by Brian Kennedy | Mar 14, 2022 | Florida Panthers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL
Funny coincidence: The LA Kings hosted South Asian Heritage Night with Florida in town Sunday evening. Two nights before, I had given a talk to students at Gujarat National Law University on the topic of “Kinetic Motion as Cultural Expression: The Case for Canadian...
by Neal McHale | Oct 8, 2020 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
In the same vein that the 2013 Entry Draft was highlighted by the top-shelf products of Nathan MacKinnon, Aleksander Barkov and Seth Jones, the ninth overall pick was an equally memorable part of the afternoon. That was when NHL Commissioner, Gary Bettman, who spent...
by Neal McHale | Feb 9, 2020 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, NHL
A tale you may have forgotten from the prior decade: That time the L.A. Kings and New Jersey Devils found themselves in the Stanley Cup Final. It was the 2011-12 season. Steven Stamkos scored a league-leading 60 goals, but his Lightning managed just 84 points, tied...
by Neal McHale | Jun 26, 2018 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils, NHL
Martin Brodeur always had a way of looking calm, cool and collected in net in a career that spanned more than 20 years. And that figures to be the case again on Tuesday afternoon, when the sure-fire, first-ballot Hall of Famer, becomes what he’s always seemed...
by Neal McHale | Mar 31, 2017 | Homepage, New Jersey Devils
As the story goes, it was late into the evening on July 1, 2006. It was the first day of NHL free agency and for the first time in his career, Patrik Elias had reached free agency. New Jersey had made attempts to lock up its core—signing Jamie Langenbrunner days...