If there’s one thing these Bruins can say it’s that they’re certainly keeping things seasonal. In true October fashion Boston has indeed had a SCARY start to the 2024-25 campaign. Sitting at 4-4-1 as of October 27th, the group and their third-year coach find themselves in unfamiliar territory. Struggling early. With a combined record of […]
Busts, Blunders, and Bad Draft Picks: A Deep Dive into NHL History Have you ever wondered about the NHL draft picks that didn’t quite pan out as expected? The hockey world is full of stories of promising young players who failed to live up to their draft position. From generational talents to high-round surprises, the
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Welcome back hockey fans! Welcome to Week 8 of our news from around the world of hockey and around the league. Can you believe we are already into the 2nd weekend of the hockey season? Well we have lots to get to, so let’s jump right in. The news from around the league this week:
THE CAT’S Weekly Update – October 23, 2024 Read More »
3-2-1…. This isn’t a countdown folks but rather the Boston Bruins record six games into the 2024-25 season. By all indications it’s a rather pedestrian start for the group and there could very well be a chemistry bridge to cross yet. As noted here last week, the Bruins will rely on previous seasons development and
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For the KHL’s lone Kazakh club, 2024-25 has already been a miserable slog, and the campaign is only a quarter over. We wrote about the firing of head coach David Nemirovsky from Barys Astana here just a few weeks ago, when the team was 1-5 – the club eventually decided to go with a veteran
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Last season, college hockey was home to several freshmen that would go on to make immediate impacts on their respective programs. From Macklin Celebrini to Ryan Leonard to Miko Matikka, young talent was not hard to find. Fast forward to the 2024-25 college hockey season and it’s another batch of incoming freshmen that will impress.
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Welcome back hockey fans! Welcome to Week 7 of our news from around the world of hockey and around the league. We have lots to get to, so let’s jump right in. Thoughts? Questions? Suggestions? Then remember to tune in each week to get all the latest news in the world of hockey. For more
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A season preview piece a week into the new season? Yeah, why not? Hockey is back and its back until June people. Spoiled we are! In the case of the 2024-25 Boston Bruins, one can lean on the eternal words of Gord Downie; “So the chemistry’s set”. That needs to be the team’s hope as the Bruins
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Bobby Hull has been widely regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Unfortunately as generations pass, legends of before become lesser known among the newer fans of hockey who have never seen them play and only hear the stories of beforehand . It’s what have you done lately not what was
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This past spring saw some good news – sort of – for Lokomotiv Yarovslavl. The club from the banks upper Volga, best known for the tragedy of September 7th, 2011, made its return to the Gagarin Cup Finals for the first time since the KHL’s inaugural season of 2008-09. On that earlier occasion Lokomotiv were
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