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Posted: Nov 26, 2009 1:48PM By Christopher Botta (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Devils, NHL Press Box

On Wednesday night,
New Jersey Devils broadcaster Sherry Ross made history when she became the first female broadcaster to provide play-by-play in English for an entire
NHL game.
Ross, who is usually the color commentator on
Devils radio broadcasts, took over the play-by-play when fourth-year New Jersey announcer Matt Loughlin took time to be with his family after the passing of his father-in-law. Ross called the game, with former Devils forward Rob Skrlac serving as analyst.
Posted: Nov 26, 2009 10:00AM By Kevin Schultz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Devils, Islanders, NHL Fans
Thanksgiving is a holiday where we get together with family and friends to celebrate all that is important in our lives. We here at NHL FanHouse will be doing that today but before we get to the turkey, we decided to get together and talk about something else that is important in all of our lives -- hockey.
For starters, we're thankful that we get to follow hockey all day long and that you take the time to read what we've got to say. But there's a lot more that we love about the "coolest game on ice" that plays such a big role in each of our lives.
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 4:13PM By Susan Slusser (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Blackhawks, Sharks

SAN JOSE -- As if Wednesday night's matchup against the Western Conference's two top teams didn't have enough appeal, throw Marian Hossa into the mix for one heck of a showdown between star-studded top lines.
Hossa, Chicago's top offseason acquisition, hasn't played this season because of a shoulder injury, but tonight at HP Pavilion, he'll be joining the Blackhawks' great young players Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane. San Jose, the NHL's best team to date, counters with the goal-happy line of Dany Heatley, Joe Thornton and Patrick Marleau.
Whew. What a way to step onto the ice for the first time with a new team.
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 12:00PM By Bruce Ciskie (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Maple Leafs

We've completed over one-fourth of the NHL season already, and while virtually nothing is totally decided, we can take time to assess where teams are as they continue the 82-game grind.
James Mirtle, now of
Toronto Globe and Mail and
SB Nation fame, joins us this week to discuss the state of the Maple Leafs, how the league stacks up at this early juncture, and the future of hockey in Canada. Listen after the jump.
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 10:00AM By Adam Gretz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Team USA, International Hockey, Olympic Hockey
You probably won't get much of an argument if you were to name the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey team's victory over the Soviet Union at Lake Placid as the most iconic moment in American sports history.
Twenty years before that team's improbable run to the Gold Medal, another U.S. team was pulling off a stunning upset upset of its own at the Sqauw Valley games, as a group of college kids led by head coach Jack Riley claimed the American's first gold medal in Olympic hockey history. A new DVD tilted
Forgotten Miracle is set to be released to mark the 40th anniversary of their victory and tell their story.
You can pre-oder the DVD by
clicking here, and you can check out the trailer after the jump.
Posted: Nov 25, 2009 8:00AM By Adam Gretz (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Blue Jackets, Canadiens
We're trying something different to replace the old Newsmakers in the NHL posts. Hopefully you'll like it. Each weekday we'll take a look at one positive performance from the previous night (a plus), and one negative performance from the previous night (a minus). It's the plus/minus.Tell us what you think at nhlfanhouse@gmail.com.
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 3:00PM By Bruce Ciskie (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Ducks, NHL Draft, College Hockey
Every Tuesday, FanHouse discusses the top NHL prospects found in college hockey.College hockey can be a humbling experience, even for highly-touted
NHL prospects. It doesn't make a kid a lesser prospect, but being 18 and having to deal with guys who are often 22-25 years old can be tough. This is true no matter how talented a kid is. For Notre Dame freshman forward
Kyle Palmieri (NHL rights: Anaheim), the first part of the season has been spent adjusting, and the Fighting Irish are about to be rewarded for their patience.
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 11:00AM By Susan Slusser (RSS feed)

After nearly making it into the Western Conference finals last year, then re-signing Scott Niedermayer and obtaining Saku Koivu, the Ducks appeared poised for a sure-fire playoff spot. Instead, Anaheim is struggling to find its footing, with a ...
Posted: Nov 24, 2009 8:00AM By Adam Gretz (RSS feed)

We're trying something different to replace the old Newsmakers in the NHL posts. Hopefully you'll like it. Each weekday we'll take a look at one positive performance from the previous night (a plus), and one negative performance from the previous ...
Posted: Nov 23, 2009 7:45PM By Bruce Ciskie (RSS feed)

While the NHL still tries to figure out a way to handle hits to the head, they are also trying to curb other dangerous hits plaguing the game.
Saturday night, we saw this kind of hit in Montreal. Georges Laraque took out the knee of Detroit ...
Posted: Nov 23, 2009 3:30PM By Adam Gretz (RSS feed)

The idea of 65 minutes of hockey (including overtime) being decided by what is essentially a skills competition is one of the most polarizing rule changes hockey has seen over the the past decade. Love it or hate it, the shootout is a part of the ...
Posted: Nov 23, 2009 12:00PM By Christopher Botta (RSS feed)

Every Monday during the season two of our hockey writers will debate one topic. It's the 2-on-1. This week, Chris Botta and Adam Gretz break down who's for real and who isn't at the quarter-pole of the NHL season. ...