Tennessee may not have been known as a hockey hotbed in the past but the Preds have brought character and exuberant fans to the leagueEven before National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman appeared at ice level on Sunday night in Nashville to award the Stanley Cup to the Pittsburgh Penguins, fans in the Bridgestone Arena were already chanting “Bettman sucks.”Most likely, the hatred spawned most directly from the fact that the Predators, who lost 1-0 to the Penguins in what was to be the decisive Game 6, would have been up by that same tally from early on, had it not been for a mystifying call by one of the referees. Early in the second period, a Predators shot deflected...
This year was supposed to be different, but the Capitals, on the verge of another early exit, only build on their rep as sports’ most consistently disappointing teamThe Washington Capitals are one game away from elimination. One more loss and it’s all over. Their season, but almost definitely this era of Capitals hockey along with it. It wasn’t supposed to end this way. This year was supposed to be different. The Capitals won the Presidents’ Trophy for the best regular season record in the NHL and were primed to put it all together this postseason, make it through the second round of the playoffs for the first time in Alexander Ovechkin’s 12-year career and finally win a Stanley Cup for...
Are the Islanders long for Brooklyn? Will the Hurricanes blow into Canada? Could Hartford be the Whalers’ port of call once more? We sort through the scuttlebuttDid you hear the one about the NHL team that might be moving?Sorry, weary hockey fans will reply, you’re going to need to be more specific. Continue reading...