Dobber Sports

  With several key DobberHockey members out of office, I had the opportunity to “John Gibson” my way into the rotating line up.  Let’s get started.   *   When I look back at the second round, I think about the article by Sean McIndoe where he showcased the idea of a repeat final four. [...]

Montreal beat Boston 4-0 to force a Game 7 on Wednesday night. The Canadiens never looked in danger of losing this one, jumping on the Bruins right away.   Max Pacioretty scored his first goal of the series and also added an assist to go along with three shots. He and David Desharnais had gone [...]

Saturday was a good day for teams named after animals (the Bruins and Ducks) and a bad day for teams named after types of people (Kings and Canadiens). It was a pretty entertaining night of hockey, all told, even if the Anaheim Ducks completely stopped playing offense in their 2-0 shutout victory of the Los [...]

The Rangers avoided elimination with a big 5-1 win over the Penguins on Friday night.   Derick Brassard and Mats Zuccarello sparked the victory with three points each. They are going to have to pick up the slack as long as Derek Stepan and Rick Nash continue to struggle. Nash picked up an assist on [...]

Montreal rookie Michael Bournival, he of 65 career NHL games, was on the ice in the final 30 seconds of a playoff game in which his team held a one-goal lead. Extraordinary confidence for a player who was a healthy scratch on May 1 and played around nine minutes in every playoff game but one. [...]