• This Day In Hockey History: Jan 11th

    Updated: 2013-01-11 11:51:00
    1948 - Montreal's captain Toe Blake hit the boards in New York, and suffered a double fracture of his ankle, putting an end to his NHL playing career and the Canadiens' famous "Punch Line". Canadiens lost 3-1 to the Rangers. 1953 - Rookie Gump Worsley, filling in for injured Chuck Rayner, recorded his first NHL shutout to lead the Rangers to a 7-0 win over Montreal in New York. 1976 -

  • All aboard Devils bus to Manchester for start of weekend

    Updated: 2013-01-10 17:29:37
    ALBANY — All 27 healthy players on the Albany Devils’ roster were at practice this morning at Times Union Center and were expected to board the bus early this afternoon as the team heads to Manchester, N.H., for a game Friday night. Coach Rick Kowalsky recognizes that he will lose a group of players to [...]

  • Former Rats defenseman Helmer signs with Springfield

    Updated: 2013-01-10 17:14:18
    Ex-Albany River Rat and veteran AHL defenseman Bryan Helmer has signed with the Springfield Falcons, the team announced today. Helmer, 40, had been without work since his contract with the Oklahoma City Barons expired after last season. He joins the Northeast Division-leading Falcons 33 games into their 2012-13 season. A veteran of 1,093 AHL games, [...]

  • Shooting From the Hip With @suitoflights: Welcome Back, NHL!

    Updated: 2013-01-10 15:45:42
    Although I’ve never met @suitoflights in person (our closest encounter was both being at the Five Hole for Food street hockey game last summer), I’ve always admired her wit and honesty on Twitter.  Thus, it was a no-brainer when it came to picking my first guest for the 2013 year. In her words: Jocelyn (@suitoflights) [...]

  • This Day In Hockey History: Jan 10th

    Updated: 2013-01-10 06:07:00
    1920 - Montreal's Newsy Lalonde scored six goals as the Canadiens beat Toronto St. Pats 14-7, at the Mount Royal Arena in Montreal. The combined 21 goals by both teams was an NHL record. 1935 - New York Americans' Lorne Carr picked up four assists in a 5-5 tie against the visiting Maple Leafs. In the second period, the official scorer awarded four assists on a goal by Toronto's Joe Primeau.

  • Ex-Rats coach Daniels added to All-Star staff

    Updated: 2013-01-09 15:09:31
    Former Albany River Rats coach Jeff Daniels has been added to the Western Conference coaching staff for the AHL All-Star Classic, league president Dave Andrews announced today. Daniels, coach of the Charlotte Checkers, will join Toronto Marlies coach Dallas Eakins. Syracuse Crunch coach Jon Cooper was added to the Eastern Conference staff headed by Binghamton coach [...]

  • Murray Henderson Passes Away

    Updated: 2013-01-09 08:11:00
    I first heard this story a few days ago via an excellent source on Facebook. But I was not able to find an online obituary until now. Former Boston Bruins standout Murray Henderson has passed away at the age of 91. Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star penned a beautiful obit. I have put together a biography of Murray Henderson. My hard drive found a file featuring a number of great quotes (

  • This Day In Hockey History: Jan 9th

    Updated: 2013-01-09 07:46:00
    1936 - Chicago's Johnny Gottselig became the first player in NHL history to score four goals in a game and account for all the goals scored by his team - the milestone came in a 4-1 win against the Americans, at New York. 1979 - Boston officially retired Bobby Orr's uniform #4 during a ceremony preceding an exhibition game between Bruins and Soviet Wings at Boston Garden. (Wings won, 4-1).

  • Game On: Get Your Sticks Ready

    Updated: 2013-01-09 05:10:00
    Do you know what I think is the most interesting thing about this photo? That's goaltender Tiny Thompson posing for this photo. No pads. No blocker. No goalie glove. But lots of sticks.

  • Everyone present at today’s Devils practice in Albany

    Updated: 2013-01-08 22:48:00
    The Albany Devils practiced this morning at Times Union Center with no one missing from the roster that was in play Sunday for their 5-2 victory over the Binghamton Senators. Though nothing definitive has been announced, all indications still point to a 48-game NHL season beginning Jan. 19 and training camps opening no later than [...]

  • This Day In Hockey History: Jan 8th

    Updated: 2013-01-08 05:53:00
    1944 - Toronto's Babe Pratt became the first defenseman in NHL history to get six assists in a game. They came as the Leafs beat Boston 12-3, at Maple Leaf Garden. George Boothman added his only career hat trick for the Leafs. 1947 - Toronto's forward Howie Meeker scored five times to set an NHL record for most goals in a game by a rookie, as the Maple Leafs beat Chicago 10-4. The record was

  • Gostisbehere looking to get back on ice for Union

    Updated: 2013-01-08 01:25:27
    SCHENECTADY — A whirlwind 48 hours that included an appearance for the U.S. in its 3-1 victory over Sweden in the championship game of the International Ice Hockey Federation Junior World Championship and a 23-hour trip back home concluded with a return to Messa Rink this afternoon for Union defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere. “It really still hasn’t [...]

  • Recovering from the Wreckage

    Updated: 2013-01-07 15:30:51
    What will the NHL do? Splash the bluelines of all 30 arenas with "Thank You Fans...Again!"?

