Reasons We Love Hockey Part 118

The last in our 118-part series. The Stanley Cup Lord Stanley’s Cup is the undisputed heavyweight champion of sporting trophies. Everyone knows all the reasons why: it’s the hardest to win; it’s passed on from team to team; it’s presented to the team captain (not the owner) on the ice (not in the dressing room [...]

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Reasons We Love Hockey Part 117

The 117th in our 118-part series. Opening Night What day of the year feels like your birthday, Christmas (or other similar religious holiday), Thanksgiving (or other similar national holiday), and every other fabulous holiday all rolled into one, but a zillion times better? That’s right: NHL Opening Night. After months of no hockey, and before [...]

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Reasons We Love Hockey Part 116

The 116th in our 118-part series. Blogging What are two girls to do if they have, over the course of over a decade of hockey fandom, met only a paltry few people with whom to share their thoughts on this wonderful game? Well, in our case, we spent most of that decade-plus grumbling unhappily about [...]

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Reasons We Love Hockey Part 115

The 115th in our 118-part series. The Hockey Blogosphere For the last 12 years or so, we’ve been living in a veritable Plato’s Cave when it comes to hockey. We’ve been watching the projections on the walls — games, playoffs, championships, highs and lows, great plays and great players, bone-headed mistakes and disastrous trades, everything [...]

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Reasons We Love Hockey Part 114

The 114th in our 118-part series. Hat tricks We didn’t get to see tonight’s game with the Islanders, but rumor has it Gio scored a hat trick. It probably goes without saying that hat tricks? Are awesome! As Devils fans, we don’t get to see many of them, but seriously, what’s cooler? Okay, short-handed goals [...]

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Reasons We Love Hockey Part 113

The 113th in our 118-part series. Devils banners Tonight we caught a glimpse of the new Devils arena under construction, and it looked decidedly like there were a few certain, special white banners with Devils logos on them hanging from the rafters already. There weren’t seats in the arena bowl yet, but there were banners! [...]

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Reasons We Love Hockey Part 112

The 112th in our 118-part series. Doc Emrick We know he’s something of a controversial figure among our less-enlightened readers, but there’s no denying that, for us, Doc Emrick simply makes hockey better. Sure, it helps that we’ve never known another regular play-by-play guy for the Devils, so hearing him do a call makes us [...]

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