The Florida Panthers are a professional ice hockey team based in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida/Miami, Florida suburb of Sunrise. They are members of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
In 2003, the Panthers hosted the NHL All-Star Weekend in which the Western Conference earned a 6-5 victory after the [...]
(2006-07 season)During the offseason, the Lightning traded Fredrik Modin and Fredrik Norrena, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for goaltender Marc Denis, to replace John Grahame, who had served as the Lightning’s goaltender throughout most of the 2005-06 season, as he left the team, and signed with the Carolina Hurricanes. Free agent Johan Holmqvist would eventually [...]
(2006-2007 Season)In the 2006 offseason, Halpern left the Capitals to join the Dallas Stars; Chris Clark became the Capitals’ new captain. Richard Zednik returned to the Capitals in 2006-07 after a disappointing 16-goal, 14-assist season in 2005-06 with Montreal, but was later dealt at the trade deadline to the New York Islanders after a disappointing [...]
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The organization, one of the “Original Six” members of the NHL, is officially known as the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club, owned by [...]
The Ottawa Senators (French: Les Sénateurs d’Ottawa) are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club was founded in 1992 by Bruce Firestone, who was President and CEO of a local Ottawa real estate firm. [...]
The Montreal Canadiens (French: Canadiens de Montréal) are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The franchise is officially known as Le Club de Hockey Canadien. Other French nicknames for the team include Le Canadien, [...]
The Buffalo Sabres, along with the Vancouver Canucks, joined the NHL in the 1970-71 season. The Sabres’ first owners were Seymour and Northrup Knox, scions of a family long prominent in Western New York. The team’s name was chosen using a fan contest. The Knoxes had tried twice before to get an NHL team, first [...]
The 2004-05 NHL season was wiped out by a lockout, and the Bruins had a lot of space within the new salary cap implemented for 2005-06. Bruins management eschewed younger free agents in favor of older veterans such as Alexei Zhamnov and Brian Leetch. The newcomers were oft-injured, and by the end of November, the [...]
The Penguins earned points in sixteen straight games (14 wins, 2 overtime losses) in early 2007. The streak ended on February 19 with a last-minute loss to the New York Islanders. It was the second longest point streak in club history.
The Penguins finished the 2006-07 season in fifth place in the Eastern Conference with [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Part of the 1967 NHL Expansion, the Flyers were the first of these expansion teams to win the Stanley Cup in 1974 and again in [...]
