Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Stop giving us your hardest test! West Virginia Mountaineers interim basketball coach Josh Eilert was just dealt another blow to this season when point guard Kerr Kriisa, a transfer from the University of Arizona was ruled ineligible for nine games this season after it was determined that he received ‘impermissible…… read more »
Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers at the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered the skate cut in a Champions Cup game on Saturday. The English Ice Hockey Association, which governs the sport below the Elite League, reacted to Johnson’s death by requiring all players in England to wear neck guards from the start…… read more »
The Anaheim Ducks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 at the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Monday. The Ducks won in the final seconds with Mason McTavish scoring. Players from both teams paid tribute to former Penguin Adam Johnson, who died age 29 two days earlier after an on-ice accident while playing in Britain’s top…… read more »
Last night’s game (Oct. 31) presented the Anaheim Ducks with a great opportunity to extend their win streak to four against a vulnerable and inconsistent Pittsburgh Penguins team. It may not have been pretty, and it took 59 minutes and 47 seconds to get it done, but the Ducks secured the victory in emphatic fashion…… read more »
Police are investigating the death of American ice hockey player Adam Johnson after his neck was cut by a skate blade in a game in England. Johnson, 29, was playing for the Nottingham Panthers at the Sheffield Steelers when he suffered the skate cut in a Champions Cup game on Saturday. “Our officers remain at…… read more »
The 2022-23 Penguins have drawn a concerning parallel with the 2005-06 team through October. In Sidney Crosby’s first season and Mario Lemieux’s last, the Penguins finished the year with 22 wins, a second-to-last finish in the NHL standings, and a playoffs miss. This year, with a retooled roster built around at least two (and potentially…… read more »
Mike Watters-USA TODAY Sports The offensive juggernaut Mountaineers look to ride a True Blue night game to make it two in a row OPENING THOUGHTS How’s that for a palate cleanser, gang? Were there some fortuitous bounces? Sure. Were we due some of those? Ab-so-F!$#-ing lutely. The bigger story there IMO is the fact that…… read more »
The Pittsburgh Penguins welcomed Whitehall native John Gibson and the Anaheim Ducks to town Monday night. Tied at three goals apiece with just about two minutes left in regulation, the Penguins were gifted a golden opportunity with a 5-on-3 advantage, and they LOST THE GAME IN INCREDIBLE FASHION!! Before the game, the Penguins, alongside the…… read more »
Anaheim Ducks forward Mason McTavish sat in the penalty box, hoping that his teammates could kill a 5-on-3 against the Pittsburgh Penguins’ power play in the final two minutes of a tie game. When the Ducks successfully killed his penalty, McTavish made sure to take care of the rest. McTavish scored a short-handed goal with…… read more »
Starting next year, approved neck guards or protectors will be made mandatory equipment for all English Ice Hockey Association players, the governing body said Monday.… read more »