Los Angeles Kings and City of Los Angeles to Host 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft, June 27-28

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by Sportsologist - February 22, 2025February 22, 20250

LOS ANGELES (February 22, 2025) – The National Hockey League announced today the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft™ will take place in the city of Los Angeles at L.A. Live’s Peacock Theater, June 27-28, 2025. This will be the second time Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Kings have hosted the event. The Draft was previously held in

4 Nations Final: O Canada! Team Canada Tops Team USA 3-2 In Overtime

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by Matthew Blittner - February 21, 2025February 21, 20250

There’s an old saying about how if you take aim at the King, you better not miss, because you’re only going to get one shot. Thursday night, at TD Garden, in Boston, Massachusetts, Team Canada, who has long ruled over the Hockey World as the dominant hockey nation, scored a dramatic

Both Teams are Playing For Country Tonight

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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?

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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