Ice hockey in the United States

If the NHL ever considered instituting its own play-in tournament, and they have, and last night’s Lakers-Timberwolves what-have-ya wasn’t enough to dissuade them, then the Islanders and Penguins have recently showed the league that were…

Jack EdwardsImage: Getty ImagesThe idea of a particular villain, a true public enemy, still exists for most hockey fanbases. More than any other sport, one player can send an opposing arena into hysterics by merely hopping over the boards.…

Hat trick!Image: Getty ImagesIt’s not that the relationship between Jack Eichel and Buffalo Sabres fans will ever be good. Their union promised too much and delivered so little that there should be bitterness on both sides. The No. 2 pick…

Vegas Knights’ Phil Kessel on verge of setting NHL’s consecutive games played streak.Image: Getty ImagesPhil Kessel has never been here for your shit. Which might be one of the reasons he’s going to break the consecutive games streak by…

Lightning’s Ian Cole has been accused of sexually abusing a minor.Image: Getty ImagesAnother banner day for hockey, as Tampa Bay’s Ian Cole was accused of grooming a minor and sexual assault by an anonymous person on Twitter. The Lightning…

Paul MauricePhoto: Getty ImagesWe’re still very much in a time where teams in any sport are going to overreact to playoff results. They have 82 or 162 games of sample size where they play everyone and aren’t confined to one matchup with one…

Jack EichelPhoto: Getty ImagesIf you’re trying to blow your own face off and fall down a sewer for comedic effect instead of securing a playoff spot, you’d have to give the Vegas Golden Knights an Emmy for their performance last night.…

It ain’t over till it’s over.Screenshot: Twitter: @BSUBeaversMHKYYou and I have probably been spending the last week the same way, staring at our monitors watching St. Peter’s destroy any chance we had at winning our office bracket…

Evgenii DadonovPhoto: Getty ImagesIt was only a few days ago we chronicled that increasingly desperate situation the Golden Knights find themselves in. They have nothing more than a crimp grip on the last wildcard spot in the Western…

Jack Eichel returned to Buffalo with a loss.Image: Getty ImagesJack Eichel returned to Buffalo last night, his first game in America’s basement refrigerator since his trade to Vegas. It did not go well, much like pretty much anything in…