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On Tuesday night, the Minnesota Wild played one of their most professional games of the season. Led by Mats Zuccarello’s return and a suffocating defensive effort, the Wild scored a 4-2 victory over the Dallas Stars and took a 3-2 lead in their first-round Western Conference series. It sets up...
The Colorado Avalanche have the NHL’s best goalie right now. He just isn’t going to win the Vezina Trophy. Scott Wedgewood leads the league with a .921 save percentage and a sparkling 2.06 goals-against average. Yet those elite numbers probably won’t be enough to overcome the one thing working against him: he hasn’t started as […]
Insider Elliotte Friedman has revealed what the new Toronto Maple Leafs' hockey operations department is going to look like, telling us that he believes it'll be a two-man team: As it stands right now, I'm under the impression it's gonna be Mats Sundin and John Chayka, and they just have to close the deal. Nothing is done until it's done, but that's what I believe is going on. Sundin, the Maple Leafs legend, is being brought to Toronto, Friedman said on the 32 Thoughts podcast, to have a much ...
The Dallas Stars / Minnesota Wild series is, as expected, a chippy affair. A violent exchange between the Stars' Jamie Benn & Ryan Hartman has resulted in NHL Player Safety getting involved. Sort of. But not really. Benn responded to a shot up high by Hartman with a targeted cross-check to the head, but has only been fined (the maximum allowable), $2,604.17. How they came up with the 17 cents is anybody's guess. Dallas’ Jamie Benn has been fined $2,604.17, the maximum allowable under the CBA, ...
The Edmonton Oilers will be getting some reinforcements for morning skates and practices. Before the team jetted off to California ahead of Thursday night’s elimination Game 6 against the Anaheim Ducks, head coach Kris Knoblauch said some Bakersfield Condors would be meeting them upon arrival. The Condors were eliminated from the Calder Cup playoffs on Sunday…
The Jets received good NFL Draft grades from media experts. It seems like fans are also pleased with what the team is. At least that’s how it looks if you believe our SB Nation Reacts poll asking Jets fans to grade the class of 2026. You know what? I respect the fans who voted here […]
Our long national… well, not really a nightmare, more that weird dream that doesn’t seem to end, anyway whatever, it’s over. Tyran Stokes has made his college decision official. It is not Kentucky. It’s the other school that felt like a serious player in this recruitment all along: Kansas. Good for Bill Self, remarkably bad […]
It’s past vs. the future this afternoon in Arlington, as the Yankees go for a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers in a Wednesday matinee on the backs of a highly-touted prospect making his MLB debut against a grizzled veteran who once donned the pinstripes as a youngster. Elmer Rodríguez is getting an audition these […]
Forgive me, Gord above, for I have sinned. I have cast a shroud of doubt around Connor McDavid. I instantly felt regret when I published my last post because I worried perception wouldn’t match my intent. But how quickly I forgot about the summer he spent rehabbing instead of opting for surgery following the Mark…
Now that the 2026 NFL Draft has concluded, the next order of business for the Minnesota Vikings is to find themselves a new General Manager. After firing Kwesi Adofo-Mensah several months ago, the Vikings went through the offseason with a sort of makeshift front office featuring Rob Brzezinski in the lead role and plenty of […]
New York Yankees @ Texas Rangers Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 1:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed RHP Elmer Rodriguez vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi Today’s Lineups YANKEES RANGERS Trent Grisham – CF Brandon Nimmo – RF Ben Rice – 1B Josh Jung – 3B Aaron Judge – DH Corey Seager […]
Before the Edmonton Oilers faced the Anaheim Ducks in Game 5, with the Oilers on the brink of elimination, Sportsnet aired a segment featuring former Oiler Luke Gazdic having a chat with Evan Bouchard and Paul Coffey, two of the most gifted offensive defencemen in franchise history. Coffey talked about his first road trip, coaching…
Matt Lynch came out as gay and has thrived in his first head coaching job, all while being himself.
Why would the Leafs need Sundin?
With the conclusion of Week 12, there is only one week remaining in the 2026 NCAA Softball season. Entering the crucial final week of the season, I figured that I would switch things up a bit. The first article of the week will be the power rankings, and the second article will be a scenario-spotting […]
The Philadelphia Flyers are getting ready to hopefully close out the first-round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night and appear to be bringing their promising young winger back into the lineup after the controversial scratch. With the speculation in full force and rumor mills working overtime, the Flyers took to the ice this morning for an optional skate ahead of Wednesday’s Game 6 against the Penguins. And from the looks of things, there appears to be a few question...
Texas Rangers lineup for April 29, 2026 against the New York Yankees: starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi for the Rangers and Elmer Rodriguez for the Yankees. It is the final game of this series, and the final game of April. Elmer Rodriguez, a consensus top 100 prospect who has a 1.27 ER in 21 innings […]
The Toronto Marlies defeated the Rochester Americans 2-1 in the first round to set up a mouth-watering clash with the vaunted Laval Rocket. Regular Season Series For the second straight season, Laval was crowned North Division champions. The Rocket held off the late-charging Syracuse Crunch to retain their title and ensured home advantage against divisional […] The post Toronto Marlies vs. Laval Rocket: Second Round Playoff Series Preview & Schedule appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
Being that I am a hockey fan, I have a bit of a hockey jersey collection that features teams from a number of leagues. Most are customized with names and numbers on the back, but some are not as I have yet to make a commitment on those jerseys. In saying that, though, there's a pile of history and market research that goes into the logos and colours that a lot of people sweep aside because "it looks cool". Today, we dive into the history a little more as Teebz's Book Club is proud to review Fa...
The Rockford IceHogs season came to a quiet close a little over a week ago. What started as a middling season gradually slipped into the IceHogs trending downward for most of the year. They never found a stretch of sustained consistency and each attempt to stabilize things seemed to be followed by another dip. Rockford finished dead last in the Central Division with just 61 points, posting a 28-39-3-2 record. This marked the first time the IceHogs have missed the playoffs since the 2018-1...
The Oilers kept their season alive Tuesday night with a 4-1 win over the Ducks at Rogers Place, forcing a Game 6 with their most complete performance of the series. Facing elimination, Edmonton didn’t leave much to chance early. Vasily Podkolzin opened the scoring just over two minutes into the game, and Zach Hyman followed…
Over the next few months, we’ll be breaking down all of the rookies added by the Jets during the draft and as undrafted free agents. We continue today with tight end Kenyon Sadiq. The 21-year old Sadiq is listed at 6’3” and 241 pounds and was the 16th overall pick out of Oregon. He was […]
I would like to formally apologize to the hockey gods for our hubris as Philadelphia Flyers fans. Once the Flyers went up three games to zero in their series with the Pittsburgh Penguins, we got a little cocky. Look, we haven’t been in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in six years. We haven’t had a home playoff game in eight years. We haven’t had a home playoff win in 10 years. As a wise text once mistakenly sent to me said “Im sorry for some things I said and for throwing ketchup at wall. Emotions go...
Well, the Colorado Avalanche have advanced to the second round and will enjoy some time off, and that means it’s time for another installment of Mile High Pollster! First, we will start with the most pressing matter at hand for the Avalanche, and that’s if it will be the Minnesota Wild or the Dallas Stars […]
I have always felt that my blog is a place for my thoughts about hockey and random other things. I never wanted it to cost anything, I wasn't going to make anyone subscribe, and I certainly didn't feel like I had "premium content" that had to be behind a paywall. Even the extensions of this blog - the grassroots hockey coverage and the radio show - are all done without any demand for subscription fees because it wouldn't feel right asking anyone to pay for our goofy content. I do believe de...