Courtney Hansen Has Created Something Special Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 19, 2025June 19, 20250 Courtney Hansen loves cars. She has a passion for them. That becomes evident after a two-minute conversation, and we spoke much longer than that. Her hit television show, Ride of Your Life with Courtney Hansen. “I grew up in an automotive family. My father, Jerry Hansen raised SCCA, which is sports
Florida Finished The Job Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 18, 2025June 18, 20250 The Panthers locked down their defense. They had great goaltending, thanks to Sergei Bobrovsky. He was out there late in warmups, and that’s when I knew he wanted the work. I’d seen him do that in Philly and during his career. Eetu Luostarinen quietly goes about his business and now has
Florida Will Empty the Tank in Game Six Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 17, 2025June 17, 20250 The Florida Panthers are on the cusp of repeating. That’s hard to do. They know how injured Matthew Tkachuk is. Paul Maurice can say he’s playing better, but for how long? I think the Panthers will put in a massive push in this game. I think they learned from last
Blittner’s Blue Line: Unveiling The Olympic Six Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - June 16, 2025June 16, 20250 National Pride. Bragging Rights. Best-on-Best. That’s what the Olympics are all about. The 2026 Winter Games in Italy are less than eight months away and on Monday, June 16, 2025, the 12 countries who will be competing for glory in ice hockey each announced their first six players as part of
Bill Guerin Will Let the Goalies Battle it Out for the Olympics Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 16, 2025June 16, 20250 The Olympics are drawing near. Team USA named their first six: Matthew Tkachuk, Brady Tkachuk, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Quinn Hughes, and Charlie McAvoy. No goaltending was named, and GM Bill Guerin talked about it. “It was just kind of the thing that we talked about, you know, before we
Blittner’s Blue Line: The NHL’s Mount Rushmore Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - June 10, 2025June 10, 20250 Time to embrace debate. Over the last couple of weeks, hockey writers and fans alike have been very active on social media. And why shouldn’t they be? The Stanley Cup Playoffs have been in full swing since mid-April, with The Stanley Cup Final now three games old and the Florida Panthers
The College Hockey Landscape is Changing Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 9, 2025June 9, 20250 The NHL Combine was wild, given the changes coming to college hockey. Now that players can get shared NIL revenue from schools. Up to 20.5 million during the upcoming academic year. Now some top CHL players will be headed to college campuses this fall. Defenseman Jackson Smith hasn’t committed yet,
Combine Report – Who the Flyers Spoke With and a Few Others Hockeyology by Russ Cohen - June 7, 2025July 17, 20250 I spoke with a lot of players and will have more profiles up on nhldraftbuzz.com. I already have a bunch there, and you can expect more leading up to the 2025 NHL Draft. Of the 90 players here, I was able to draw a few conclusions. If you were a big
NHL Combine News and Notes Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 6, 2025June 6, 20250 The 2025 NHL Combine interviews are a player’s final exam. Teams talk to players all throughout the year, and there’s a good reason for that. They are trying to gain some insight into what makes them tick. I do that as well, and that’s why I interview as many players
The Easton Cowan Conundrum Hockeyology by Russ Cohen - June 3, 2025June 3, 20250 Easton Cowan’s junior career is over. He’s 20, and this past September, he was hoping to make the jump to the Toronto Maple Leafs. He had a mature take. He told us where his game was at. “Yeah, I think I could play anywhere in the lineup. I feel like
