Hockey Articles of Interest

It’s not easy this time of year, finding free-agent goaltenders in fantasy hockey that will play most all the final games of the season.

Mirtle asks if there has been been a better reclamation project than Sergei Samsonov this season? Last summer, Montreal dealt him for cap room, picking up two unwanted Blackhawks in the process and using a buyout on Jassen Cullimore. Samsonov was then horrible in Chicago, with no goals and four assists in 23 games on a team with a pretty decent, high-flying offence.

Hockey historian, Joe Pelletier, unveils the Top 5 Hockey Books of All Time.

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team that will take up residence in Montreal next season will have the simplest of names – Junior de Montreal.

Remember when Eric Lindros came into the NHL? The bigger the player was, the better. Now? It’s not so cut-and-dried. There are players who can hang with the biggest of ‘em and David Amber has his “best of” list.

Recruiting is a key part of success in any college sport, but hockey’s unique mix of sources of talent creates unique problems. Gerald D. Skoning, captain of the 1964 Princeton Tigers, offers some perspective on junior hockey’s role in the process.

Hockey Newfoundland and Labrador has suspended two players and a coach following a spectacular fracas.

Michigan hosted the longest high school hockey game in history with the Marquette Redmen and Lake Orchard St. Mary’s Eagles. With 95 shots on goal and only two goals. They shared a co-championship after the MHSAA called the game a draw.

After running through Elisha Cuthbert for a few months, New York Rangers hockey thug Sean Avery, 27, has moved on to another level of celebrity for his female companionship.

Here is the list of Top 200 prospects to own in your deep fantasy pool. This is not a reflection of a player’s actual upside in the NHL, but more of an indicator of his value in pools.