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Weeks 1 and 2 of the Nerdy 30: A Whole New World

With 15 days of the NHL season past us, you would think that the same storylines will be delivered this year as they were last year. After all, there really were not any ground breaking moves during free agency that would change the complexion of the league or that somebody brand new would break out […]

Can San Jose Exercise Demons or Can Pittsburgh Claim Another Cup?

So here we are! After almost eight months of regular season and playoff hockey, we have made it to a Stanley Cup Final that not many people have predicted from the beginning. For San Jose, they came into last October with a new head coach and their best players on the wrong side of 30 […]

2016 Conference Finals Preview

With last Friday beginning the Conference finals, you would think that the four best teams in the NHL are left in the postseason. If you are basing it off of the regular season standings, you are wrong because there is not a single division leader left. If you are looking at puck possession numbers, you’re […]

2016 Western Conference Semifinals Preview

Dallas vs. St. Louis This, my friends, is going to be a good one! At the end of the day, this is the Western Conference finals, because the remains of the Pacific Division are quite terrible once you strip Anaheim and Los Angeles out of the equation. The Stars were clearly the best team in […]

2016 Eastern Conference Semifinals Preview

New York Islanders vs. Tampa Bay Way for me to give a lot of discredit to the Islanders in my first round preview from a couple weeks ago! I knew their series against the Panthers would be a tight series, but I was not sure how well Thomas Greiss would be against a much more […]

2016 Stanley Cup Conference Quarterfinals Preview

So after a busy work and blogging week, I finally have my playoff previews ready to share to the world. I would like to note that all opinions on all playoff series that started on Wednesday were written before their respective game ones. In other words, yes, the Rangers-Penguins preview was written before Henrik Lundqvist […]

Week 24 of The Nerdy 30: The Foggy Five

With less than two weeks of regular season hockey to go, it will be safe to say that 13 NHL teams should clinch their playoff berths with some form of comfort. As for the remaining playoff spots, that is a different story. Just more than a week ago, eighth and ninth place in each conference […]

Week 23 of the Nerdy 30: No More Raleigh Towels and Bear Markets

We’re into the home stretch of the regular season, folks, and the races for the final playoff spot in both the Western and Eastern Conferences are getting really exciting. However, we will avoid talking about the four teams involved for another week. It’s good to get another couple of games in to see if the […]

Week 22 of the Nerdy 30: Shark Attack and Philadelphia Flyin’

As the NHL is less than a month away from their postseason, it is important to acknowledge another postseason that came to an end. Last weekend, the Boston Pride were the first ever champions of the National Women’s Hockey League (or NWHL), defeating the Buffalo Beaut’s. Led by leading scorer Hillary Knight, the Pride were […]

Week 21 of the Nerdy 30: Deserted Hockey Rink and Wildin’ Out

So here we are, ladies and gentleman! We’re into the heart of March with five more weeks to go until we finally experience the true reason why we love professional hockey; the playoffs. The weather is getting warmer and society is getting more confused why we’re watching professional athletes play in cold rinks as a […]