Team Canada have been knocked out of the quarter finals for the third straight year. They finished top of their group in Helsinski, but have suffered an upset loss to Slovakia. The Slovakians brought an organised game to the quarter final and actually ended up out-scoring the Canadiens in a relatively open contest capitalising on [...]

Yesterday I wrote a piece about John Tortorella and how his early season coaching seems to be paying off for his team in the presence. Tortorella has always been a fascinating personality, The latest controversy surrounding the head coach of the New York Rangers has been his performance in the post-game media conferences. Tortorella has [...]

After being thoroughly outplayed and soundly beaten in the opening two games of their Western conference final series against the Los Angeles Kings, the Phoenix Coyotes take to the road and they must deal with yet another blow ahead of Game 3 in LA. Realistically, Game 3 is a must win for Phoenix if they [...]

New York Rangers’ head coach John Tortorella runs one hell of a tough training camp. While most head coaches use training camp to help their players find their legs after the summer, Tortorella runs a rigorous training camp, which leaves his players gasping for breath, especially on the first few days. Tortorella’s scheme is to [...]

NHL.com has recently posted up its early favourites for the Conn Smythe Trophy. The Conn Smythe is awarded to the most valuable player in the postseason. Four teams are left and they all have their worthy candidates. Here are Hockey Schedule’s early favourites.

The 2012 IIHF World Championships have reached the ‘business’ end of their competition. The quarter-final stage is the stage where good teams start to knock each other out. This is the stage where the ice starts to get consistently packed with top quality players and the games get tenser and tighter.

When the Los Angeles Kings traded top young defenseman Jack Johnson to Columbus in exchange for Jeff Carter, they must would have had a situation like Game 2 against the Phoenix Coyotes in mind. Carter scored a hat-trick in a 4-0 Game 2 win over Phoenix on Tuesday night. The win gives LA a commanding [...]

The Washington Capitals have completed a playoffs where they came oh so close to that elusive first conference final place since 1998. Still, they were just about denied by the top seeded New York Rangers. This franchise, which has been on the upswing since the lockout, still hasn’t managed to convert regular season success into [...]

Presumably, the Los Angeles Kings are stoppable. But so far the eighth seeded Western conference team have not shown any signs of it. After blowing past top seeded President Trophy winner the Vancouver Canucks in five games, they swept the second seeded St Louis Blues. It seems fitting then that they should start their series [...]

The conference finals are finally here. It feels like we are still getting over the series between the Capitals and the Rangers, but New York has to jump straight back into action when the series against New Jersey kicks off on Monday night. This is a series between to divisional rivals and it promises a [...]