Wayne Gretzky. Mario Lemieux. Deke. The holy trinity of hockey greatness. You thought Baseball was my favorite sport? man were you wrong. I’m a bigger hockey fan than Vo and Johnny Violence combined, and it’s pretty obvious. Do either of them have Sid Crosby’s 1000th point ticket or booklet? Nope. Just me. Small talk aside,ContinueContinue reading “Let’s Do That Hockey”
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Blues in 6
Tonight is the fifth game of the NHL Stanley Cup Final. Both combatants are tied at two games a piece. To this point we have had a fairly even series. With both teams holding a blowout victory and two close games. Which would already make game five a pinnacle moment in the series, but itContinueContinue reading “Blues in 6”
The RFD Buffalo Sabres
Thoughts From the Bench Offices, December 5th, 2018 The growing NHL season has been full of surprises. Once iconic playoff teams falling on hard times as a new batch of emerging young stars lead their teams into prevalence. One such story are the Sabres of Buffalo. Lead by Jack Eichel, this team has been inContinueContinue reading “The RFD Buffalo Sabres”
Seattle Joins the NHL
Seattle Washington, December 4th 2018, Somewhere Martin Crane is sitting in his lazy boy recliner reading a news and the front page reads NHL Expansion comes to Seattle. He would quietly fold his paper look at Eddie and say, “well boy do you like hockey?” Let Thoughts From The Bench be the first to sayContinueContinue reading “Seattle Joins the NHL”
The Nitty Gritty
The rival Philadelphia Flyers came to visit for the first Pennsylvania Derby of the year. A contest that the Penguins dominated last year winning all four meetings in the regular season and dominating the first round playoff series against their Cold War rivals. So naturally when the Penguins need a game to boost their confidenceContinueContinue reading “The Nitty Gritty”
Thank You, Keith Tkachuck.
As a young kid growing up in America it was tough being a hockey fan. We sucked on the international stage, American players were largely considered talent-less goons, and there were only a few heroes to look up to. Yet in the vast ocean of darkness one player shined as bright as his Canadian counterparts.ContinueContinue reading “Thank You, Keith Tkachuck.”
The Tanner Pearson Effect
Tanner Pearson has now played six games with the Metropolitan 6th place Pittsburgh Penguins. So let’s take a look at the Pearson effect from his first six games in black and gold. First the Penguins record, 2-2-2 now its not great but that is six points and by comparison the six games before it onlyContinueContinue reading “The Tanner Pearson Effect”
Penguins Gunslingers fall Short again.
An article written and submitted by Johnny Violence.
The Only Reason to Watch the NHL
Let’s start off by saying I am pretty confident in saying that if there was an over under for NHL players I could name, the line would be 15. My idea of hockey is that of the standard sports fan, bullshit through the season until playoffs, realize we have some new additions that are funnyContinueContinue reading “The Only Reason to Watch the NHL”
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