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Jeff Carter Announces NHL Retirement

Thx bud for the two Stanley Cups and all the memories . Jeffery James Carter, aka Carts aka Cartsy aka probably a lot of other nicknames has officially announced his retirement following the Pittsburgh Penguins’ final game of the 2023-24 season. The Penguins made a serious push to the playoffs in the last month but just fell a little short. A long and illustrious @NHL career for Jeff Carter 👏 We've been privileged to be a part of it. Congratulations on your well-deserved retir...

From Jewels From The Crown | over 1 year ago | 2 reads

Brandt Clarke Named to AHL All-Rookie

Feb 29, 2024; Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN; Los Angeles Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke (92) celebrates his goal against the Vancouver Canucks in the third period at Rogers Arena. Kings won 5-1. Mandatory Credit: Bob Frid-USA TODAY Sports First year defender Brandt Clarke was named to the AHL’s All-Rookie Team for the 2023-24 season. The 2023-24 AHL All-Rookie Team has been unveiled. #AHLAwards 📝: https://t.co/Aa8eNtyCLw pic.twitter.com/kQTBSt1nlp — AHL Communications (@AHL...

From Jewels From The Crown | over 1 year ago | 1 read

Coyotes Game 82 Preview: The End

Game Preview It is all over today. Not only is the Arizona Coyotes’ 2023-24 season coming to an end tonight in a match against the Edmonton Oilers, but the team’s time in Arizona will also be over. The Desert Dogs’ have been a significant part of so many people’s lives and have been a roller coaster this season. There have been considerable ups and downs as we saw a squad of veterans help shepherd the growth of younger prospects making their way in the NHL. If the circumstances ...

From Five For Howling | over 1 year ago | 1 read

LA Kings Are Playoff Bound

The real postseason push begins now as the team has a lot of unfinished business to complete. Here’s a quick look at the rest of their season and potential playoff matchups. Tuesday’s 4-1 victory over the struggling Calgary Flames sealed the Los Angeles Kings’ postseason bid, officially clinching a berth in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs. In true Kings fashion, it took a little extra longer than would’ve been comfortable, nearly coming down to the wire unlike years past when they h...

From Jewels From The Crown | over 1 year ago | 1 read

Coyotes Game 81 Preview: Coyotes face Flames in penultimate game

Game Preview The future of the Arizona Coyotes may be bleak, but that isn’t stopping the players from giving their all. The Desert Dogs are 3-1-0 on their current road trip after back-to-back overtime wins against the Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers. Neither game was perfect, but they were solid wins against two of the top teams in the Western Conference. In both matchups, the Coyotes did a good job at scoring first, only to see their opponents come back and tie the game. ...

From Five For Howling | over 1 year ago | 2 reads

Coyotes Game 80 Preview: Coyotes face Oilers in the penultimate game of the road trip

Game Preview The Arizona Coyotes’ final road trip has been exciting so far. They started with a commanding win over San Jose, only to get destroyed by the Seattle Kraken in their second game. Then, on Wednesday, after allowing the Vancouver Canucks to come back from a 3-1 deficit, Logan Cooley notched his 19th of the season to give the Coyotes their first win over the Canucks this season. It was an excellent night for Dylan Guenther, who was involved in all four of the Coyotes’ goals...

From Five For Howling | over 1 year ago | 2 reads

Top LA Kings Are 30, Flirty & Thriving

Seasoned Kings players defy aging stereotypes, leading with skill and experience on and off the ice. With graying hair and slight hints of wrinkles around their eyes and smiles, a few LA Kings players are beginning to show their age off the ice. On the ice, there’s little sign that their 30+ year old bodies have been through the ringer throughout their careers. At 36 years old, Anze Kopitar is still highly productive in all areas of the ice. He may not be a corsi god (that honor...

From Jewels From The Crown | over 1 year ago | 1 read

Coyotes Game 79 Preview: Yotes look to avoid getting swept by Canucks

Game Preview After an excellent start, the Arizona Coyotes’ season’s final road trip hit a snag. The Coyotes ran into a hot netminder in Philipp Grubauer last night and fell 5-0 to the Seattle Kraken. The first two times the Kraken and Coyotes met, they were tight games that needed overtime or a shoot-out to settle things. That was not the case last night, as the Kraken got two early goals and then kept going for a full 60 minutes. Giving up two early goals is enough to shake an...

