‘NHL’ Articles
Written by Doc McElroy on 29 October 2014
Gordie Howe NHL (1966 photo by Arnie Lee via wikipedia commons)
Hall of Fame Hockey player Gordie Howe is resting after suffering a stroke on Sunday in Lubbock, Texas.
The news was reported by his daughter, Cathy, who he was visiting at the time.
The stroke has left the 86-year-old Howe with some lost function on the right side of his body, involving his arm and leg. His speech is slurred but can recognize and identify people he is familiar with.
Howe, who in a 26-year NHL career, was a 23-time All-Star playing in 1,767 games, scoring 801 goals, dishing out 1,049 assists and netting 1,850 points. He led the Detroit Red Wings to four Stanley Cups. Howe also played for the Hartford Whalers before retiring in 1980.
At the time of his retirement, Howe was the NHL leader in career goals and points before Wayne Gretzky broke those records during his career.
Tags: Detroit Red Wings., Gordie Howe., Hartford Whalers., NHL., Stanley Cup., Wayne Gretzky.
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Written by Billy Ballpoint Baxter on 23 September 2014
Live broadcasts will be available starting with tonight’s contest against Pittsburgh
COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets announced today that the club’s remaining preseason home games against the Pittsburgh Penguins (September 23), Carolina Hurricanes (October 1) and Nashville Predators (October 4) will be streamed live via the club’s official website, BlueJackets.com, and on FOXSportsOhio.com. Game time for all three contests is 7 p.m.
The live Dispatch Media Center video board feeds of each game will be accompanied by the radio broadcast featuring the call of announcer Bob McElligott and host Mark Wyant. The live stream will be available throughout the Blue Jackets’ NHL-defined broadcast territory, including most of Ohio and areas of West Virginia, and Kentucky.
Full and partial season tickets for the Blue Jackets’ 2014-15 campaign are currently available for purchase. Individual game tickets for home games at Nationwide Arena are on sale now. Information on all ticketing options can be obtained by calling (800) NHL‐COLS or by visiting BlueJackets.com.
- CBJ –
PRESS RELEASE WRITTEN BY Karen Davis; COURTESY COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS COMMUNICATIONS
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Written by Lamont Burroughs on 18 June 2014
COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets will play an eight-game preseason schedule, including four home games at Nationwide Arena, prior to their 14th National Hockey League season, the club announced today. Columbus will play one home and one road game against a pair of Metropolitan Division rivals – the Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes – as well as former Central Division rivals the St. Louis Blues and Nashville Predators.
The Blue Jackets open preseason play with a pair of split squad games on Sunday, September 21. Columbus will visit Carolina at 1:30 p.m. prior to battling St. Louis on home ice at 6 p.m. That contest is the first of four home preseason games at Nationwide Arena. The Jackets will also host the Penguins on Tuesday, September 23; Hurricanes on Wednesday, October 1; and Predators on Saturday, October 4.
Columbus’ complete 2014 preseason schedule can be found below (all times ET, home games in bold):
Sunday, Sept. 21 – 1:30 p.m. at Carolina*
Sunday, Sept. 21 – 6 p.m. vs. St. Louis*
Tuesday, Sept. 23 – 7 p.m. vs. Pittsburgh
Thursday, Sept. 25 – 8 p.m. at St. Louis
Saturday, Sept. 27 – 4 p.m. at Pittsburgh
Monday, Sept. 29 – 8 p.m. at Nashville
Wednesday, Oct. 1 – 7 p.m. vs. Carolina
Saturday, Oct. 4 – 7 p.m. vs. Nashville
*Split Squad
The Blue Jackets also announced dates for their annual development camp at Nationwide Arena and the OhioHealth Ice Haus. On-and-off-ice workouts will be held from Monday, July 7 through Thursday, July 10. All on-ice sessions will be open to the public. A complete camp schedule and roster of participating players will be announced at a later date.
Full and partial season tickets for the Blue Jackets’ 2014-15 campaign are currently available for purchase. Information on all ticketing options can be obtained by calling (800) NHL‐COLS or by visiting BlueJackets.com.
‐ CBJ ‐
PRESS RELEASE WRITTEN BY & A COURTESY OF COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS COMMUNICATIONS
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Written by Ernest T. Aiken on 08 June 2014
Jim Rutherford as a player (photo by Detroit Red Wings via wikipedia commons)
The Pittsburgh Penguins fired head coach Dan Bylsma and hired a new GM, Jim Rutherford all in the same day.
The 65-year-old Rutherford resigned the same position back in April with the Carolina Hurricanes. He replaces Ray Shero, who was fired three weeks ago.
Rutherford is a former 5’8, 160-pound goalie in the NHL from 1969-1983 with Detroit, Toronto and the LA Kings.
This is a homecoming for him with Pittsburgh, as he played goaltender for the team in the 1970′s.
After his playing career, he spent 20 years with the Hartford Whalers franchise, who moved to North Carolina in 1997 and became the Carolina Hurricanes. Carolina won the Stanley Cup in 2006.
Tags: Carolina Hurricanes., Dan Bylsma., Detroit., Hartford Whalers., Jim Rutherford, LA Kings, NHL., North Carolina., Pittsburgh Penguins., Ray Shero, Stanley Cup., Toronto.
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Written by Ernest T. Aiken on 07 June 2014
Dan Bylsma Penguins coach 2011 (photo by Michael Miller via wikipedia commons)
Dan Bylsma is a good NHL coach. He’s a Stanley Cup winning coach with 252 career wins.
But in the end, those facts did not allow him to keep his job with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It was rumored by several members of the Pittsburgh media during the recent playoff series with the Columbus Blue Jackets that Bylsma could or would lose his job. Management did not like the fact that the Blue Jackets caused all kind of havoc to make the Penguins scuffle to win the series in six games. The the loss to the Rangers in the next series after having a commanding lead left a bad taste in the mouth.
The 252 games won with the Penguins is a franchise record.
But the fact that he could not win another Stanley Cup with players like Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, James Neal and Brooks Orpik was unacceptable to management.
Since winning the Stanley Cup in 2009, Pittsburgh lost series to lower-seeded teams and ended up with 4-5 playoff series record.
The past few months have been difficult for the 43-year-old Bylsma. He coached Team USA in the Sochi Olympics back in February would could not win a medal.
Tags: Brooks Orpik, Columbus Blue Jackets., Dan Bylsma., Evgeni Malkin., James Neal, Kris Letang., NHL., Pittsburgh Penguins., Sidney Crosby., Sochi Olympics, Stanley Cup., Team USA
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