Month: December 2011

  • How to Start a Hockey Blog

    Every few days, a new hockey blog enters the fold, with plenty of ambition and a slick design.  And every few days, another one sputters and dies.  And still, people want to write about hockey. I get asked, and maybe you do as well, about the best way to start a hockey blog, so I…

  • Blues vs Avs: Another Reason the Goal Should Have Counted

    In the Avalanche’s 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues, the game winning goal was one surrounded by controversy.  Maybe surrounded isn’t the right word.  Briefly huddled around?  Anyways, here it is, in case you missed it: The NHL Situation Room blog explained the decision this way: At 14:07 of the second period in the…

  • Tebow Time: The Clock is Ticking

    Last night, as I left the Pepsi Center after the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals, the chant went up.  It wasn’t “Let’s go, Avalanche,” which follows just about every victory.  It’s wasn’t “Capitals suck!” No, it’s something that we tend to hear every weekend in Colorado these days. “Tebow! Tebow! Tebow!” They were dressed…

  • The New Conferences, Perhaps a New Lease on Life

    After plenty of hand wringing and consternation, after so much fan speculation and more plots than the end of the movie Clue, more promises made than in the Godfather, and more… well, you get the point… the NHL has finally voted on a scheme for realigning the league. I’m usually not one for the instant…