NHL Public Relations April 19, 2023 * The Kraken became the first team in NHL history to win their first-ever playoff game against the reigning Stanley Cup champions and were one of two Western Conference Wild Card teams to take a 1-0 series lead Tuesday. * Adam Fox and Chris Kreider skated atop […]
NHL News: First Night of 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs Delivers Double-Digit Increases on ESPN and ESPN2
ESPN April 18, 2023 COURTESY NHLmedia.com
NHL News: CHEL Intel — Issue No. 11
EA SPORTS NHL 23 World Championship Julie Young | NHL Public Relations April 18, 2023 Issue No. 11 The NHL’s premier global esports competition — the 2023 EA SPORTS™ NHL 23 World Championship™ — is back with more opportunities to compete and win than ever before. CHEL Intel is the weekly […]
NHL News: #NHLStats: 10 Things to Know About Connor Bedard
NHL Public Relations April 18, 2023 At age 15, Bedard became the first WHL player to be granted exceptional player status to enter the league at an early age. He was the seventh player in Canadian Hockey League history to do so overall, joining John Tavares (OHL), Aaron […]
NHL News: Connor Bedard Remains Top-Ranked Prospect as NHL Releases Final Draft Rankings Presented by BioSteel
NHL Public Relations April 18, 2023 NEW YORK (April 18, 2023) – Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C.), a center from the Western Hockey League’s Regina Pats, held his position as the No. 1 prospect for the 2023 Upper Deck NHL Draft as the NHL Central Scouting Bureau today released its final rankings presented […]
ICYMI: NHL Morning Skate: Stanley Cup Playoffs Edition – April 18, 2023
NHL Public Relations April 18, 2023 * Anze Kopitar and the Kings stunned the Oilers in Game 1 by authoring another multi-goal third-period comeback win after accounting for four of the NHL-record 56 during the regular season. * Ryan Hartman called game by scoring the double-overtime winner against the Stars to cap the longest contest […]
National Hockey League Releases New Creative for 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Produced in Collaboration with Highdive Creative Agency, the Ads Debut Today to Coincide with First Games of the Playoffs NHL Public Relations April 17, 2023 NEW YORK / CHICAGO (April 17, 2023) – The National Hockey League (NHL) today unveiled its new creative for the 2023 Stanley […]
ICYMI: NHL Morning Skate: Stanley Cup Playoffs Edition – April 17, 2023
NHL Public Relations April 17, 2023 * It’s the opening night of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs! Monday features four Game 1s, with each contest carried on ESPN or ESPN2 in the U.S. as well as on Sportsnet and TVA Sports programming in Canada. * The […]
Popular Televangelist Dr. Charles Stanley died today at age 90; Founder of In Touch Ministries
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Charles Frazier Stanley (September 25, 1932 – April 18, 2023) was an American Baptist pastor and writer. He was senior pastor of First Baptist Church in Atlanta for 49 years and took on emeritus status in 2020.He founded and was president of In Touch Ministries, which widely broadcast his sermons […]
Blue Jackets 82-game season comes to an end tonight with Buffalo Sabres visiting
APR. 14, 2023 II NATIONWIDE ARENA II VS. BUFFALO SABRES BROADCAST INFORMATION TV: Bally Sports Ohio Jeff Rimer (play-by-play), Jody Shelley (analyst), Dave Maetzold (reporter) Radio: 97.1 The Fan Bob McElligott (play-by-play), Dylan Tyrer (host) THE MATCHUP Sabres to Watch « D Rasmus Dahlin ranks fourth-T among NHL blueliners in points and sixth in assists […]
Blue Jackets beat Penguins in overtime 3-2; Four Rookies make debut and contributed to win
APR. 13, 2023 II NATIONWIDE ARENA II VS. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS GAME AT A GLANCE THREE STARS1st – Michael Hutchinson, CBJ (stopped all 34-of-36 shots); 2nd – Johnny Gaudreau, CBJ (1-0-1, OT winner); 3rd – Emil Bemstrom, CBJ (1-0-1) GOAL SCORERSColumbus: A. Peeke (6), PP – E. Bemstrom (7), OT – J. Gaudreau (20)Pittsburgh: PP – […]
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS ANNOUNCE ROSTER MOVES
APRIL 12, 2023 COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled defensemen Samuel Knazko and Billy Sweezey and added forwards Tyler Angle, Joona Luoto and Mikael Pyyhtia to the roster on emergency recall from the Cleveland Monsters, the club’s American Hockey League affiliate, General Manager […]
Blue Jackets hosts arch-rival Pittsburgh Penguins tonight in next-to-last home game of the season
APR. 13, 2023 II NATIONWIDE ARENA II VS. PITTSBURGH PENGUINS BROADCAST INFORMATION TV: Bally Sports Ohio Jeff Rimer (play-by-play), Jody Shelley (analyst), Dave Maetzold (reporter) Radio: 97.1 The Fan Bob McElligott (play-by-play), Dylan Tyrer (host) Penguins to Watch « C Sidney Crosby leads the team in assists and points with 33-58-91 in 81 games this […]
Little Rascals, Baretta star Robert Blake, dead at 89
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Robert Blake (born Michael James Vijencio Gubitosi; September 18, 1933 – March 9, 2023) was an American actor known for his roles in the 1967 film In Cold Blood and the 1970s U.S. television series Baretta. Blake began acting as a child, with a lead role in the […]
Gary Rossington, founding member of Lynard Skynard dead at 71
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Gary Robert Rossington (December 4, 1951 – March 5, 2023) was an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as a founding member of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, in which he played lead and rhythm guitar. He was also the last living founding member […]
Actress Sara Lane, who played on The Virginian, dead at 73
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Sara Lane (born Susan Russell Lane; March 12, 1949 – March 3, 2023) was an American actress. HER CAREER In 1964, producer William Castle saw Lane’s picture in a newspaper in connection with a Miss Los Angeles Teenage beauty contest. After making screen tests, she […]
Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson dead at age 86
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Jerome Johnson Richardson Sr. (July 18, 1936 – March 1, 2023) was an American businessman, football player, and owner in the National Football League (NFL). A native of Spring Hope, North Carolina, he played college football at Wofford and was twice a Little All-America selection. After graduating from there, he played two seasons in […]
Actor Tom Sizemore, who looked the part of every character he played, dies at 61
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (/ˈsaɪzmɔːr/; November 29, 1961 – March 3, 2023) was an American actor. He is known for his supporting roles in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995), The Relic (1997), Saving Private Ryan (1998), Bringing Out […]
Co-Founder of Weather Report, Jazz Saxophonist Wayne Shorter dead at 89
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Shorter came to prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey‘s Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he joined Miles Davis‘s Second Great Quintet, and then co-founded […]
Former NBA, NFL owner Red McCombs dead at 95
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Billy Joe “Red” McCombs (October 19, 1927 – February 19, 2023) was an American businessman. He was the founder of the Red McCombs Automotive Group in San Antonio, Texas, a co-founder of Clear Channel Communications, former chairman of Constellis Group, a former owner of the San Antonio Spurs, San Antonio Force, Denver Nuggets, […]