You're going to have to cut me some slack today because I normally don't make it habit to see the other side of midnight. If you noticed the 10:30pm time on the Denver Pioneers article yesterday, that's because I was up late to watch the only AIHL team that I'll cheer for in the Melbourne Mustangs. While the game had a 2pm start in the Victoria capital, it had an 11pm start time on Saturday night for those of us in the middle of North America. I was writing yesterday's article as I waited for the Mustangs to take the ice for the first time in 2024, and the end result was a lot of fun for the ..read more

I'll be honest in telling you that I didn't think the University of Denver was going to be victorious. I knew a little bit about the Pioneers' roster based on the fact that they have ten Canadians, four Californians, and two Europeans skating for them this season, but they didn't have the big names that the other three schools seemed to boast as they entered the Frozen Four weekend. Perhaps, though, that was their strength because this Denver team played four lines with the same consistent effort and had a goaltender who simply went supernova while making stops in his crease. In the end, the ..read more

If there's one thing I never tire of seeing, it's goals scored by guys who usually prevent them. We were treated to another goaltender goal tonight in the AHL, marking the fourth time it's happened this season. We'll get to those three other netminders who have done it, but tonight's goal happened in Hartford where the Springfield Falcons and the Hartford Wolf Pack were both fighting for their playoff lives. Neither of those teams has clinched a spot in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs, but Hartford's Louis Domingue helped his team in a big way tonight. Domingue is a 32 year-old journeyman goalt ..read more

There are hockey players whose seasons and careers leap of the page statistically when compared to the rest of their peers, and it often brings up a question of "Was Player X that much better than everyone else" or some variation of it. Sometimes, it's just a player finding himself in the right circumstances where he plays mainly injury-free and is able to capitalize on a lot of opportunities. Far more rarely, though, does a player's career simply blow everyone else's career numbers away. Today, we'll take a quick look at why Wayne Gretzky's records may be challenged, but it's very doubtful a ..read more

It's that magical time of year once again. It's when the grass starts to turn green, the leaves start budding on trees, the ice and snow recede to places no one needs to think about until October, and the NHL begins its annual 16-team battle to determine which team will be crowned as the Stanley Cup champion. With the latter event about to settle into life for the next two months, The Hockey Show is preparing for another postseason of fun where 16 listeners get a shot at claiming the title of "champion"! I've already received a few questions about whether or not Survivor: NHL Playoffs will r ..read more

Back in the day, long before the internet and cell phones, there was a total solar eclipse that happened across North America in 1979. Like the one that happened today, a number of cities and people got to experience the total blackout of the solar eclipse that happened, and it got me thinking about what hockey happened that day when one considers there were NHL games and the IIHF Women's World Championship being played today. A number of the women playing in Utica were out with their eclipse glasses to see the moment the moon crossed in front of the sun, so one has to wonder if the 1979 sola ..read more

In honour of Logan Boulet and the tragedy that happened to the Humboldt Broncos six years ago, this is the only thing being posted today. If you want to make a difference in someone's life, think about organ donation like Logan Boulet did. Organ donation can save lives, and six of Logan Boulet's organs have done that after he passed away on April 7, 2018. People don't talk much about assists that change the world, but organ donation can be that assist for someone needing an organ to survive. Take some time to consider this option. In memory of Logan Boulet on Green Shirt Day, HBIC will step ..read more

There's a woman defending nets in the OUA who will likely be suiting up at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy that you may not know very well. Unless you were following the OUA's progress this season, you probably didn't know that she finished the season with a 15-4 record on the strength of a 1.03 GAA and a .951 save percentage that saw her pitch five shutouts. She won't be skating for Canada or the US or any of the other bigger countries when teams take the ice in Milan, but we're seeing teams build outward from their goaltending and this women give her country o ..read more

If there's one type of movie that seems to resonate in pop culture for a while, it's the throwback comedy to the coming-of-age time in our lives. The last really good film in this genre was Superbad, released in 2007, as it combined the humour and crudeness of being a teenager with days before cell phones, iPods, and other current "necessities". In saying that, I had the chance to watch Snack Shack tonight, and the Paramount-produced comedy is pretty fun tale of laughs, summer romances, and learning responsibility. No hockey chatter here on the blog tonight as I'm opting to embrace summer mo ..read more

Say what you want about my streak of still posting daily, but I'm taking the day off today because the weather's shifting into a crazy warm spell and I'm thinking nothing about hockey today. There's still hockey happening in a number of venues across the world, though, so feel free to indulge without me while I begin my summer effort of exercise outdoors. Heck, I may even go all Ted Lasso and buy a soccer ball just to kick around a field to make the exercise routine a little less monotonous. Either way, though, being outdoors is where I'm headed. Enjoy whatever it is you're doing today. Jaso ..read more