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
Blittner’s Blue Line: Central Division Preview Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - September 16, 2024September 16, 20240 It’s the third week of September so you know what that means. Training Camps open in a couple of days and The 2024-25 NHL season is rapidly drawing closer. Pre-season games begin this coming weekend and then it won’t be long before the Devils and Sabres kick off the regular
Blittner’s Blue Line: The Curse Of The Presidents’ Trophy Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - April 2, 2024April 2, 20240 Eight! That’s it. Just eight! What’s eight you might ask? It’s the number of teams to win the Presidents’ Trophy AND The Stanley Cup in the same season. Eight out of 37. That’s approximately 22%. (21.6% if you want to be more precise). While those aren’t miniscule odds, they’re certainly not
Blittner’s Blue Line: Who’s Next To Have Their Jersey Retired? Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - January 17, 2024January 17, 20240 It’s debate time! Nothing riles up hockey fans quite like debating which of their favorite players deserves to have their jerseys retired. Did the player play for their team long enough? Did they make enough of an impact? Were they winners? How many awards did the player receive? Those are just some
Looking Closer at the Colorado Avalanche and New York Rangers Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 6, 2022June 6, 20220 The Stanley Cup playoffs are in full swing and getting a chance to lift Lord Stanley is becoming more of a reality after each passing game. The New York Rangers are surprising even the best of prognosticators and the Colorado Avalanche has been scoring goals in buckets. MSG is a
Rick Bowness May Be the Best Coach in the Bubble Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - August 25, 2020September 28, 20200 Rick Bowness has done a great job coaching the Dallas Stars since taking over for Jim Montgomery on December 10th. That record aside (pre-bubble records don’t mean much to me right now), this has more to do with the feel for his team and how much respect his players have