By Michael Louis Ingram and Gary Norris Gray, Staff Reporters As the National Hockey League turns the page to the 2018-19 season more Goal Brothers will lace up their skates and hit the ice after this year’s draft. Now hockey historians are comparing these future stars to Goal Brothers of the past and […]
Read more "Popsicle Brothers Report: Entry Draft Adds More Goal Brothers To The NHL"NEW YORK & TORONTO – The Hockey Hall of Fame has announced Tuesday that Willie O’Ree, the first black player ever to play in the National Hockey League, was elected to be inducted as a member of the Class of 2018. O’Ree, who made his NHL debut on Jan.18, 1958, playing for the Boston Bruins against […]
Read more "Pioneer O’Ree Selected for Induction into Hockey Hall of Fame"NEW YORK – The NHL’s 2018-19 regular season will commence Wednesday, Oct. 3, with a four-game slate, highlighted by the Washington Capitals raising their first Stanley Cup championship banner before facing the Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena. The 1,271-game regular-season schedule – 82 games per team – will conclude Saturday, April 6, 2019. The other three games on […]
Read more "NHL Announces 2018-19 Season Schedule"The Popsicle Brothers: NHL Playoffs: From Ashes to Dreams By Gary Norris Gray, Staff Writer, and Michael – Louis Ingram, Editor – in – Chief BASN NEWSROOM OAKLAND, CA and PHILADELPHIA, PA (www.basnnewsroom.com) The beginning of the season presented a script worthy of any Hollywood treatise… An expansion team crosses the burning sands of […]
Read more "From Ashes to Dreams – The Stanley Cup Final"NEW YORK – The National Hockey League has announced the schedule and broadcast information for the 2018 Stanley Cup Final, which begins Monday, May 28, in Las Vegas. Based on their higher regular-season point total, the Western Conference champion Vegas Golden Knights will host Games 1 and 2 of the best-of-seven Stanley Cup Final, as well as Games 5 and 7, […]
Read more "Stanley Cup Finals Will Feature Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington Capitals"NEW YORK & TORONTO – Hulu, the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) and the National Hockey League (NHL®) have announced a new partnership in which Hulu becomes an official sponsor of the NHLPA and the NHL for the entirety of the 2018 Stanley Cup® Playoffs and Final. The comprehensive partnership features a national marketing campaign […]
Read more "NHL, NHLPA and Hulu Announce Partnership"NEW YORK – The National Hockey League has announced the dates, starting times and national television coverage for the 2018 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round, which begins Wednesday, April 11. All times listed are ET and subject to change. * if necessary TBD – To Be Determined Starting times and national broadcast information for games listed […]
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