From Five For Howling | over 1 year ago | 3 reads

Patience Paying Off for Homegrown Kings

As the Los Angeles Kings' rising stars shine, their impact is felt not just in California, but across the NHL. Between a stoic Swede and a young Canadian hailed to be the “next Anze Kopitar”, Adrian Kempe and Quinton Byfield are hitting their strides at the exact right time for the Los Angeles Kings. Both first round draft picks (Kempe 29th overall in 2014; Byfield 2nd overall in 2020), the two forwards have become critical components to a Kings team trying its best to not only make the p...

From Jewels From The Crown | over 1 year ago | 1 read

Coyotes Game 78 Preview: Coyotes look to complete the sweep of the Kraken

Game Preview The Arizona Coyotes’ road trip continues with a trip to the Northwest. The Coyotes will play a back-to-back, with a match against the Seattle Kraken tonight and a trip to Vancouver tomorrow. The Coyotes have all of the momentum going into tonight’s game. They followed up a comeback win against the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday with a 5-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday. Saturday’s game featured another strong period for the Yotes. Both teams had lit th...

From Five For Howling | over 1 year ago | 3 reads

Coyotes Game 77 Preview: Coyotes head out on the road for the final time this season

Game Preview The Arizona Coyotes must feel good about themselves as they head out on the road. The Yotes have all the momentum as they head out on their final road trip, starting with a matinee matchup against the San Jose Sharks today.  The Coyotes ended their previous seven-game homestand with one of the most impressive comebacks in franchise history. After giving up four unanswered goals in the second period, it looked like the Vegas Golden Knights were just 20 minutes away f...

From Five For Howling | over 1 year ago | 1 read

Akil Thomas records first NHL goal

Akil Thomas, drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the second round of the 2018 draft, made his NHL debut this week. The forward has seen limited ice time so far, but made a big impact in his time against the Sharks. Thomas’s first NHL goal, and first career point, came at 11:13 in the first period. Thomas and PL Dubois came down the ice together, with Thomas using other players as a screen to find the back of the net. His goal also stands as the game-winner, a feat which he has accomplishe...

From Jewels From The Crown | over 1 year ago | 1 read

Coyotes Game 76 Preview: Coyotes and Golden Knights face for the final time this season

Game Preview The Arizona Coyotes’ homestand ends tonight with a match against the Vegas Golden Knights. The Coyotes fell 2-1 to the Vancouver Canucks in their last game and are running out of chances to put on a show for the home crowd this season. While the game may not have ended the way the Coyotes would have hoped, it wasn’t a complete loss. The Canucks are one of the top teams in the NHL this season, and the Coyotes did a good job of keeping the game close. That isn’t to sa...

From Five For Howling | over 1 year ago | 3 reads

Building the Nest

The Anaheim Ducks may boast the most consistent elite goalie play in NHL history. With the trade deadline past, multiple contending teams have a clear hole in net, and almost none of them filled it. Whether you want to look at how Carolina is an extremely well rounded team except goaltending, how the LA Kings haven’t won a playoff series since prime Johnathan Quick graced them, or how the Devils quite literally took themselves out of playoff contention by not addressing goaltending. Goalies ma...

From Anaheim Calling | over 1 year ago | 1 read

The LA Kings’ March to the Playoffs

December brought with it its usual slate of chilly challenges and the team often struggled to rise to the occasion. With 20 games left, can they do it? Mar 7, 2024; Los Angeles, California, USA; Los Angeles Kings left wing Kevin Fiala (22, center) celebrates a goal with center Phillip Danault (24) and defenseman Matt Roy (3) during the overtime against the Ottawa Senators at Crypto.com Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports February was frosty to the Los Angeles Kings ...

From Jewels From The Crown | over 1 year ago | 2 reads

Dismantling and Dissecting

So, the Anaheim Ducks just got pants’d on live TV with hockey night in Canada 9-2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs. In what can only be seen as the bottoming out of this season so far, we saw the variance between two ends of the hockey spectrum in almost every way. At one end, the Toronto Maple Leafs. A team between 2007 – 2016 that had been consistently at the bottom of the Northeast/Atlantic Division, now reaping the rewards of their full rebuild. A team with high draft picks demanding high c...

From Anaheim Calling | almost 2 years ago | 1 read

Stock Market Quack-sh

Good Morning Anaheim,  With the All Star break in full swing (yes it is going on, and no I haven’t been watching), it seems like a good time to go through pieces of the Ducks roster and see how each player has been. And with the current outlook of the roster and the trade deadline looming large, the best scale to rate these players seems to be in the ilk of buying and selling. So treating the current Ducks players like stocks, let’s go over who we should buy, sell, hold or dump comin...

