Blittner’s Blue Line: NHL Quick Hits Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - October 21, 2025October 21, 20250 Well, The NHL season is in full swing and for once, there’s not a whole lot to discuss beyond the basics of who’s off to a hot start, who’s struggling and the typical petty complaints that are always associated with this time of year. So, we’re going to do something a
Blittner’s Blue Line: Draft, Free Agency and Schedule Musings Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - July 3, 2024July 3, 20240 Where do we even begin? Sure, Round One of The Draft on Friday was fairly tame, but Day Two on Saturday may as well have been re-named “Trade Deadline 2.0.” Then came Monday’s opening of Free Agency in a whirlwind that more than lived up to the “Free Agent Frenzy” moniker
2017 Winter Classic Preview Uncategorized by Shawn Reznik - December 31, 2016December 31, 20160 St. Louis - - It takes 20,000 gallons of water to make a two-inch ice surface at Busch Stadium. It takes another 350 gallons of paint to make the ice white. It takes 243 ice pans under the rink. It takes a 300-ton capacity of refrigeration trailer to keep said
EPIX Road to The Outdoor Classics Episodes 1 and 2 Review Reviews by Russ_Cohen - December 24, 20160 Anything that has Ross Greenburg’s name on it is worthy of a look. EPIX has done a nice job with these shows. Last year I admit I missed a few episodes because they were hard to find. In the first two you get some cool interviews with Toronto’s Mike Babcock, Chicago’s
3-on-3 Overtime Has Now Turned into a Chess Match Uncategorized by Russ_Cohen - December 12, 2016December 12, 20160 With more than a year to game plan against this new wrinkle in the game, NHL coaches have sucked the fun out of 3-on-3 overtime. When it was new we saw some real helter-skelter shifts. We saw some amazing athleticism and super-fast action. A year later the OT period has
