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Pick-Six: Biggest sports moments of 2021
To memorialize 2021, it’s time to count down the six biggest sports moments of the year.
To memorialize 2021, it’s time to count down the six biggest sports moments of the year.
Plenty of franchises have gone through multiple decades without a championship to their name, and their fans feel they have suffered long enough.
After months of Stanley Cup Playoffs action, the field has finally been trimmed down to just two teams: the Montreal Canadiens and the reigning Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning.
As we await answers to all sorts of postseason questions, here’s all of the key info you need to know for the 2021 Stanley Cup Semifinals.
With a unique format as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, could 2021 be the year that changes everything for Canadian NHL teams?
In one of the first major incidents involving an official since the Tim Donaghy scandal took over the NBA, the NHL finally had to bring the hammer down on a referee.
If eBay’s “State of Trading Cards” report is any indication, the hobby hit an unprecedented peak in 2020.
As the NHL prepares for its first regular season of the COVID-19 pandemic, the league’s players will have to quickly become accustomed to a new normal of sorts in 2021.
November 12-November 15 will go down as one of the most unique sports weekends of all time, and fans should take it all in and enjoy it all as best as they can.
After months of play inside the NHL’s bubbles in Edmonton and Toronto, the Stanley Cup Final finally has its two representatives from the Eastern and Western Conferences: the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dallas Stars.
It only took three Game 7’s to get to this point, but the NHL’s postseason has finally reached the Conference Finals, and four teams are set to vie for a spot in the Stanley Cup Final.
While the NHL’s “Day with the Cup” tradition was put on hold until the league’s bubble-based postseason is finished, sports card collectors decided to make their own fun to celebrate their love of hockey.
Back in July, 24 teams entered the NHL’s bubbles in Edmonton and Toronto. A few weeks later, 16 remained, and the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs officially began. And then, there were eight.
After Qualifying Round series and round-robin play, the first round of the 2020 NHL playoffs is finally underway.
Out of the 24 squads taking over the NHL’s bubbles in both Edmonton and Toronto, Canada has a 25-percent representation. Could one of them win it all?
Release the Kraken!
In a historic announcement on July 23, 2020, the newest and 32nd NHL franchise finally got its new name: the Seattle Kraken.