At the conclusion of the 2014 Bridgestone Winter Classic in Ann Arbor, Michigan today, USA Hockey announced the Official Roster for Team USA Men’s Hockey team; the players who will represent the United States of America in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. One name notably left off of that list was Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop.
In the same piece, it was reported by Garrioch that Colorado Avalanche vice president of hockey operations Joe Sakic is ready to make some deals, and one name that could draw interest is Paul Stastny. The Avs center is slated to become a free agent this summer, and to this point, there have been no talks about a potential extension.
Take one look at Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop and you notice very quickly what puts him a neck above his goaltending counterparts in the NHL – his height. At 6-7, Bishop is the tallest goaltender to ever play in the NHL. So as it turns out that when it comes to defending the goal, size does matter.
The NHL season is moving towards the end of December and with a number of teams not exactly where they would like to be in the standings at this point, clubs could start looking to make trades and some names that have come up includes players like Paul Stastny, James Reimer, Ryan Callahan, Michael Del Zotto and Dan Girardi and some teams that could be looking to deal includes the Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Colorado Avalanche.
Paul Stastny was slumping and frustrated with his scoring drought.
Facing the Dallas Stars helped clear that up for the Colorado Avalanche centre.
Ben Bishop made 28 saves for his sixth career shutout and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings, 3-0, in National Hockey League action Sunday.
Ben Bishop is the main reason why the rest of the NHL should fear the Tampa Bay Lightning for the entire 2013-14 season.
A tumultuous day for the Calgary Flames off the ice Thursday had a happy ending thanks to Chris Butler.
Butler’s second goal of the year with four seconds left in overtime gave Calgary a 2-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes.
St. Louisan Mike McKenna, whose grandfather Bill was one of the founding fathers of hockey in the city, and father Terry, who is currently an NHL off-ice official at Scottrade Center, will be facing his hometown team.
