Author: James Gralian

  • No Leopold Tonight

    Jordan Leopold is starting the season off in classic fashion, if by classic, you mean like last season. From the Rocky Mountain News: Avalanche defenseman Jordan Leopold was expected to miss tonight’s game against the St. Louis Blues because of what the team said was a hip injury. He is questionable for Saturday’s home game…

  • Super Game Day

    So many games to keep track of tonight while I run the big show. Sox, Avs, Stars (I give score updates to the spotlight operators), and later, the Rockies. How do I keep up with it all? Thank god Al Gore invented the internet while I was alive. I love this stuff. Notice the difference…

  • And We Need the NHL Network Why?

    The buzz for hockey fans in the United States lately is all about television. Is the NHL coming back to ESPN? What does Center Ice Online mean to regular subscribers, and, the one we’ve all been waiting for, the NHL Network. What Canadians have had for a longtime, we in America are finally getting (no,…

  • NHL.com Scoreboard: What Happened to the Shift Chart?

    If you have to follow games online by the score sheets, as I frequently do, you get pretty familiar with the interface from NHL.com scoreboard. This year, in a never ending quest to “improve” their product, the NHL has changed their game summaries and “Super Stats” (now called event summery) into almost illegible fodder. And…

  • Headlines From My Feed Reader

    With success like this, at least for tonight, it’s hard to complain. This is what’s sitting in my inbox: Stastny, Hejduk spark Avs (Fox Sports) Stastny Propels Avalanche (New York Times) Avalanche tame visiting Sharks (Covers.com) Stastny’s 5 points lift Avs past Sharks (Lexington Herald-Leader) Stastny’s career-best five points lift Avs over Sharks (FOX 23…