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Winter Classic

Tropic Thunder would say “Get Some”. The outdoor hockey game is always a fun one to watch, but it brings on a sense of exhibition, rather than a competitive in-season type of feeling. Regardless, Wrigley Field is a great venue to have it and we have two teams that are, at this particular moment—tearing [...]

Fantasy Hockey - A “Beautiful Night” for Joe Thornton

A game after Joe Thornton’s 7 game point scoring streak was snapped, he broke out with 4 points 1 G 3 A, all coming before the drop of the puck in the third period. This scoring outburst puts Thornton at the 30 point plateau as San Jose continues to make opponents look silly. Thornton has [...]

Fantasy Hockey - Too Much Semin

The title was too easy. Fantasy hockey owners who took a gamble on Alexander Semin this year after an enormous sophomore slump last season are paying huge dividends thus far this year. His stellar play has over-shadowed fellow Russian super-talent Alexander Ovechkin by a huge discrepancy this year. Tonight Semin has had a hand in every point on [...]

The “H” is “O”: Ilya Kovalchuk Heating Up

The heat is on in Atlanta. Don’t look now but Atlanta Thrasher Ilya Kovalchuk is on a pretty good run of late. Yesterday he scored a goal and tallied an assist for his third multi-point game in his last 4 games. A span that has given him 3 goals and five assists. Ilya is one [...]

Fantasy Hockey: Luongo shuts em’ out

Robert Luongo recorded his forth shutout of the season last night and his second in as many games. Fantasy hockey owners are finally getting a consistent return on Luongo, in a year that started off somewhat shaky. He will have his spells of bad games, but he is currently in a groove right now and [...]