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Jamie's Hockey Blog January 2007 Archive

By Jamie Fitzpatrick, About.com Guide to Hockey since 2002

NHL on Versus: Get Used To It

Tuesday January 30, 2007
The NHL will remain in the hinterlands of American cable television until at least 2011: Comcast’s Versus network will televise national NHL games through 2011 after exercising an option to air ... Read More

The $75,000 Man

Monday January 29, 2007
Monday night's American Hockey League All Star Game has already highlighted one good story. One of the team captains is none other than Mike Keane. That's three-time Stanley Cup champion ... Read More

The Next Step for Ovechkin

Thursday January 25, 2007
Over at Off Wing Opinion, Eric McErlain has stepped up coverage of his hometown Washington Capitals since the team acquired Alexander Ovechkin and began the slow skate back to respectability. So ... Read More

Open Your Wallets: The New NHL Jersey is a Hit.

Thursday January 25, 2007
The verdict is in. Players at the NHL All Star Game have declared the new sweater "lighter, cooler and more water-resistant." So the NHL and Reebok can move on to ... Read More

The NHL's All Star of Choice

Tuesday January 23, 2007
The media has set its Sidney Crosby-Alexander Ovechkin pecking order: Crosby is the star of the 2007 All Star Game and the newly crowned Future of Hockey. Ovechkin is relegated ... Read More

Making the Case for Gutless Hockey

Monday January 22, 2007
Going into the All Star break, Eric Duhatschek of the Toronto Globe and Mail looks at how much the NHL has changed since the last All Star Game back in ... Read More

The NHL Goes Hockey Couture

Thursday January 18, 2007
In a sneak preview at USA Today, Sidney Crosby models the refurbished NHL uniform. The new, streamlined look will debut at the All Star Game later this month. All NHL ... Read More

The NHL: A Big League Trying to be Small

Tuesday January 16, 2007
If the humble folk who sell pro hockey could get past their inferiority complex, they would see that the NHL is already more popular than the NBA. Sort of. That's the ... Read More

Hockey's Charles Barkley? Not Exactly.

Sunday January 14, 2007
Maybe growing the NHL audience in America has nothing to do with the game. Maybe it's about providing an alternative to the drones who turn most regional and national NHL ... Read More

Youth is a Blunder, Manhood a Struggle

Thursday January 11, 2007
So the old saying goes, and to see the blunder and struggle on display nightly, look to the National Hockey League. It's been a week since the San Jose Sharks reassessed ... Read More

Major Storm Brewing in the NHL's Closet

Tuesday January 9, 2007
The Gary Bettman regime appears hell bent on changing everything about the NHL except the frozen water. The latest item on the makeover agenda is a new, form-fitting hockey jersey, to ... Read More

Death of an All Star Dream

Tuesday January 9, 2007
The Vancouver Sun has been leaked a final verdict on the Rory Fitzpatrick campaign: When the NHL releases its final all-star voting results later today, Rory Fitzpatrick will not be ... Read More

Patrik Stefan: Sniper Extraordinaire

Friday January 5, 2007
Until you see it for yourself, you will not believe the dying seconds of regulation time in Thursday's Dallas-Edmonton game. Oilers' analyst Ray Ferraro called it "the most embarrassing thing I've ... Read More

No Money Down! No Money Ever! Love Them Penguins!

Thursday January 4, 2007
That's the offer from Kansas City, made to Mario Lemieux and his Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday. "They have told us they will make a decision within 30 days. We will know ... Read More

America Misses Another World Junior Classic

Wednesday January 3, 2007
Wednesday's semifinal between Canada and the United States might have been the most entertaining hockey game anyone will see this season. But most Americans fans don't even know it happened. ... Read More

Steve Yzerman. Hockey Player.

Tuesday January 2, 2007
When an NHL team honors an old hero at center ice, it's generally pretty dull stuff - a rambling hour of dreary speeches and bad music. By those standards, Tuesday's celebration ... Read More

Another Snag in the Salary Cap

Tuesday January 2, 2007
The NHL is abuzz over this season's lack of buzz, as typified by this story from Tampa Bay: Jay Feaster is in a tricky situation. The Lightning general manager said he wants ... Read More

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