Both Teams are Playing For Country Tonight Hockeyology by Sportsologist - February 20, 2025February 20, 20250 If you love Canada, great. If you live in the United States, great. If you are neither and just a hockey fan, get ready for something special tonight in Boston. Here is a Four Nations primer:
4 Nations: The Day Before Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 19, 2025February 19, 20250 Almost there! Thursday night is officially within shouting distance and the intensity between Team Canada and Team USA is bubbling up. Should we expect three fights in nine seconds to open the game? NO! But we CAN expect plenty of hard checks and a whole lot of emotional intensity. Both teams
4 Nations: Prep For Final Begins Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 18, 2025February 18, 20250 It’s all about whoever is hottest and healthiest at the end. And place an extra emphasis on HEALTHIEST! With the Championship Game for The Four Nations Face-Off Tournament scheduled for Thursday night, Team USA is banged up and that’s putting it lightly. Charlie McAvoy is done for the tournament after being hospitalized
4 Nations: Canada’s Second Chance Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 17, 2025February 17, 20250 DO OR DIE! That is what Monday’s Four Nations Face-Off Tournament game between Canada and Finland was. The 1 PM game between The Great White North and The Finns had a little bit of everything. Each team needed a regulation win (three points) to clinch a spot in Thursday’s Championship game
Four Nations: Sunday Practice Wrap-up Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 16, 2025February 16, 20250 It’s the calm before the storm. Or rather, the calm AFTER the storm. Sunday afternoon, after a grueling battle Saturday night between Team USA and Team Canada – won by The Americans 3-1 – at The NHL’s first ever (and likely only) Four Nations Face-off Tournament, both teams were hard at
Dave Goucher, Double Minor And The Hockey-Music Mashup Hockeyology Music & Concerts by Matthew Blittner - February 14, 2025February 14, 20250 “For those about to rock, we salute you” – AC/DC, 1981. That’s right, it’s time to rock on, only, there’s a bit of a twist. The source of the music isn’t this article, nor is it the phone in your pocket. Rather, it’s coming from a band in Nevada who call
Blittner’s Blue Line: “Lifetime Sabre” Jim Lorentz Honored By New York State Hall Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 12, 2025February 12, 20250 Jim Lorentz. He’s a hockey lifer and Stanley Cup champion. He’s an avid fisherman, universally beloved in Buffalo, an Author, a member of the Buffalo Sabres Hall of Fame and now a New York State Hockey Hall of Famer. Lorentz’s rookie year in The NHL was 1970 and the team he
Simon Nemec Returns, Now What? Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 7, 2025February 7, 20250 Simon Nemec, welcome back to The NHL. Let's see what you do with the opportunity. Ahead of Thursday night’s tilt against the Vegas Golden Knights at Prudential Center, the New Jersey Devils recalled top defense prospect Simon Nemec from AHL Utica to take the spot of Jonas Siegenthaler, who is out
Lindgren Praises Michkov Hockeyology by Sportsologist - February 7, 2025February 7, 20250 Washington Capitals goalie, Charlie Lindgren talks about Matvei Michkov's two-goal performance. The Philadelphia Flyers lost the game but their top prospect showed them what's to come and that made Lindgren take notice. He talked about that postgame.
Blittner’s Blue Line: Blockbuster Is Back In Business Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - February 4, 2025February 4, 20250 Does anybody remember the old video rental chain named “Blockbuster”? The store where you could rent VHS tapes, DVDs, video games and more was a popular commodity in the 1990s and early 2000s. But, alas, aside from one privately owned store in Oregon, the chain went out of business years
