Archive for January, 2010

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 17

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of week 17 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

NHL Fantasy Hockey Focus: The Blue-Line Special

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 Written by:

The biggest difference between an average and contending fantasy team could be the most overlooked positions on a fantasy team, the defensemen. The back-line players that dominant the much-needed categories of plus/minus, power-play points, and penalty minutes are hard to come by but important to have on a successful team. So in this week’s fantasy [...]

THE HAT TRICK: Finding Some Consistency In An Inconsistent NHL

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Written by:

The NHL has become a league of tremendous highs and tremendous lows one moment you are on a five-game winning streak the next you are on a 5-game losing streak.  Look up and down the standings and you notice only 8 points separate 5th place from 13th place in the East and 11 points from 5th [...]

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 16

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of week 16 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

FANTASY FOCUS: Waiver Wire Team

Monday, January 18th, 2010 Written by:

The Olympic break is slowly creeping up on Fantasy owners.  As the break hits, this will be a good measuring stick, as teams stuff games into a short time period, to see how your team stacks up.  So to help owners out, we will look at some of the best Waiver Wire pickups to gather [...]

THE HAT TRICK: A Look At The NHL All-Stars

Sunday, January 17th, 2010 Written by:

This week’s Pucking Awesome Hat Trick is going to be a little different just like an Olympic NHL season.  Speaking of those upcoming Olympics next month, fans get treated to All-Star games of countries the NHL fan does not get to see when the Eastern Conference best square off against the Western Conference best.  So [...]

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 15

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of week 15 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

Between the Pipes – NHL Recap Week 14

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010 Written by:

Recap of week 14 in the NHL including Goalie Spotlight, Fights of the Week, Goat of the Week, Things I Like, Things I Don’t, This Week in Hockey History, Stat Line of the Week, Did You Know, Numbers Numbers, Rankings and the Anaheim Ducks watch.

FANTASY FOCUS: Goalie Carousel

Monday, January 4th, 2010 Written by:

With a new year comes resolutions to lose those 15 pounds, to cook more for yourself, and to exhibit other attributes to make you a better person for 2010.  Well, teams around the league are trying to resolve their rotation goalie problems.  Nowadays, only certain teams are in position with one solid goaltender who takes [...]

THE HAT TRICK: Week 13 In The NHL

Monday, January 4th, 2010 Written by:

The Winter Classic came and went as did Andy Murray with the St. Louis Blues this past week. The Thrashers keep losing as Iyla Kovalchuck keeps scoring, rumors keep swirling, and the Olympic teams took shape in what was a busy week in the NHL; now let’s look ahead to this week’s Pucking Awesome Hat [...]