Hockey is back! Hockey is dead!
Today may be the day that we find out which of those statements will turn out correct. The NHL preseason has already been cancelled, and the lockout is about to enter its third week. Stunningly, today is the first time the players and the owners have even met to discuss anything since September 15.
Just seven years removed from the cancelled 2004-05 season, the NHL is moving perilously close to another major work stoppage. The regular season is still scheduled to begin October 11, just two weeks away, but the owners, who locked the players out earlier this month, have now decided to fully cancel the preseason.
This does not bode well if you're a hockey fan.
It looks like we have another sport involved in another lockout on our hands. This time it's the NHL that is in talks about a new agreement between ownership and players.
The 2012 NHL lockout is only about a week underway, but singer/songwriter Vicki Shae of Winnipeg-based radio station QX 104 already has a song ready to mend the broken hearts of fans everywhere. And it's a nifty parody of Taylor Swift's 'We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together' to boot. Nothing lessens the sting of a painful labor dispute more than a heartfelt breakup tune, right?
Last night's game (04-26-12) between the New Jersey Devils and the Florida Panthers ended in double overtime with the Devil's winning game seven (03-02) They now move on to the semi finals taking on the Philadelphia Flyers. The first game will be this Sunday (04-29-12) and should be a great match up.
Last night the Pittsburgh Penguins finally won a game in the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Philadelphia Flyers. It was do or die as the Pens hit the ice in game four, just one more loss and they were out. We finally saw them play a full three periods of hockey as they dominated the Flyers (10-03).
Last night (04-15-12) was game three of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Eastern Conference quarterfinals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers now lead the series 3-0 leaving little room for the Pens to advance unless they can pull it together and sustain a wining strategy that includes holding on to the lead...
Tonight (04-13-12) game two of the Stanley Cup playoffs between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers! I'm a huge Penguins fan and it's great to see them in the playoffs, even if Jaromir Jagr is on the opposing team. I'll never get used to seeing #68 in any other jersey than Pittsburgh. It was a very physical and heavy hitting game on both sides of the puck as we all knew it would be