When hockey fans think of the sport’s most illustrious teams and NHL history’s most storied franchises, very few people are likely to think of the Los Angeles Kings.  Indeed, the Kings have only been to the Stanley Cup Finals one time (lost 4 games to 1 to the Canadiens in 1993), have only won their Division one time (in 1991), and have only been to the playoffs in 6 of

Each year, more than 600 NHL skaters on 30 different franchises across the country do battle in the hopes of victory, making hockey history, and with their cross-hairs aimed at the most iconic trophy in all of sports: the Stanley Cup.  In baseball, the postseason isn’t called the “Commissioner’s Trophy Playoffs”, nor is the NFL’s postseason called the “Lombardi Trophy Playoffs”, however, in the NHL, the ultimate prize that is

In case you are unfamiliar with the man known as Teemu Selanne, allow me to introduce the right-winger and assistant captain of the Anaheim Ducks, from Helsinki, Finland, also known as the Finnish Flash: a silver and bronze medalist with Team Finland in the Olympics, the all-time points leader in Men’s Olympic ice hockey with 37 points in only 31 games, one of the very very few people on the

With the start of this year’s NHL Playoffs just getting started, the Vancouver Canucks enter not only as the #1 seed in the Western Conference, but also as the top NHL team in goals per game (3.1), goals allowed per game on defense (2.2), and also power play percentage (24.4%).  The Canucks also won the franchise’s first-ever President’s Trophy, finishing the season with an NHL-best 117 points, and a record

From the coveted Green Jacket, to Amen Corner, to the Champion’s Dinner, to the whisperings of names like Nicklaus and Hogan and Palmer, the last thing that the Masters Tournament is, is simply another ordinary golf tournament.  It’s a tradition unlike any other. In the late 1920’s and early ‘30’s, the combined efforts of famed amateur golfer Bobby Jones and New York investment banker Clifford Roberts led to the creation

In 1998, head coach Phil Jackson, His Airness Michael Jordan, and the Chicago Bulls won their third-consecutive NBA Championship—the team’s 6th title in 8 seasons as Chicago became the center of the basketball universe during the 1990’s.  But then, seemingly all at once, everything changed shortly after the ’98 season, and departures the likes of Phil Jackson, Jordan, Rodman, and Pippen left gaping holes in the Bulls’ locker room. From

From the roof of the Metrodome imploding due to a force of snow, to people in New York City getting shut-in by a wall of snow for days at a time, the Winter of 2010 was, for many, the Winter from Hell. Fortunately, now that the Snowpocalypse is over, many have already made way for Spring—but for just as many people, Spring does not officially begin until the first pitch

There are certain teams in college basketball who have been to the NCAA Tournament so frequently that admittance to the Big Dance is almost a foregone conclusion, their goal is to win it all.  Other teams are not automatically entered into the Big Dance, but have been in the mix enough times to remain relevant.  But still other teams are relatively new to the NCAA’s Big Dance, and have only

There are certain teams that will enter this year’s NCAA Tournament on a high note: some will put together enough magic to win their Conference tournament and earn an automatic bid to the Big Dance, others will string together multiple victories so as to roll into the Tournament on a hot-streak.  Those are the types of teams that one should beware of if they’re drawn as an opening round match-up.

To win multiple National Championships in successive years, win back-to-back Titles, repeat as Champions, or earn the title of being a Dynasty, may just be the most difficult feat to accomplish in all of sports.  But nearly every major sport has seen it’s share of Dynasties, and for the longest time, college basketball was no different.  However, in recent years, college basketball has trended away from repeat-Champions and Dynasties, and