Well after last nite’s pulse pounding action…there’s only one game tonight and that is an elimination game. The Canucks season is on the line at The Pond….can the Ducks end it? That question will be answered tonight. Blogger’s Paradise A little light in blogger land as there is only one game….but as always check out […]

Ottawa 3, New Jersey 2 Three chances. Three shots to win a Game 4 in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. And the way their shots have been going in, these Ottawa Senators should have no problem advancing against the New Jersey Devils.Dany Heatley set up Daniel Alfredsson’s goal, then Heatley, the Senators’ […]

Patricia Greuter, one half of the makers of 2 Man Advantage, has been causing waves in her short time within the NHL blogosphere. Her expertise in journalism and graphic design, along with a nice touch of sarcasm has been put to good use in this web-page, focusing mainly on the New Jersey Devils. LS ~ […]

The dog days of the playoffs are really starting…..the beards are getting uglier and the players are getting dug in. A couple game fours to feed the appetite…this will be quick….as hey, I understand, you need to get more hockey into your brains. Bloggers Paradise So for something completely different, why not check out Frozen […]

Well..this has more to do with Team Canada than the flames..butI had to express my opinion anyway lol, so tough 😉 Now is it just me or is it getting totally ridiculousWhen the leaders we’ve elected to run our country, to handleThings like world peace, war, hunger, crime and everythingElse that has to do with […]

Anaheim 3, Vancouver 2, OT You can knock these Ducks down, (ducks down, get it?), but they keep fighting back. With grit and determination the Anaheim Ducks’ Travis Moen scored 2:07 into overtime to give the Ducks a 3-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks and a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Teemu Selanne, who […]

Believe it or not, in the 1930’s the NHL was ahead of the game. No league could match it’s coverage in the US. Hockey was taking the continent by storm and the future of the sport might never have been as bright…. and then the Great Depression came. In the 1960’s, the few NHL team […]

Editor’s Note….. Due to unforseen internet issues…today’s roundup somehow got unsaved due to an internet mishap. For all playoff GDT’s and PST’s……check out The NHL Arena. We will be back tomorrow with our usual roundup. Sincerely, The NHL Arena Program

Sadly, we don’t have toots or whistles or the corny Plays of the Week like anthem from ESPN…..but nonetheless we do bring you The BLOG OF THE WEEK. It was tough sledding for this blog director this week. We had quite a few good posts and it seemed one would top the other and vice […]

San Jose 2, Detroit 1 For the first period, the San Jose Sharks were swimming, er, skating in circles, watching the opponent play. The Detroit Red Wings seemed plenty comfortable at the hostile Shark Tank in the first 30 minutes, skating faster and checking harder than their hosts. Captain Nicklas Lidstrom scored a power-play goal […]

Upon hearing the news that the brass of the Dallas Stars gave their head coach Dave Tippet a vote of confidence in the wake of yet another first round loss, I thought the decision was quite admirable of them. Coming off a season that began with a ‘captaincy’ controversy and leading into some choice words […]

NHL.com hosts a series of features (or blogs) called “Crashing the Net”, manufactured by Shawn P. Roarke. April 26th’s segment covers, among other things, the forthcoming NHL draft in Columbus, OH on June 22. Roarke focuses specifically on the 14 teams which missed this year’s playoffs and mentions the following about the Caps: “No. 5, […]

So…it’s the time of year where rumors tend to runRampant in and around the NHL. Sure..they do that allYear long to some degree, but more-so around the tradeDeadline and after the season’s done.You’ve got restricted free agents, unrestricted freeAgents, and heck..even those who are currently signedBut may be up for free agency after the next […]

Getting deeper into the teeth of the playoffs…the beards start getting ugly and the players dig in harder and further than they thought they ever could. Who will come out victorious? I don’t know but expect the game 3’s tonight to be action packed. Blogger’s Paradise Well we have you covered tonight…..2 Man Advantage has […]

Anaheim 3, Vancouver 2 Special plays are an important part of hockey, and become increasingly so in the playoffs. Scoring on the power play and killing penalties can provide not only a goal swing, but also an emotional one too. Penalty killing kept the Anaheim Ducks in the game on Sunday night. The power play […]