On the Hrink: Sizing up the first six days
The 2002-03 season is only 36 games old, but there have been plenty of surprises.
View ArticleSens shake off last year's semis-opening loss
On Thursday night, the Senators had a deja vu experience. This time, however, they found a different, more enjoyable fate -- a 5-4 win over the Devils in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal...
View ArticleHradek: How teams fared on Day 1 of free agency
If you hockey fans were looking for some wild spending reminiscent of the good ol' pre-lockout days, the opening day of free agency didn't disappoint. Here's how the teams fared.
View ArticleESPN The Magazine: Eastern Conference previews
ESPN The Magazine's E.J. Hradek breaks down the Eastern Conference by division.
View ArticleNHL - ESPN The Magazine - E.J. Hradek: Although the NHL season is a long one,...
E.J. Hradek examines the NHL playoff picture at the quarter-point in the season.
View ArticleE.J. Hradek: Breaking down Day 1 of Olympic action
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- What a day! It was wall-to-wall hockey at GM (I mean, Canada Hockey) Place. Throughout the tournament, I'll give you da...
View ArticleE.J. Hradek: Swiss, Slovaks provide highlights of Day 3 of Olympic hockey
VANCOUVER -- On the third day, I was forced to re-evaluate. I figured it would be at least four or five days before this tournament threw me for a loo...
View ArticleE.J. Hradek: USA defeats Canada in Olympic hockey stunner
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Three games for Olympic tournament seeding between blood rivals. They lined them up and played them back-to-back-to-bac...
View ArticleE.J. Hradek: Team Canada invokes junior game plan to stop Ovechkin
VANCOUVER -- What a wonderful Wednesday it was. We watched some wall-to-wall hockey -- four quarterfinal matches. The Americans, Canadiens, Finns and ...
View ArticleE.J. Hradek: Things to watch for in today's USA, Canada games
VANCOUVER -- In a few short days, the Olympic hockey tournament has shrunk from 12 teams to eight to the final four. If you're getting your popcorn re...
View ArticleNHL: Matthew Bartkowski, Derek Stepan and other promising youngsters of 2010-11
If you follow me on Twitter -- you should -- you know that I braved a little rainy weather to check out the Ottawa Senators vs. New York Rangers exhib...
View ArticleNHL: Anthony Stewart, Clarke MacArthur, and St. Louis Blues among season's...
While Election Day (here in the United States) remains a few weeks away (Nov. 2), the NHL is giving us some early returns to chew on. I don't imagine ...
View ArticleNHL: Tackling All-Star selections, Sharks' struggles, Devils' trades and more...
I think the Blues and Ducks are still beating the daylights out of each other on the Pond. The two Western Conference rivals couldn't seem to get enou...
View ArticleNHL: Mailbag on the Phoenix Coyotes' playoff chances and Peter Forsberg's future
Did you know that since 1945 only two NHL players have scored six goals in a single game? And, believe it or not, their names weren't Wayne Gretzky an...
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