http://proicehockey.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-14T03:18:53Z Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:18:53 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/20/nhl-trade-rumor-geeks-swoon-over-rick-nash.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/t/H/129037013.jpg" alt="rick nash in spotlight" /></p> <p>Given their short, bumbling history, the Columbus Blue Jackets aren't a team that would normally dominate the hockey conversation.</p> <p>But since news broke that their captain and franchise player might be available, the Blue Jackets have been the talk of the hockey world.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/20/nhl-trade-rumor-geeks-swoon-over-rick-nash.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/20/nhl-trade-rumor-geeks-swoon-over-rick-nash.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:35:47 +0000 2012-02-20T18:35:47Z http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/14/trade-rumors-descend-on-another-lost-season-for-the-blue-jackets.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/s/H/134009246.jpg" alt="Carter and Nash with Blue Jackets" /></p> <p>It's barely eight months since Rick Nash reportedly paid a visit to Jeff Carter, assuring him that a trade to Columbus wasn't the end of the world.</p> <p>You can imagine what the Nash pitch sounded like: much talk of potential, about joining a team on the rise and the chance to be part of something special.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/14/trade-rumors-descend-on-another-lost-season-for-the-blue-jackets.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/14/trade-rumors-descend-on-another-lost-season-for-the-blue-jackets.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:18:53 +0000 2012-02-14T03:18:53Z http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/10/how-much-bigger-can-the-nhl-winter-classic-get.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/r/H/107533429.jpg" alt="Michigan Stadium Big Chill" /></p> <p>115,00 appears to be the target.</p> <p>Getting 115,000 through the turnstiles for the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=616022">2013 NHL Winter Classic</a> would set a world attendance record for a live hockey game.</p> <p>On January 1, the Detroit Red Wings will host the Toronto Maple Leafs at the legendary <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://collegefootball.about.com/od/stadiums/p/stadium-um.htm">"Big House"</a> in Ann Arbor, Michigan.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/10/how-much-bigger-can-the-nhl-winter-classic-get.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/10/how-much-bigger-can-the-nhl-winter-classic-get.htm Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:47:49 +0000 2012-02-10T12:47:49Z http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/05/ten-points-in-a-game-is-sittlers-record-unbreakable.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/o/H/sittler-2008-cropped.jpg" alt="Darryl Sittler 2008" /></p> <p>Want this guy's record?</p> <p>It's 36 years since he set it. But he doesn't appear especially willing to give it up.</p> <p>That's Darryl Sittler as he looked in 2008, before an NHL oldtimer's game. He certainly looks like a man who could still play.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/05/ten-points-in-a-game-is-sittlers-record-unbreakable.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/02/05/ten-points-in-a-game-is-sittlers-record-unbreakable.htm Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:09:03 +0000 2012-02-05T13:09:03Z http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/30/nhl-all-star-game-mvp-gaborik.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/l/H/137904192.jpg" alt="Marian Gaborik 2012 All Star MVP" /></p> <p>Because the award has long been sponsored by an auto company, the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/od/nhlallstargame/a/Nhl-All-Star-Game-MVPs.htm">Most Valuable Player</a> of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/od/hockeyglossary/g/all_star_game.htm">NHL All-Star Game</a> is sometimes referred to as the guy who gets the truck.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/30/nhl-all-star-game-mvp-gaborik.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/30/nhl-all-star-game-mvp-gaborik.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:05:24 +0000 2012-01-30T14:05:24Z http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/26/259222.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/f/H/280361.jpg" alt="Photo: Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux were linemates at the 1997 NHL All Star Game in San Jose." /></p> <p>It's nearly 80 years since <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/od/history/a/eddie_shore.htm">Eddie Shore</a> took down Irvine "Ace" Bailey with a slew foot, ending Bailey's NHL career and nearly ending his life.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/26/259222.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/26/259222.htm Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:42:43 +0000 2012-01-26T09:42:43Z http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/23/time-to-load-up-on-nhl-trade-rumors.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/e/H/107897598.jpg" alt="Bobby Ryan and Ryan Suter" /></p> <p>The <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/od/nhlnewsscoresstats/a/11_12_NHL_dates.htm">hockey calendar</a> continues to unfold, with all eyes now turning to the NHL Trade Deadline.</p> <p>(The trade deadline is often characterized as "Christmas for hockey fans," though the offerings under the tree can be very meager in some years.)</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/23/time-to-load-up-on-nhl-trade-rumors.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/23/time-to-load-up-on-nhl-trade-rumors.htm Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:20:04 +0000 2012-01-23T13:20:04Z http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/15/for-what-its-worth-heres-your-2012-nhl-all-stars.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/d/H/108623837.jpg" alt="E. Staal, Nash, Perry: 2011 all star game" /></p> <p>Google "NHL All Star snub" and you'll find much debate over who does or doesn't deserve to be <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.nhl.com/ice/eventhome.htm?location=/allstar/2012">in Ottawa</a> on the last weekend in January.</p> <p>It's an obligatory, empty talking point in every hockey season.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/15/for-what-its-worth-heres-your-2012-nhl-all-stars.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/15/for-what-its-worth-heres-your-2012-nhl-all-stars.htm Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:55:40 +0000 2012-01-15T17:55:40Z http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/10/another-nhl-lockout-heres-the-five-issues-they-have-to-resolve.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/c/H/112862038.jpg" alt="Shane Doan" /></p> <p>If hockey's chattering classes are to be believed, last week marks the beginning of <a href="http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/1111969--cox-players-shoot-down-nhl-realignment-sign-of-bigger-trouble-ahead?bn=1" target="_blank">a new NHL labor war</a>.</p> <p>The NHL Players' Association <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012-01-06/nhl-realignment-delayed/52420178/1" target="_blank">wouldn't sign off on</a> the league's <a href="http://proicehockey.about.com/od/nhlnewsscoresstats/a/New-Nhl-Conference-Alignment-For-2012-13-Season.htm" target="_blank">conference realignment plan</a>. So&#160;the league shelved the scheme, and <a href="http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=610343" target="_blank">got a bit snippy about it</a>.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/10/another-nhl-lockout-heres-the-five-issues-they-have-to-resolve.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/10/another-nhl-lockout-heres-the-five-issues-they-have-to-resolve.htm Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:27:13 +0000 2012-01-10T08:27:13Z http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/02/spectacular-vistas-at-the-nhl-winter-classic.htm <p><img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/proicehockey/1/H/_/H/136342442.jpg" alt="The 2012 NHL Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia." /></p> <p>By now we know what to expect from the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/od/nhlnewsscoresstats/ig/NHL-Winter-Classic-Photo-Gallery/">NHL Winter Classic</a>: Not much of a hockey game, but spectacular vistas and plenty of novelty appeal.</p> <p>So it was at the fifth annual on Monday, as <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/01/02/sp-nhl-winter-classic-rangers-flyers.html">the Rangers beat the Flyers</a> 3-2 at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia.</p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/02/spectacular-vistas-at-the-nhl-winter-classic.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://proicehockey.about.com/b/2012/01/02/spectacular-vistas-at-the-nhl-winter-classic.htm Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:13:18 +0000 2012-01-02T21:13:18Z