The Devils’ Great Eight Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - October 27, 2025October 27, 20250 All they do is win, win, win! Sunday afternoon at Prudential Center, the New Jersey Devils hosted the Colorado Avalanche while searching for their eighth consecutive victory. The result, a 4-3 overtime win, courtesy of Jack Hughes’ game-winning goal for New Jersey, tied the franchise’s fourth-longest win-streak. Throughout their history, New
The Reason Your Team Didn’t Draft Cale Makar Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 27, 2022June 27, 20220 Suppose you’re going to tweet that your team passed on Cale Makar and should have drafted him. Why did you wait until he won a Hobey Baker Award, Calder Memorial Trophy, a gold medal in the World Juniors, a Frozen Four appearance and a Conn Smythe, a Norris, and now
Cup Final: Five Things We Learned About Game 4 Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 23, 2022June 23, 20220 Tampa - -- The Colorado Avalanche are up 3-1 over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup Final. The Lightning lost 3-2 at home in a heartbreaking fashion. Here is what I saw: Jon Cooper was broken up after the game and only took one question. He saw there were
Ondrej Palat Could Soon Be The Hottest Free Agent Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 21, 2022August 8, 20220 Tampa - - In the wake of a 6-2 win by the Tampa Bay Lightning over the Colorado Avalanche in the Stanley Cup Final, something hit me like a lightning bolt. Ondrej Palat will be a free agent for the first time in his career this summer, and all signs
Flyers Trade Targets – – Colorado Avalanche Prospects Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - February 18, 20220 As the Philadelphia Flyers gear up to trade their captain, Claude Giroux, the team is looking to get as much value as possible. Since they don’t seem to have the appetite for a full rebuild, they may choose prospects who are closer to playing in the NHL rather than some
Outdoor Hockey Games Are My Passion Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - February 19, 2021February 19, 20210 This is the first year that I or somebody won’t be live, in-person to cover the two outdoor hockey games in Lake Tahoe. I didn’t feel comfortable doing so amid a pandemic, but I will cover it from afar. My unofficial count is 23 dating back to the Heritage Classic
Early Stanley Cup Odds Update Hockeyology by Sportsologist - January 16, 20210 The NHL is back! After a most unusual 2019-20 season, we're back on the ice again. The league did a fantastic job of holding the playoffs in the bubble last season, so we can only hope that carries over into the new season. This is going to be different from
Ty Smilanic Is The Kind of Center NHL Teams Covet Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 8, 2020July 8, 20200 Most hockey players are rink rats and love to be around the rink and the sport they love and some go a step beyond that and are gamers, and that’s how I would describe Ty Smilanic, who will definitely get drafted whenever the NHL holds to 2020 NHL Draft. I think
Matt Duchene’s Life Serves as Motivation For Youngsters Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - April 29, 20160 Matt Duchene is in the midst of his seventh season with the Colorado Avalanche. It started out slow but in the last few weeks he’s caught fire to get back to being almost a point-per-game player. I’ve covered him since he played for the Brampton Battalion in the OHL and