CrashingTheGoalie

by Ron Spence
Vancouver’s 1st and 2nd Round Draft Picks last June played well at the recent World Juniors.
Minnesota sophomore Jordan Schroeder, playing in his third WJC, had three assists to surpass Jeremy Roenick as the all-time career points leader for Team USA at the WJC. Schroeder has 7 goals and 20 assists for 27 points, [...]

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by Ron Spence
In 1999, ESPN.com compiled a list of the Top Ten Sports Teams from the Twentieth Century.
In the eras of Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Joe Namath, etc., which teams did ESPN choose as the best overall?
And, if a hockey team made the list, which team and season would it be?
ESPN selected [...]

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by Ron Spence
Mathieu Perreault has played in four NHL games and has one goal and two assists.

Perreault was drafted in the 6th round of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft – by the Capitals – and is the fifth Cap prospect from that year to wear a Washington uniform.
Nicklas Backstrom, Semyon Varlamov, Michal Neuvirth and Oskar [...]

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by Ron Spence
I enjoyed watching the Blues during the 1st round of last season’s playoffs.
They were a young team and showed a lot of promise (This didn’t continue into this season, however, and they are currently 26th of the NHL’s 30 teams.
T.J. OSHIE
courtesy of thehockeynews.com
During the summer, I read that Hockey’s Future had ranked the [...]

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by Ron Spence
A number of B.C. teams have excelled in hockey.
The Vancouver Millionaires won the Stanley Cup in 1915, and the Victoria Cougars repeated ten years later. The Kimberly Dynamiters won the World Championships in 1937, and the Penticton Vees in 1955. The Trail Smoke Eaters won the Worlds both in 1939 and 1961. And [...]

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by Ron Spence
 
Intergold Ltd. have helped design and manufacture Cup rings for the past decade and a half.
The Pens’ ring was designed in consultation with owners Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle, general manager Ray Shero and coach Dan Bylsma.
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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS – 1991 – 1ST STANLEY CUP RING

 
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When Mario received his first Stanley Cup ring [...]

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by Ron Spence

There’s been talk of a Sens/Sharks swap – Dany Heatley for unnamed parties.
Doug Wilson has a history of big trades (He was named the Sharks’ GM on May 13, 2003, replacing his former boss, Dean Lombardi.).
Wilson wasn’t that active – in the trade market – during his first three years as top dog, [...]

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by Ron Spence
The New Jersey Devils have won three Stanley Cups and each in a unique fashion.
In the 1995 playoffs, they established an NHL record by posting 11 road victories in one playoff season.
During the 2000 post-season, they trailed the Philadelphia Flyers three games to one, but rebounded to win three straight games and the [...]

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by Ron Spence
How could the Washington Capitals have two farm teams – at the top of their leagues – and the franchise be ranked only 11th overall by Hockey’s Future?
The Hershey Bears beat the Moose to win the Calder Cup, while Washington’s ECHL squad, the South Carolina Stingrays beat Anchorage to take the Kelly Cup. Hershey [...]

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by Ron Spence
Brian Burke gets most of the press about trading up – switching his pick with additional player(s) or selection(s), for a higher pick. 
His most famous trade was for Chris Pronger when the was the GM in Hartford. Burke traded Sergei Makarov, a 1st round pick in 1993 (Viktor Kozlov) and a 3rd round pick [...]

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