Prospect Pulse: Stanislav Galiev

Galiev, a ’92 birthday forward playing with the Indiana Ice of the USHL, is a Russian player with a ton of...

You Are What You Are: Taking a closer look at the Alexei Kovalev controversy

“You are what you are.”-Bill Parcells This quote is simple yet equally brilliant and, in this case, indeed applicable to the...

Cold Hard Rants: There Goes My Hero

This past week, in the course of my usual travails around the web, and its cousin the blog-o-sphere, I came upon...

Numbers Game: Aggregate PP-PK Rank

On Sunday night I had the privilege of watching the Detroit Red Wings take on the Avalanche at the Joe and...

Cold Hard Rants: Crapping Out

The land of sand and sin. Where time does not matter and clocks are nearly non-existent. Where it is not only...

Numbers Game: Shots Against vs. Goals Against

In last week’s Numbers Game, I compared teams on their Shots on Goal (SOG) and Goals For statistics.  The analysis revealed...

The HD Corner: Random Weekend Thoughts

Random thoughts from this past weekend: Longtime Globe and Mail columnist William Houston has finally hung them up.  For 29 years,...

Prospect Pulse: USHL All-Star Game

I had the opportunity to watch the USHL All-Star Game on Wednesday night in Sioux Falls, SD and took a few...

Cold Hard Rants: We’re TNT, We’re Dynamite

New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson struts on the home sideline of Saints games, doing some sort of magical pixie dance...

Numbers Game: “Shoot the Puck!”

Shoot the puck – One of the oldest adages in the game; coaches preach it, some players follow it (see Alexander...