  • This Day In Hockey History: Jan 7th

    Updated: 2013-01-07 07:07:00
    1933 - Detroit Red Wings beat the Maple Leafs 6-1 in the first CBC hockey broadcast carried coast-to-coast from Maple Leaf Gardens. 1980 - Minnesota North Stars beat Philadelphia 7-1 to end the Flyers' NHL record 35 game unbeaten streak (25-0-10). The game took place before 15,962 fans at Minnesota, the largest crowd in team history. 1981 - Kings' Marcel Dionne became 14th player in NHL

  • Video highlights: Devils vs. Binghamton

    Updated: 2013-01-07 00:57:33
    Highlights from this afternoon’s Albany Devils game vs. the Binghamton Senators at Times Union Center:

  • Larsson scores game winner as Devils win, 5-2

    Updated: 2013-01-06 23:03:20
    ALBANY — Adam Larsson, in perhaps his final game in Albany, finished off a 3-on-1 rush with the tie-breaking goal with 8:49 remaining today to lead the Albany Devils to a 3-2 victory over the Binghamton Senators in front of 2,505 at Times Union Center. Hours after the NHL and its players reached a labor [...]

  • Lamoriello says no Devils will be held out of today’s game

    Updated: 2013-01-06 18:10:54
    New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello told the Bergen Record today that the team will not hold any of its NHL players out of today’s Albany Devils home game against the Binghamton Senators. With the NHL lockout ended and training camp likely to begin in a few days, several players on Albany’s roster are [...]

  • NHL season saved: League, players reach agreement

    Updated: 2013-01-06 14:16:55
    By the Associated Press NEW YORK — Hockey is back, and it took nearly four months and one long night to get the game back on the ice. With the season on the line, the NHL and the players’ association agreed on a tentative pact to end a 113-day lockout and save what was left [...]

  • The Most Impressive Game Used Hockey Stick Collection

    Updated: 2013-01-05 07:51:00
    Tom Scanlan owns one game-used hockey stick from every NHL player to score 500 goals. Video from the Toronto Star.

  • This Day In Hockey History: Jan 5th

    Updated: 2013-01-05 07:10:00
    1944 - Detroit Red Wings obtained Bill "Flash" Hollett from the Boston Bruins, in exchange for Pat Egan. 1954 - Montreal GM Frank Selke complained about the use of "motion pictures" in making hockey rulings, but announced that he would not appeal an 8-game suspension of Bernie Geoffrion, who had been involved in a stick incident vs the Rangers on Dec. 20. 1979 - Wayne Gretzky and Gordie

  • X-Reay Tactician: Billy Reay's Hockey Tales

    Updated: 2013-01-04 22:30:00
    From Doug Moe of The Wisconsin State Journal Storytelling must run in the family. Bill’s father, Billy Reay, was a natural. Nobody spun better tales around the big breakfast table at the Coventry Village senior community off High Point Road. It was Billy Reay’s last residence. Mornings, he held court while the guys drank coffee. Reay — who died in Madison in 2004, at 86 — had a deep well of

  • Wren Blair Passes Away

    Updated: 2013-01-04 12:05:00
    From DurhamRegion.com: One of the most legendary hockey figures within Durham Region, Wren Blair, has died. The former coach and general manager of the Allan Cup and world champion Whitby Dunlops teams of the late 1950s died at Hillsdale Manor in Oshawa on Wednesday. He was 87.4 Blair traveled many a road in the game of hockey. From his efforts in building those championship Dunlop teams,

  • This Day In Hockey History: Jan 4th

    Updated: 2013-01-04 11:59:00
    1976 - Buffalo Sabres beat touring Soviet Wings 12-6 at the Aud, making them the first team in NHL history to defeat a Soviet squad. Gerry Desjardins was the winning goalie for the Sabres. 1984 - Edmonton Oilers beat the Minnesota North Stars, 12-8 to set an NHL record for most goals by two teams in a game. Wayne Gretzky led the scoring with four goals and four assists, and Mark Messier added

  • This Day In Hockey History: Jan 2nd

    Updated: 2013-01-02 05:31:00
    1958 - Detroit Red Wings named Sid Abel as their new coach, replacing Jimmy Skinner. Abel went on to coach the Red Wings for the next 10 years. 1978 - Detroit beat the Czechoslovakian team Pardubices 5-4 in an exhibition game at the Olympia in Detroit. Red Wings' center Vaclav Nedomansky scored a goal and added an assist against his former countrymen. 1980 - Gordie Howe became the first

  • This Day In Hockey History: Jan 1st

    Updated: 2013-01-01 05:10:00
    Bentley Brothers 1936 - Chicago's Paul Thompson scored the first penalty shot in the Black Hawks' history, as Chicago lost 4-2 to the visiting Detroit Red Wings. 1943 - Chicago defeated the Rangers 6-5 as the Black Hawks introduced a new brother act. Max and Doug were joined by Reggie, to make a trio of Bentleys, the first three brother combo on the same team in NHL history. 1952 - Maurice

  • Hockey's Real Winter Classic

    Updated: 2012-12-31 01:10:50
    Lock out this NHL: This is hockey. The billionaire owners and the millionaire players can stay home as long as they want. The game goes on.  It is on frozen sloughs and lakes all across the world, and in the drafty local rinks, and on the streets and driveways right in front of your house that hockey's heart will always beat. The NHL and NHLPA can never take hockey away from us. This photo

  • Clay’s Canucks Christmas Carol: This Christmas

    Updated: 2012-12-23 15:00:28
    For this special edition of Clay’s Canucks Commentary, I pull a few friends together for the 3rd annual Canucks Christmas Carol. Once again I am joined by my friends Joe, Oggy, Jason, Pat and the foreign exchange student Kevin.  Kevin came all the way from overseas to watch some hockey but he gets something else [...]

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