The 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs have begun with an impressive slate for first-round matchups. What has been a great 2021-2022 NHL season now sees the league go from 32 to 16 playoff teams competing for the greatest trophy in all of sports Lord Stanley’s Cup. As we do every year, The Hockey Fanatic likes…

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As the 2021-22 NHL season skates to a conclusion, there has been a lot of discussion around which player should win the NHL’s Hart Memorial Trophy as the league’s Most Valuable Player. The Hart trophy is voted by the members of the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association and is awarded to the player determined to be…

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One of the great stats of the game of hockey is points per game. Measured as a fixed number, Points-Per-Game (PPG) measures the average number of points the player scores per game. For example if you played one NHL game and had two points, your Points per Game would be 2.0. The Points-Per-Game calculation is…

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Over the years there have been some great stories about the toughest NHL arenas to play in. With NHL expansion there are some newer arenas that have proven difficult barns to play in. The Hockey Fanatic ranks the all-time top NHL arenas to play in. Top 10 Toughest NHL Areas to Play In Boston Garden…

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Today is “Boxing Day” in Canada so we thought it would be fun to share our list of the toughest players to have played in the National Hockey League. Tough is defined in the dictionary as “strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough or careless handling.” Or “able to endure hardship or pain.”  Toughness…

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