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
NHL Awards Show to Celebrate League’s Top Players and Reveal Winners of Select Awards Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 3, 2025June 3, 20250 NEW YORK (June 3, 2025) – The best players and coaches from the 2024-25 season will be celebrated in the 2025 NHL Awards, a one-hour special that will premiere on June 12, at 6 p.m. ET on TNT in the U.S. and Sportsnet in Canada, before Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. Produced by
Blittner’s Blue Line: A Cup Rematch For The Ages Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - June 3, 2025June 3, 20250 They say the sequel is never as good as the original. Well, whoever coined that phrase clearly didn’t have the 2024-25 NHL Stanley Cup Final in mind. For just the 11th time since The NHL took full control of The Stanley Cup, there is a rematch in consecutive years. And
Blittner’s Blue Line: FINALLY, Team USA Wins Gold And The Islanders Get Their Man Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - May 27, 2025May 27, 20250 “USA! USA! USA!” How apropos that on Memorial Day Weekend, Team USA ended its 92-year drought to win Gold at the IIHF Men’s Ice Hockey World Championship. Tage Thompson of the Buffalo Sabres, scored the overtime “Golden Goal” to give The USA its first championship at the event since 1933. And
Blittner’s Blue Line: Heartwrenching Moment And Third Round Preview Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - May 20, 2025May 20, 20250 “That one’s for Dad!” Across the various broadcasts of Game Six, throughout the American Airlines Center and around the hockey world, that’s what everyone was thinking when Mark Scheifele scored the opening goal mere hours after his father, Brad Scheifele, unexpectedly passed away. Mark’s goal 5:28 into the second period gave
Blittner’s Blue Line: Don’t Touch The Officials Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - May 13, 2025May 13, 20250 Under no circumstances should an NHL player EVER make physical contact with an on-ice official during the course of a game. About the only exception to this rule is after a game ends if a player wants to shake hands with the officials to say, “thank you.” Otherwise, it’s hands
