 2026 Olympics and there were plenty of Tampa Bay Lightning players on it. Forwards Brayden Point, Brandon Hagel, and Anthony Cirelli were named to the roster (Point was an original six selection back in July) and will be joining Jon Cooper (head coach), Julien BriseBois (Assistant General Manager), and Dr. Ryan Hamilton (Mental Performance Consultant) in Italy during the two-week tournament in February.
The full ros...
From Raw Charge
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After months and months of speculation, only made stronger by exceptional play by the 19-year-old, Team Canada’s brain trust made it official this morning by naming young Sharks’ center Macklin Celebrini to the Olympic roster. Celebrini will join the best of the best on the world stage in Milan in February, and he could very well play a top-six role for Team Canada; he’s had that good a season with the Sharks. For Team Canada General Manager Doug Armstrong, picking Celebrini was a process that...
From Fear The Fin
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With ECAC Hockey set to resume play this week, refresh your memory of where the conference stands with TIG's November and December recap.
From The Ice Garden
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Now that the season is all but over with one meaningless game left to play, the attention is now on the offseason (at least for me). I hope the team can come out of this game injury free and I hope they play it safe with any starter that is already banged up like Brian […]
From Daily Norseman
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Happy New Year’s Eve everyone!!!
The Winnipeg Jets will be playing their last contest of the year 2025 this evening when they visit the Little Caesars Arena in Michigan to clash with the Detroit Red Wings. The 2025-26 NHL campaign has seen these franchises have a swing in their fortunes, as the 5th ranked Wings are looking to end a 9 season playoff drought and the 32nd ranked Jets are looking like they will miss the post-season for just the second time in the same span.
Winnipeg ( 15...
From Arctic Ice Hockey
| 2 months ago
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Tonight, the Colorado Avalanche end 2025 ready to kick off 2026 with a New Year’s Eve matchup against the St. Louis Blues. The Avs have won eight games in a row now, and look to end the year on a high note with a win over the Blues. This will be the first of three […]
From Mile High Hockey
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Sidney Morin reflects on her career, what she's learned, and how she passes it along to the next generation.
From The Ice Garden
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It feels like the Minnesota Wild’s goaltending duo of Filip Gustavsson and Jesper Wallstedt is extremely special. The anchor of a team that looks poised to turn regular-season promise into a deep spring run reminiscent of the franchise’s magical 2003 run backstopped by Dwayne Roloson and Manny Ferna...
From Hockey Wilderness
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Congratulations to Emiliano Teodo, who was voted the #13 prospect in the 2025-26 LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings, getting a little under a third of the vote. Our list so far: 1 — Sebastian Walcott 2 — Gavin Fien 3 — David Davalillo 4 — Jose Corniell 5 — Caden Scarborough 6 — Winston Santos […]
From Lone Star Ball
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Game Thirty-Nine: Tampa Bay Lightning (22-13-3) at Anaheim Ducks (21-16-2)
Time: 4:00 PM EST
Location: Honda Center, Where the Inferior Disney Theme Park is Located
TV/Stream/Radio: The Spot, Victory+, ESPN+, 102.5 FM, Lightning App
Odds: Lightning -148
Know the Opponents: Pucks of a Feather
For an entire generation of Tampa Bay Lightning fans there has been just one man they’ve known as the head coach – Jon Cooper. This afternoon, in Anaheim, that man will coach ...
From Raw Charge
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The Wisconsin Badgers concluded 2025 with an 80-60 win over the Milwaukee Panthers on Tuesday night. The Badgers got things started on defense by holding a fatigued Panthers team that played on Monday to two points through the first nine minutes of the game. While Wisconsin kept Milwaukee from generating any offense, the Badgers built […]
From Bucky's 5th Quarter
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Your Miami Hurricanes face off against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl classic this evening. The CFP quarterfinal is the biggest game Miami’s played in over 20 years, and the stakes are sky high. Miami enters the game as 9.5pt underdogs according to our friends at FanDuel Sportsbook, but that doesn’t mean the […]
From State of The U
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As the Panthers make a final playoff push of the 2025 season, it’s never too early to look ahead toward the 2026 NFL Draft. This weekly series will take a closer look at some of the prospects the Carolina Panthers could select in the 2026 iteration of the Draft. In this series, we’ll only be […]
From Cat Scratch Reader
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