http://www.thehockeynews.com The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. en 2007 Medias Transcontinental Fri, 09 May 2008 15:33:59 -0400 60 http://www.thehockeynews.com/imgs/design/logo_thn_print.gif http://www.thehockeynews.com/ http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/15479-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-San-Jose-avoids-getting-burned-by-Flames.html 2008-04-23 01:10:29 Brian Costello's blog The better team won Game 7 Tuesday night. If not in the Washington-Philadelphia series, then certainly in the San Jose-Calgary series, won 5-3 by the Sharks. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/15398-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Avs-go-back-for-the-future-should-Habs-bench-Price.html 2008-04-20 09:43:56 Brian Costello's blog Hockey Night In Canada play-by-play man Jim Hughson had the line of the night in Denver saying: "They call this place the Pepsi Center, but it could be nicknamed the Time Machine the way this season has gone. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/15125-THNcom-Playoff-Blog-Sharks-right-back-in-series-Bertuzzi-shows-ugly-side.html 2008-04-11 09:35:27 Brian Costello's blog It was a battle of exceptional goaltending last night as Evgeni Nabokov and the San Jose Sharks out-dueled Miikka Kiprusoff and the Calgary Flames 2-0 to even that series 1-1. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14969-THNcom-Blog-Clarifying-the-draft-lottery-details.html 2008-04-06 10:11:37 Brian Costello's blog We’re all use to the expression: Don’t believe everything you hear on TV or read in the newspaper. That has never been more accurate than with reports regarding the NHL draft lottery. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14763-THNcom-Blog-Paying-tribute-to-a-great-builder.html 2008-03-30 11:28:12 Brian Costello's blog It was with sadness this week I received an email from my esteemed colleague Rob Vanstone that Western Hockey League icon Ed Chynoweth is not doing well in his fight with kidney cancer. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14561-THNcom-Blog-Coaching-strategies-Id-employ-if-I-was-employed.html 2008-03-23 11:28:33 Brian Costello's blog Having never coached at any level of hockey, the chances of me getting an NHL job running the bench and stunning the world with these unorthodox strategies is diminishing every day. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14364-THNcom-Blog-Young-talent-fasttracked-more-than-ever.html 2008-03-16 10:24:52 Brian Costello's blog A growing trend in the NHL’s salary cap era is the fast-tracking of talented youngsters into prominent roles strictly for financial reasons. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/14134-THNcom-Blog-No-talent-relief-in-sight-for-Lightning-Leafs.html 2008-03-08 13:53:05 Brian Costello's blog Two of the NHL’s weakest teams, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Toronto Maple Leafs, won’t be much better next season if they’re relying on youth to come to the rescue. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13963-THNcom-Blog-Peerless-Price-on-our-cover.html 2008-03-02 10:51:24 Brian Costello's blog Our popular Future Watch issue is now in the hands of The Hockey News subscribers and the first thing the reader sees is our terrific sense of timing. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13755-THNcom-Blog-Whats-next-eliminate-hitting.html 2008-02-24 14:17:51 Brian Costello's blog It didn’t occur to me that anyone would find fault with the Ian Laperriere hit on Nicklas Lidstrom until a colleague sent me a video feed of the incident with the subject line: Foul or fair?   The shoulder-to-shoulder collision looked, to me, so clean and so, well, hockey, I just assumed the colleague was inviting me to lunch. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13555-THNcom-Blog-Cherry-out-to-lunch-on-overtheglass-penalty-beef.html 2008-02-17 13:41:52 Brian Costello's blog It’s getting to be that time of year when the growing importance of stretch-drive games will lead Don Cherry to gripe about his biggest pet peeve. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13354-THNcom-Blog-Early-advice-for-keeper-poolies.html 2008-02-09 11:00:50 Brian Costello's blog In the weeks leading up to the publishing of The Hockey News Future Watch issue, which hits newsstands in early March, I get hundreds of calls and emails from diehard hockey fans eager to get a jump on the competition. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/13018-THNcom-Blog-Mark-Brian-Leetch-down-for-Hall-in-2009.html 2008-01-27 10:56:57 Brian Costello's blog It’s nice to see Brian Leetch’s No. 2 retired by the New York Rangers. He’s easily one of the most talented and classiest defensemen of the past generation. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12809-THNcom-Blog-Hockey-Hall-of-Fame-needs-a-publicity-refresher.html 2008-01-19 11:19:43 Brian Costello's blog The Hockey Hall of Fame should take a lesson from the National Baseball Hall of Fame on marketing and publicity 101. The crystal-clear transparency in annual voting results at the Baseball Hall of Fame should be the envy of its hockey cousin. