In the National Hockey League (NHL) as well as other professional hockey leagues, a typical hockey game lasts for three periods of 20 minutes each. The clock is stopped during every stoppage in play resulting in a total of 60 minutes of regulation playing time. However, if the score is tied at the end of this regulation time, overtime may […]

Since the early 1990s, the National Hockey League (NHL) has expanded from twenty-one franchises to thirty franchises. While this expansion was happening it was heralded as a sign of the NHL’s success and future outlook. But not everything has not turned out as expected. For one thing, the addition of nine franchises meant the addition of about 200 roster players […]

With training camp for the 2011-2012 NHL season quickly approaching the status of the number one player in the world is still in question. Sidney Crosby, the 24 year-old superstar center for the Pittsburgh Penguins and probable future inductee into the Hockey Hall of Fame, has been sidelined by a concussion since receiving two blows to the head in consecutive […]