Finland’s 2014 Olympic Roster
With the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi just around the corner, teams are now announcing their official rosters and preparing to battle it out for the gold. Finland’s roster looked just as it was...
View ArticleFinland Defeats Norway in Nordic Showdown
After pulling off a big win against Austria, Team Finland has returned again to pull off another big win against the Norwegians. This game saw Dallas Stars goaltender Kari Lehtonen getting the start,...
View ArticleU.S Drubbed By Finland, Drop Bronze Medal
I shouldn’t be writing this. Why am I writing this? THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE ENDED LIKE THIS. In the Red corner, you had the United States: A global hockey powerhouse and defending silver medalists,...
View Article10 reasons the Pittsburgh Penguins need to win now
Welcome to Hooked on Hockey Magazine’s continuation of pre-playoff list articles. I hope you’re enjoying some of the greatest hockey-related lists assembled. If you personally know me, it’s no big...
View Article2014 Offseason Shake-up For The Pittsburgh Penguins?
As arguably the most talented team in the NHL, the fact that the Pittsburgh Penguins have failed to make a postseason push since 2009 indicates that it’s time for change. Alterations in the head office...
View ArticleHave the Pittsburgh Penguins done enough in the 2014 offseason?
Despite losing James Neal, Matt Niskanen, Brooks Orpik, and Jussi Jokinen, the Pittsburgh Penguins are still the team to beat in the Metropolitan Division and the Eastern Conference. Sidney Crosby will...
View ArticleSidney Crosby – The Cream of the NHL Crop
Debate all you want, but there is no denying that Sidney Crosby is the best active player in the NHL. At 27-years-old, Crosby has two Hart and Art Ross trophies, one Stanley Cup, two Olympic gold...
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins Open 2014 Practice – Part One: Familiar Faces
Some familiar faces took the ice for the Penguins open practice Saturday morning at Consol Energy Center. Some of them outplaying their familiar selves. Forwards: Pascal Dupuis, donning a red no...
View ArticleCan Kasperi Kapanen Make Opening Night Roster?
One week ago, Kasperi Kapanen didn’t look NHL ready. One week ago, the general consensus was that Kapanen had the skill, but maybe not the experience needed to play in the NHL. One week ago, Kapanen...
View ArticleSTATurday – 10/11/14
Stats are all-important in sports. To paraphrase Jonah Hill in Moneyball, people who run hockey teams think in terms of buying players. Their goal shouldn’t be to buy players, but to buy wins, and in...
View Article2014 November: Full Of Interesting NHL Headlines
Pascal Dupuis has been diagnosed with a blood clot in his lung. Yet another terrifying health scare has struck the Pittsburgh Penguins in a long list of health scares that have included Mario Lemieux’s...
View ArticleRutherford Makes His Move: Penguins Acquire David Perron
David Perron isn’t the first Edmonton Oiler that Jim Rutherford has acquired for a potential Stanley Cup Champion roster in January. In 2006, Rutherford acquired Doug Weight for his first time Stanley...
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins 2015 Trade Deadline Recap
Pittsburgh General Manager Jim Rutherford began 2015 with a splash by acquiring David Perron from the Edmonton Oilers for Rob Klinkhammer and a 2015 1st-round draft pick. Seemingly out of nowhere, he...
View ArticleRevisiting Pittsburgh Penguins 2014-2015 Season Predictions
It’s hard to recap a season in a single post. It’s too late to recap a five-game series in a single post. It’s usually hard to recap anything other than a game in a single post. So why not...
View ArticleDerrick Pouliot Prepared for First Full NHL Season
Derrick Pouliot totaled 24 points ( 7G, 17A) with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins last season. After an injury filled December in Pittsburgh, he earned a call-up to the big leagues where he earned 7...
View ArticleChronicles of a Rookie Fantasy GM
Disclaimer: I have participated in exactly one (1) fantasy league prior to this; a baseball pool with a few friends in 2008, in which I missed the draft, forgot my password and overall did not...
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