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12633-THNcom-Blog-Kevin-Lowes-influence-on-the-upswing.html 2008-01-13 14:35:59 Brian Costello's blog Kevin Lowe was one of the biggest movers in our ninth annual 100 People of Power and Influence issue, which is now out on newsstands. The Edmonton GM moved up from No. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12428-THNcom-Blog-Sergei-we-hardly-knew-you.html 2008-01-06 10:06:56 Brian Costello's blog It wasn’t that long ago, we put Joe Thornton and Sergei Samsonov on the cover of The Hockey News, hamming it up in a headlock, with the headline Teen B’s: Boston’s face of the future. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/12124-THNcom-Blog-Listen-to-Sid-and-shrink-the-goalie-equipment.html 2007-12-22 13:45:56 Brian Costello's blog Hockey’s most powerful personality may not know his own strength yet, but everyone around him hangs on his every word. Like E.F. Hutton, when Sidney Crosby speaks, people listen. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11953-THNcom-Blog-Where-are-my-depth-charts.html 2007-12-15 09:58:38 Brian Costello's blog I’m a big believer in NHL depth charts in much the same way I like seeing the ingredients that go into my soups and salads. Sure, it’s nice to just savor the meal and not worry about the building blocks, as it is just watching a hockey game from the cheap seats without a roster in front of you. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11751-THNcom-Blog-What-about-4on4-all-the-time.html 2007-12-08 10:28:33 Brian Costello's blog Let’s completely open our minds for a few minutes and imagine the possibilities of 4-on-4 hockey for the full 60 minutes of an NHL game. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11520-THNcom-Blog-Lidstrom-No-1-Euro-No-2-blueliner-of-all-time.html 2007-12-01 00:43:53 Brian Costello's blog The debate was interesting, but not terribly long when we were determining The Hockey News cover feature for our European issue, due to come out next week. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11340-THNcom-Blog-Three-cheers-for-Jake-Dowell.html 2007-11-24 00:07:36 Brian Costello's blog Us thick-skinned heathens in the media try not to get too worked up about the newcomers who break into the league and leave an imprint. But I have no problem sending out a mighty fist-pump to Jake Dowell, who made his NHL debut and scored a shorthanded goal in Chicagos's 2-1 win over Calgary on Nov. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/11154-THNcom-Blog-Early-dismissal.html 2007-11-17 08:57:00 Brian Costello's blog If there weren’t already enough sad and terrible things about the 2004-05 lockout, there’s the manner in which it forced dozens of NHLers from the game for good. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/10919-THNcom-Blog-HOF-induction-for-Lindros-unlikely.html 2007-11-10 09:47:58 Brian Costello's blog It’s interesting to read so many emotional opinions about whether or not Eric Lindros should get into the Hockey Hall of Fame when he first becomes eligible in 2010. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/10693-THNcom-Blog-Are-the-Ducks-cooked.html 2007-11-03 10:04:46 Brian Costello's blog We're only a month into the season so it's far too early to label the struggling Anaheim Ducks as cooked, but here are four legitimate reasons why they could follow in the footsteps of the Carolina Hurricanes and miss the playoffs the year after winning the Stanley Cup. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/10314-THNcom-Blog-TOI-is-AOK.html 2007-10-13 00:17:00 Brian Costello's blog The time-on-ice statistic, to me, is the true measure of a player's worth to his team. Goals and assists stats favor the offensively inclined and don't tell the entire story. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/10313-THNcom-Blog-All-in-good-fun.html 2007-10-07 00:32:00 Brian Costello's blog It was with mild reluctance a handful of us in The Hockey News office went ahead with the inaugural Man-Games Lost hockey pool Tuesday. First of all, we don't wish ill will or misfortune on any player or team. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/10312-THNcom-Blog-Picking-the-champ-no-easy-task.html 2007-03-29 00:23:00 Brian Costello's blog Adam Proteau will return April 2. In his absence, the The Hockey News.com will feature several guest bloggers. Up today is THN senior special sections editor Brian Costello. http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/10311-THNcom-Blog-Defending-the-prediction.html 2007-01-04 00:53:00 Brian Costello's blog Adam Proteau will return Jan. 9. In his absence, the The Hockey News.com will feature several guest bloggers. Up today is THN Senior Special Sections Editor Brian Costello: Never before in the Original 30 history of The Hockey News have we received such a backlash from readers as we did in our predicted order of finish in our 2006-07 Yearbook.