2024-'25 NHL Season

[Don Wassall]

The Arizona Coyotes have moved to Utah and are now known temporarily as the Utah Hockey Club. They are off to a 3-1-1 start.

Two Penguins hit milestones Wednesday night. Sidney Crosby scored his 1,600th point while Evgeni Malkin scored his 500th career goal in the same game. Crosby is only the 10th player ever to score that many points. Malkin is the 48th NHL player to score 500 goals. Both have played their entire career with the Pens. Very cool to see it happen in the same game in front of the home crowd.

Here's the big Russian's 500th, scored while flat on his back on the ice:

 

[Freethinker]

Heard Utah had a vote for the new franchise name with many options. Of the ones I heard, the Yetis and Blizzard sounded pretty cool.

 

[Bucky]

Hockey Club sounds beyond lame. Yetis was a missed marketing opportunity.

 

[PhillyBirds]

Hockey Club sounds beyond lame. Yetis was a missed marketing opportunity.

I believe it is temporary. As far as I know, the name, colors, and jerseys will be voted on for next season.

 

[Don Wassall]

That's why I wrote "temporarily" in the first sentence above.

Actually I don't mind that name, has kind of a cool ring to it. I preferred "Washington Football Club" to "Commanders."

 

[Bucky]

Compared to Commanders and Guardians… Ya Hockey Club isn’t so bad lol.

Noticed they beat Blackhawks other day. They (Chicago)really stink. Tickets probably crashing down compared to their Championship runs a decade ago.

 

[Gator Dad]

I don't mind "Hockey Club" that much because at least it's not a name change mandated by wokeness like Indians to Guardians and Redskins to Commanders. Yeti or Blizzard are much better names, though.

 

[PhillyBirds]

Same reason I'm glad that Seattle went crazy/goofy with "Kraken" for their new team. I like it when new teams just go for it with names as opposed to playing it safe like the Golden Knights.

 

[Don Wassall]

It's been a year since former NHL player Adam Johnson was killed on-ice by Matt Petgrave leaping high and slitting Johnson's throat with his skate. An entire year, and so-called British authorities have not yet decided whether they will bring charges against Petgrave. He should have been charged with manslaughter, which would almost certainly have been the case if the races had been reversed, but such a long delay indicates Petgrave will either never be charged or the case will eventually end with nothing but Petgrave being given a slight slap on the wrist.

Adam Johnson has not been forgotten. All the teams in the UK-based Elite Ice Hockey League are honoring his memory before games this weekend and his team, the Nottingham Panthers, will retire his jersey.

Manslaughter probe continues 1 year after former Penguins player Adam Johnson's death in England

LONDON — It’s been one year since the death of American hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was fatally cut by an opponent’s skate during a game in Sheffield, England. A man remains under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Thousands of fans witnessed the grisly...

triblive.com

 

[Bucky]

It's been a year since former NHL player Adam Johnson was killed on-ice by Matt Petgrave leaping high and slitting Johnson's throat with his skate. An entire year, and so-called British authorities have not yet decided whether they will bring charges against Petgrave. He should have been charged with manslaughter, which would almost certainly have been the case if the races had been reversed, but such a long delay indicates Petgrave will either never be charged or the case will eventually end with nothing but Petgrave being given a slight slap on the wrist.

Adam Johnson has not been forgotten. All the teams in the UK-based Elite Ice Hockey League are honoring his memory before games this weekend and his team, the Nottingham Panthers, will retire his jersey.

Manslaughter probe continues 1 year after former Penguins player Adam Johnson's death in England

LONDON — It’s been one year since the death of American hockey player Adam Johnson, whose neck was fatally cut by an opponent’s skate during a game in Sheffield, England. A man remains under investigation after being arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Thousands of fans witnessed the grisly...

triblive.com

A disturbing trend. Certain race getting away with murder, without even catching a charge. Apparently doesn’t matter if it’s on the ice, or Lebron James Akron Playground. Authorities in the West won’t charge em if the skin tone isn’t right.

RIP Adam Johnson

 

[Don Wassall]

Alex Ovechkin declined noticeably last season, dropping to 31 goals, his lowest total ever. But this year at age 39 he already has 15 goals with less than a quarter of the season played and the Caps as a team are playing much better than anyone predicted. With 868 career goals, Ovechkin's closing in on Wayne Gretzky's all-time best 894 goals and has an excellent chance to surpass him later this season.