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http://rinkrap.blogspot.com/ - Since 1989, Jim Cerny has covered the National Hockey League as a member of the media, and has worked five Stanley Cup Finals, four NHL All Star Games, and the Canada Cup and World Cup of Hockey tournaments. After spending four years hosting the talk 
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After being smoked 8-2 by the Capitals in Peter Laviolette's debut behind the bench, the Flyers will look to show their new coach their better side tonight when they skate against the Canadiens in Montreal.
But what exactly is their better side right now?
The Flyers have lost four in ...
NHL
Philadelphia Flyers
Montreal Canadiens
Peter Laviolette
Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
Jimmy Howard
Watching another ugly goaltending performance by the Red Wings during last night's 4-1 loss to the Oilers just makes me wonder how and when Detroit is going to fix this season-long problem.
Jimmy Howard overplayed two shots/passes last night and, as such, allowed a pair of weak goals ...
NHL
Detroit Red Wings
Jimmy Howard
Chris Osgood
Mike Babcock
Rick DiPietro
Martin Biron
Less than 24 hours after being helped off the ice with an injury to his right knee, Washington Capitals superstar Alex Ovechkin was back on the ice this morning testing that knee.
According to Caps beat writer Tariq El-Bashir on Twitter, and Joseph White of the Associated Press, ...
NHL
Alexander Ovechkin
Tim Gleason
Marc Savard
Tomas Vokoun
Keith Ballard
One of the cooler hockey stories so far this fall involves two former star players who no longer play in the National Hockey League.
Sweden's Peter Forsberg and Markus Naslund (photo, right, from his last season in the NHL as a member of the Rangers in 2008-09) have decided to unretire ...
NHL
Peter Forsberg
Markus Naslund
New York Rangers
A quarter of the way through the 2009-10 NHL season is a good time to assess the good, bad, and ugly in the National Hockey League.
To me, the top story has been the plethora of injuries sweeping through the league. That, and the amount of injuries caused by blows to the head, as well as ...
NHL
Marian Gaborik
Colorado Avalanche
New York Rangers
Dany Heatley
Ilya Kovalchuk
Chris Pronger
I am not sure if it's a black cloud or a full moon, but there's something wreaking havoc on the National Hockey League so far this season.
As discussed here before, the amount of injuries to star players is off the charts. Plus there have been a string of strange incidents ...
NHL
Los Angeles Kings
Ryan Smyth
Minnesota Wild
Calgary Flames
A quarter of the way through their "fresh start" of a season---as newly-minted captain Mikko Koivu (photo left) calls it---the Minnesota Wild are still trying to find their identity, while at the same time attempting to remain out of the basement in the Western Conference.
Within a ...
NHL
Marian Gaborik
Minnesota Wild
Mikko Koivu
Doug Risebrough
Jacques Lemaire
Andrew Brunette
The Atlanta Thrashers did a commendable job holding down the fort while their captain, Ilya Kovalchuk, missed six games due to a broken foot.
Atlanta posted a 3-3-0 mark without Kovalchuk, and continued their season-long run as one of the better road teams in the Eastern Conference---now ...
NHL
Atlanta Thrashers
New York Rangers
Ilya Kovalchuk
The Hockey Hall of Fame welcomed, perhaps, its greatest class ever this past Monday night in Toronto. Between Brett Hull, Brian Leetch, Luc Robitaille, and Steve Yzerman, you are talking about three of the Top Ten all-time leaders in goals, three of the 21 most prolific point-producers, and ...