From Anaheim Calling | almost 2 years ago | 0 reads

Sisterhood of the Traveling Perry

Good evening Anaheim, With the current bleak outlook for this Anaheim Ducks squad, there hasn’t been much to look forward to. Injuries every other minute, the offense running dry and completely fabricated Frank Seravalli rumors, it’s been tough. So, trying to find brevity in this season, a new wrinkle has developed. Corey Perry, the third leading points scorer in Ducks history, is free to sign with a team again. This comes after his contract termination from the Chicago Blackhawks and a s...

From Anaheim Calling | almost 2 years ago | 2 reads

Anaheim Calling Roundtable: Cutter Gauthier Edition

The Anaheim Ducks made a shocking trade Monday evening sending young defenseman Jamie Drysdale and their own 2025 2nd Round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for the rights to forward Cutter Gauthier. It was a move that caught both fanbases and everyone else around the league by complete surprise and could change the trajectory of both organizations over the next several years. We asked our staff for their thoughts on some of the more pressing questions to come out of this deal to se...

From Anaheim Calling | almost 2 years ago | 2 reads

New Year, New Quackers

Good Evening Anaheim, As we draw the end of this calendar year, it felt but fitting to look ahead to the next year. And with a new year comes a new year of aspirations, goals and desires for one to pursue for either the entire year or quit by mid-February. So with the year coming to a close for the Ducks, let’s look at what each player’s hypothetical New Years Resolution could be. Jackson LaCombe – Stay at LD For people that have been reading my pieces from the beginning, i...

From Anaheim Calling | almost 2 years ago | 2 reads

Between a Rock and a Quack Place

Good Morning Anaheim, As our Ducks sit in the middle of a rather impressive 3-13 stretch of games and the Christmas break coming soon, multiple questions remain on this Ducks team. What changes have been made in the lines to offset the loss of McTavish and Z? What can this losing skid tell us about the coaching staff and the Ver-Build as a whole? And should we all just dig our heads in and rewatch highlights from that two-week span when we were a wildcard team? Well, the answers to those ...

From Anaheim Calling | almost 2 years ago | 1 read

Game Preview: Ducks Host The Capitals

The Ducks will do their best to end their losing streak at 7-games tonight as they take on the Washington Capitals for the 23rd regular season matchup. The Ducks are coming off a hard fought loss to the Vancouver Canucks, one of the best teams in the NHL this season and probably the biggest surprise thus far. These two teams hardly get the chance to play each other but anytime the likes of future Hall-of-Famer Alexander Ovechkin, USA hero TJ Oshie, a Strome brother battle, return of the fro (S...

From Anaheim Calling | about 2 years ago | 1 read

Pitt Comes in Tie for Sixth in ACC Preseason Media Poll

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports Pitt is tied with Duke, behind the usual suspects The results of the 2023 ACC Media preseason poll were released today on Twitter, (I refuse to acknowledge the new dumb name) with the Pittsburgh Panthers sitting in sixth place, tied with the Duke Blue Devils . ⭐️ 2023 ACC Football Preseason Poll ⭐️ https://t.co/soUsyxXFXx pic.twitter.com/pdeSDw8S50 — ACC Football (@ACCFootball) August 1, 2023 Clemson and FSU look to be the darlings of the conferen...

From Cardiac Hill | over 2 years ago | 0 reads

Four-star DE Mylachi Williams has Pitt in his final list before commitment

The Pitt Panthers continue to push for the four star defensive end The Pittsburgh Panthers will have an important commitment coming up at the end of this week. Four-star defensive end Mylachi Williams will make his commitment on July 8th and the Pittsburgh Panthers are a part of the finalists for the pass rusher. Syracuse, Notre Dame , Penn State, and Texas A&M are the other schools that have made the final list. BREAKING: C/O 2024, 4-Star EDGE Mylachi Williams is down to 5️⃣ Schools & w...

From Cardiac Hill | over 2 years ago | 0 reads

Former West Virginia guard Joe Toussaint has Pitt in final three

Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports Pitt is still in on getting a player from their rival Jeff Capel and the Pittsburgh Panthers continue to look to add talent to the roster and one of the top guards in the transfer portal is considering crossing enemy lines. Former West Virginia guard Joe Toussaint has Pitt in his final three, joining Kansas State and Texas Tech according to Joe Tipton of On3 . NEWS: West Virginia grad transfer Joe Toussaint tells @On3sports he’s down to three school...

From Cardiac Hill | over 2 years ago | 0 reads