2024 Stanley Cup Finals

 The 2024 Stanley Cup finals between the Eastern Conference Champion Florida Panthers and the Western Conference Champion Edmonton Oilers looked to be a trouncing by the Panthers.  The Oilers went down 3-0 and then they showed up to make a series out of it with 2 great wins and it now stands at 3-2 with the Final headed back to Edmonton for a HUGE game 6.   The Panthers l0ost in the 2023 Final to the Vegas Golden Knights are looking to win their first Stanley Cup.  The Oilers who last were in the Final in 2006 where they lost to the surprising Carolina Hurricanes, are going for their first Stanley Cup Final series win since 1990 when Mark Messier led the team to victory over the Boston Bruins. 

 

2024 Art Ross Trophy

 2024 Art Ross Trophy winner

(Most regular season points) 

144 total points

44 goals

100 assists 

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Another 100 Assist Player in the 2023-24 Season

 April 18th 2024 

Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player to have a 100-assist season as the Lightning beat the Maple Leafs in the regular season finale for both teams.

The other 4 players are Bobby Orr (1970-71), Mario Lemieux 1988-89), Connor McDavid (2023-24) and Wayne Gretzky (11 times!).

Gretzky holds the record for most assist in one season with 163 in the 1985-86 season with the Edmonton Oilers.

Today in Hockey History (April 16th)

 

 April 16th 1992 - Brett Hull becomes the second player with three straight 70 goal seasons. Hull scores his 70th goal in a 5-3 victory over the Minnesota North Stars, joining Wayne Gretzky, who accomplished the feat twice.

Connor McDavid with 100 Assist

 

2024 NCAA Hockey Champions

 

2024 NCAA Frozen Four

 The 2 semi-final games of the NCAA Hockey Tournament took place in St. Paul, MN. this week with the University of Denver defeating Boston University 2-1 in the first game.   In the 2nd game Boston College shutout the University of Michigan 4-0.  

Now the No. 1 BC Eagles will meet the No. 3 Denver Pioneers Saturday April 13th for the 2024 NCAA Hockey Championship. 

This will also be a rematch. Denver went into Conte Forum on Oct. 21 and earned a hard-fought 4-3 victory in one of the best matchups of the early season. Carter King scored with 2:02 remaining in regulation to give the Pioneers the win.

A lot has changed since that early-season tilt. Boston College only had four more losses the rest of the season and are riding a 15-game winning streak into the national championship as the clear No. 1 team in the country.

Denver, meanwhile, is similarly hot. The Pioneers have won eight consecutive games including a double-OT thriller in the first round of the NCAA tournament against UMass. They ousted No. 2 Boston University Thursday night in the national semifinal at the Frozen Four to punch their ticket to Saturday’s game. DU is also seeking its second national title in three years and a record 10th all time.

Today in Hockey History (April 2nd 1967)

 April 2nd 1967, the Chicago Black Hawks beat the New York Rangers 8-0 as Stan Mikita picked up two assists to give him 97 points tieing Bobby Hull's NHL record for most points in a season set in 1965-66.

NHL Magazine Cover of the Week

 January 15th 1983

       Mark Messier

        Edmonton Oilers