Tweet Who would have thought that July 1st would become one of the most interesting days of the hockey calendar?  It is early summer, players are relaxing from a grueling schedule and hockey fans are tuning into summer sports such as baseball, the Canadian Football League of the Euro 2012 Soccer championship.  Yet July 1 [...]

Tweet A few weeks back, The Hockey Fanatic made our 2012 NHL draft predictions with our mock NHL draft. We were a little creative incorporating a few trades and some “phantom” scouting reports.  In honor of the 50th anniversary of the NHL Entry Draft, we wanted to take a look a drafted hockey players would [...]

Tweet It was not until 1959, that the goalie mask became mainstream in the NHL. In November of 1959, Montreal Canadiens goaltender Jacques Plante was hit in the face with a shot from New York Rangers forward Andy Bathgate. Plante who had previously worn a mask in practice was told by Canadiens coach Toe Blake [...]

Tweet You know as a hockey fan, there are certain teams that I think will simply never win a Stanley Cup.  The Hartford Whalers, Florida Panthers, and Washington Capitals come to mind.  In fact until the past couple of years I had the Los Angeles Kings on that list as well.  They were just a [...]