All five professional winter-season teams in the metro area made the playoffs for the first time since 1994.
Category: Hockey, Ice
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Rangers and Devils Renew Their N.H.L. Playoffs Rivalry
The teams will begin their first-round series on Tuesday, but haven’t met in the N.H.L. playoffs since 2012, and who can forget the 1994 Eastern Conference finals of “Matteau, Matteau, Matteau!”
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Is There a Better N.H.L. Team Than the Bruins?
The Bruins won their 63rd game on Sunday, setting a league record for most regular season wins. Now the hard part begins.
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Rangers vs. Devils in the First Round of the N.H.L. Playoffs? Bring it On.
The New York Times – Sports:For fans and players, it is fun and nerve-racking to imagine a playoff series between two teams that aren’t separated by much more than the Hudson River.
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The Way You Watch Sports on TV Is Changing. Here’s Why.
The New York Times – Sports:The slow collapse of regional sports networks that broadcast baseball, basketball and hockey games has implications for viewers and for the sports themselves.
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Fanatics Adds N.H.L. Player Jerseys to Its Growing Pro Sports Roster
The New York Times – Sports:The sporting apparel company will replace Adidas, which last year said it would not extend its contract as the league’s uniform supplier beyond the 2023-24 season.
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How The Bruins Left The Rest Of The N.H.L. Behind. Far Behind.
The New York Times – Sports:The Bruins, who won 50 games faster than any N.H.L. team in history, have sputtered of late, but with a lead that big, there is room to focus on the larger goal.
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Can Patrick Kane Lift the Rangers as the N.H.L. Playoffs Loom?
The New York Times – Sports:The three-time Stanley Cup winner with Chicago desperately wanted a trade to New York. He got his wish, and will be tested Saturday when the Rangers play the Bruins, the N.H.L.’s top team.
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Why Jaromir Jagr Won’t Quit Playing Hockey
The New York Times – Sports:The former N.H.L. star recently turned 51 and is wrapping up his 35th season playing pro hockey with Rytiri Kladno of the Czech Extraliga. As the team’s owner and its biggest draw on the ice, Jagr knows his hometown club’s survival is all on him.
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A Missed $140 Million Payment Sends Sports TV Negotiations Into Overdrive
The New York Times – Sports:The owners of the regional television channels branded as Bally Sports have nearly $9 billion in debt and owe hefty rights fees to M.L.B., N.B.A. and N.H.L. teams. Now, they’re all on the clock to find a solution.
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Jessica Pegula Opens Up About Her Mother’s Cardiac Arrest
The New York Times – Sports:In an essay, Jessica Pegula, a tennis player, described the health ordeal that her mother, Kim, an owner and president of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, endured last year.
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Bobby Hull’s Golden Hockey Career Diminished by His Troubling Dark Side
The New York Times – Sports:Once a star player in Chicago who changed goal scoring and how players were paid, Hull, who died Monday at 84, will rightly be remembered more for his misdeeds.