Devils vs. Flyers, Game 1

Here at the outset of the latest installment of “The Devils, Playoffs Version”, we’re beginning to understand why Red Wings bloggers are the way they are. When your team not only makes the playoffs every year (and since we became Devils fans at the start of the ’96-’97 season, we’ve never seen them miss), but [...]

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Tinkerbell vs. The Ookies: First-Round Deathmatch

Gentle Reader, it’s been reported here that the one and only Victory Euro Mats is missing, most likely Matsnapped by evil forces hell-bent on making sure the 2009 NHL Playoffs are horrifically awful. (The fact that it’s another post-season with “Devils First Round Loss” written all over it isn’t enough, evidently.) Today, when we sat [...]

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Conference Final Predictions: IPB’s Tale of the Tape (Part 2)

Yesterday we rolled out the Tale of the Tape for the West, and today we look closer to home. Everyone, break out your keystones! It’s the Battle of Pennsylvania! You’re got a friend in this series, because you’ve got a friend in Pennsylvania! (Yes, Gentle Reader, it’s true. Everything we know about the great state [...]

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A Playoff Preview of Right and Wrong, Good and Evil, Us and Them: The East

A few weeks ago we were exchanging emails with Heather B., Katebits and Patty, and got into a bit of a good-natured exchange about how we felt our teams most deserved to win the Cup this year. Of course, “good-natured” quickly escalated into a firestorm of bitterness and hurt feelings; we were surprised at how [...]

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The IPB Hour: Espisode 3

Gentle Listener, we present to you the 3rd episode of our podcast, The IPB Hour. In the past we’ve joked that the podcast should be subtitled, “Contents May Be Less Than An Hour”, but this week, not so much. Why? Because we took our act on the road, ambling over to Brooklyn to talk hockey [...]

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The Only Guide To The 2007 Stanley Cup Finals You’ll Ever Need

Wow! We can’t believe the off-season is over already and it’s time for our ’07-’08 Season Preview! Oh, wait, that’s right. The off-season hasn’t even started yet; it was just the break between the Conference Finals and now was so interminable it only felt like the entire off-season. So finally, at long last, IPB brings [...]

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Conference Final Predictions: IPB’s Tale of the Tape (Part 2)

You’ve seen our brilliant (and scientific!) prediction for the East (if you haven’t, get thee to Part 1), now on to the West! WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL: Red Wings (1) vs. Ducks (2) Goaltending: Dominik Hasek should have retired years ago, taking his glass groin with him; sure he can still play, and can still win, [...]

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