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No. 1 Star: Rene Bourque, Calgary Flames
The Flames had lost two straight while chasing the Detroit Red Wings for the No. 8 seed in the West. They had lost six straight to the Avalanche. That’s the context for Calgary’s impressive, clutch victory on the road, 3-2 over the Avs. Bourque scored on a shorthanded breakaway in the [...]

The NHL’s GM meetings in Boca Raton, FL., have concluded—and while the debate about “headshots” reigned supreme, the shootout found a way to rear its ugly head.
The shootout is regarded as one of the most entertaining events in pro sports. However, the league’s general managers feel that the shootout’s days may be numbered.
Amen.
“I don’t think [...]

Few players in NHL history have the kind of season that Sidney Crosby had in his rookie year, especially in this the era of defense-first hockey. Crosby’s 2005-06 rookie season saw him post 39 goals and 102 points, making him one of the most proficient rookie scorers in NHL history.
Crosby’s 102-point effort was second only [...]

You and I are hockey fans. We love hockey. We’d watch hockey on a 13-inch black and white TV even if it was fuzzy and an Oilers game. We don’t care.
But say you’re just some guy that didn’t care about hockey up until last Sunday’s Olympic gold medal game, and you watched that game and [...]

In one week from today the NHL trade deadline will be upon us!
Be sure to check Hockey Jabber regularly for up to the minute deadline news, reviews and even some previews on what we can expect from this years trade deadline.
Be sure to check back on March 1st/2nd and check out our NHL buyers and [...]

As some of you may know the Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers are both interested in acquiring the services of Peter Forsberg.
Forsberg is a highly decorated hockey player starting from a young age winning the Calder Memorial Trophy, the Art Ross Trophy, the Hart Memorial Trophy, the Bud Light Plus/Minus Award, Olympic Gold medallist, [...]

The first month of the NHL is now behind us, which means we can look back at what has transpired and look forward to what we think will happen. “Overtime” is a series of questions – and – answers fielded by a few of SJ’s hockey minds. In this months edition of Overtime we talk [...]

If there was only one thing I wish the league would crack down on; I’d wish for it to be all the goaltender interference. I see guys “accidentally” crash into the goaltenders all the time (Ranger fans can agree with me here) with little to no repercussion to the player.
Goaltenders are not standing up-right, their [...]

We’re a few weeks into the NHL season now and there have been plenty of injuries within the past week or so that may or may not have ravaged your starting line up and now you’re dealing with the fact you have to plug those holes for the next 4-6 weeks or whatever the case [...]

They say that all good things come in threes.
For any player that is able to earn himself three goals in a night, he also might just earn a shower of hats from the faithful fans. That is, if he has a great night in the right building.
But the privilege of hats is only granted to [...]