More than a dozen players of color are eligible for Vegas in NHL expansion draft

By William Douglas, The Color Of Hockey Some of the National Hockey League’s players of color are feeling a draft. At least 17 minority players are among the players left unprotected by the NHL’s 30 teams for Wednesday’s Expansion Draft to help form the inaugural roster for the Vegas Golden Knights. The players of color made available – a nicer phrase than “unprotected” – […]

RACE, NASHVILLE PREDATORS VS. MONTREAL CANADIENS, P.K. SUBBAN, AND THE NHL

RACE, NASHVILLE PREDATORS VS. MONTREAL CANADIENS, P.K. SUBBAN, AND THE NHL GARY NORRIS GRAY-BASN-NEWSROOM -Staff Reporter The Nashville Predators will be going to the Western Conference Finals this year for the first time in their short history and (P.K.) Pernell Karl Sylvester Subban has been an integral part of that accomplishment. He has transformed this […]

THE ROAD TO STANLEY: ROUND TWO

ROUND TWO -QUARTER FINALS Gary Norris Gray- BASN Newsroom-Staff Reporter All of the near missed shots and sloppy goaltenders have vacated the playoffs. Now it becomes a game of skill and grace. It now becomes a race for the Cup. The Montreal Canadiens might be rethinking that monster trade a year ago sending the […]

COULD THE CUP RETURN TO CANADA?

CUP RETURNING TO CANADA? PART I Gary Norris Gray-BASN-Newsroom Staff Reporter The National Hockey League walked into a sweet situation. Many hardened hockey fans were not happy with the playoff format and complained that no Canadian team would challenge for the Cup in 2016. Last year the NHL playoffs had something missing,. It was a […]

‘How You Like Me Now?’

By William Douglass, The Color Of Hockey Let us turn to the hockey sage Kool Moe Dee while discussing Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban, the Montreal Canadiens, and the Habs’ first-round exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Nashville Predators defenseman P.K. Subban. A song by Dee – or is it, Mr. Moe Dee? – probably best sums up […]

Popsicle Brothers 2016-17 – 30 Second Timeout

Popsicle Brothers 30 Second Timeout: 2016-17 By Gary Norris Gray and Michael – Louis Ingram BASN OAKLAND CA and PHILADELPHIA (BASN/BASN NEWSROOM) As the National Hockey League’s doors are slowly opening up to Black players; who have to keep making their point to continue the notion, that they too belong on the ice and can play […]

Crack In The Ice – NHL Playoffs 2014

Popsicle Brothers’ #2 – NHL Playoffs 2014 By Michael – Louis Ingram and Gary Norris Gray BASN OAKLAND, CA and PHILADELPHIA, PA (BASN/BASN NEWSROOM): We won’t mince words here. We love hockey – and we were enjoying the action during the first rounds of the NHL playoffs; but…what has happened since […]