Category Archives: Hockey

I’ll lead with the new home team, the Austin Stars (Texas is weak and besides, it’s Austinites putting the majority of their butts in those seats, not the residents of Cedar Park, they’re too busy collecting the money in the … Continue reading →

Along with clinching second place in the playoffs, this took the sting off of losing their last regular home game to the Rockford Icehogs…badly, 5-1. It wouldn’t concern me very much if we weren’t facing the Blackhawks’ proxy next week … Continue reading →

The five-game run of wins was great while it lasted and it secured their spot in the playoffs. Unfortunately, clinching second in the division was done by the Rockford Icehogs (who they will face in the last regular home game) … Continue reading →

Not bad for a first-year team in the AHL. With them being members of a development league, I have a feeling they aren’t the first franchise to pull this off and the four former IHL teams having good fortunes don’t … Continue reading →

In light of the recent suspension of Washington’s Ovechkin (a hit I never saw, I only heard about it through my ESPN widget), my ex-roommate Paul sent me a copy of the NHL’s Top Secret document on how the Governors … Continue reading →

The playoff picture is heating up in the AHL as well as the NHL for us in Austin. Our Stars remain in fourth place but they won a critical game agains the Rockford Icehogs (farm team for the Blackhawks) to … Continue reading →

If you want to know and didn’t see me gripe in person or via FaceBook, the US loss to Canada in overtime sucked. Firstly, the US beat the Canuckleheads a week earlier so the game for all the marbles was … Continue reading →

Last night’s hockey post was a bit brief and off-kilter thanks to the carb coma induced by Wings n’ More. I totally spaced on the upcoming changes in the league: The Canes’ affiliate in Albany, NY is moving to Charlotte, … Continue reading →

During last night’s loss to the Griffins, the guy who has the distinctive “Let’s go Stars!” shout tapped me on the shoulder and asked where Vishnevskiy was since I already told him about Wathier and Sawada being called up to … Continue reading →

The winningest goalie without a Stanley Cup finally hung up his skates yesterday. There are three goalies ahead of him with more victories; Brodeur, Roy and Belfour; yet poor CuJo kept getting put on teams which never made it. The … Continue reading →

My friend and hockey bud Jeremy traded in our pair of seats to get a small section to the game against Houston. Whenever the Stars play another Texas team, it’s going to be exciting, especially with the Houston Aeros still … Continue reading →

Shortly after I bought our tickets online for Avatar last week, I realized that I’d miss watching the big (deal) game on NBC at Dave & Buster’s. Now I’m glad I didn’t bother, they lost as I anticipated…in overtime. They … Continue reading →

One this day, 30 years ago, life imitated art when the Boston Bruins took on the crowd at Madison Square Garden just like one of the funniest scenes from Slapshot, the greatest hockey movie ever made. Only a mere two … Continue reading →

Last season he beat Patrick Roy’s record for the most wins (552) and now he is tied with Terry Sawchuk for the most shutouts in NHL history (103). Obviously Marty will beat Sawchuk’s in a matter of days because the … Continue reading →