Blittner’s Blue Line: Don’t Touch The Officials Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - May 13, 2025May 13, 20250 Under no circumstances should an NHL player EVER make physical contact with an on-ice official during the course of a game. About the only exception to this rule is after a game ends if a player wants to shake hands with the officials to say, “thank you.” Otherwise, it’s hands
Time To Step Up For The Devils As Series Deficit Becomes 0-2 Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - April 23, 2025April 23, 20250 "It's (the) playoffs,” Brett Pesce said after the conclusion of Game Two. “You do whatever you can to win. There's a reason why The Stanley Cup's the hardest trophy to win. (It) takes literally everything and everyone." Tuesday night at Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, the New Jersey Devils and
Tone Set For Devils And Hurricanes Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - April 21, 2025April 21, 20250 Don’t panic! It’s just one game. The race to 16 wins and Lord Stanley’s fabled chalice is officially underway. However, the New Jersey Devils have already suffered their first setback. At Lenovo Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Devils started the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a whimper, falling victim at the
The Return of Dougie Hamilton Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - April 17, 2025April 17, 20250 “He's baaaack!” Wednesday night, as the New Jersey Devils said goodbye to the regular season and prepared for the postseason, they welcomed a familiar face back into the fold. Dougie Hamilton, who had been out with a lower-body injury since being injured against the Dallas Stars on March 4th, returned to
Blittner’s Blue Line: Next Stop, Playoffs! Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - April 15, 2025April 15, 20250 “This stop, Willoughby.” For as weird and wacky as episodes of The Twilight Zone generally were, they’ve got nothing on The NHL playoffs. This year’s postseason begins on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Most of the participating teams have been determined, although there’s still a couple fighting for spots. While we wait
Blittner’s Blue Line: Realignment, CapFriendly And Notes From Around The NHL Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - June 11, 2024June 11, 20240 As is customary, prior to the start of The Stanley Cup Final, Commissioner Gary Bettman, Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly, and NHLPA Executive Director Marty Walsh each met with the media for a “State of Hockey” type of press conference. Here are some of the key points… The upper limit of the salary
Blittner’s Blue Line: Stanley Cup Final Preview Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - June 4, 2024June 4, 20240 FOUR MORE! That’s right, just four more wins until one of the two remaining teams gets to lift Lord Stanley’s Cup. Who are the teams? How do they stack up against each other? Why should you care about this matchup even though your favorite team is already booking tee times
10 Flyers Thoughts on Game Two Hockeyology by Anthony Mingioni - August 15, 2020August 15, 20200 The Philadelphia Flyers lost to the Montreal Canadiens 5-0 on Friday afternoon, tying their Best of Seven Eastern Conference Quarterfinal Series at one game each. Here are some observations. 1) If the second period of Game One was a blueprint that interim Canadiens head coach Kirk Muller (after head coach Claude
The Best and Worst Beards will Battle It Out Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - May 30, 2016May 30, 20160 PIttsburgh, PA - - Playoff beards are the new normal in the NHL. Everybody grows one whether or not it looks good for the team. It's a unifying exercise but just like all things in life some wear it well and some, well they just don't. These beards are heading
These Islanders Are Set To Make Their Mark Hockeyology by Leslie Monteiro - April 30, 2016May 1, 20160 Leslie Monteiro explores what makes the Islanders tick. It’s been a long time. It’s been a long time since the Islanders hoisted Lord Stanley. It was once a birthright when the Islanders would parade the ice with the Cup and have a parade of their own in Long Island back when they
