“Goal of the year” is a superlative that gets thrown around an awful lot. In this instance, however, it is not hyperbole run amok. The Tampa Bay Lightning’s Steven Stamkos’ goal last night on the Anaheim Ducks was that damn good. The TSN hockey guys were practically drooling over it while they showed the highlight [...]

Total Pro Sports – With the NHL season two weeks in it’s time to start the weekly NHL Power Rankings. Although teams have only played a handful of games there are some teams who have surprised, underachieved and some who have done just as well as everyone thought they would.
The biggest loser in our NHL [...]

Total Pro Sports – With the start of the 2009-10 NHL Season upon us it’s time to take a look and see how each team stacks up. As per the norm, each preview will be broken down by division in order of how we think the team will finish.
Lets take a look at the Southeast [...]

Total Pro Sports – Tomorrow is opening day of the 2009 IIHF World Hockey Championships in Berne/Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland.  Russia is coming in as the defending champs after beating Canada on Canadian soil in overtime of the gold medal game last year.  Can they do it again?  Here’s a quick breakdown of how we see it [...]

Total Pro Sports – This week’s NHL Power Rankings has a familiar seller dweller in last place, the Canadiens continuing to struggle and the Ducks flying high.
NHL Power Rankings Movers And Shakers
The biggest Shakers in our NHL Power Rankings this week were the Montreal Canadiens falling 4 spots to land at #14.
The second biggest shaker [...]

Total Pro Sports – The lowly Toronto Maple Leafs beat the lowly New York Islanders last night 3-2 in overtime.  It was a matchup of two teams fighting for the opportunity to draft the next great thing John Tavares.
But never mind John Tavares, the New York islanders also have future star Justin DiBenedetto whom they [...]

Total Pro Sports – With just five games under his belt this season, New York Islanders star goalie Rick Dipietro has been forced to sit out for the rest of the season. After going through 2 surgeries and missing most of the season already, Dipietro still has pain in his left knee.
Hearing the disappointing news [...]

Total Pro Sports -  After a 13 year hiatus from coaching an NHL team, Barry Melrose was given another chance this September by the Tampa Bay Lightning.  Three and a half months into his coaching duties with the Lightning and sporting a 5-7-4 record, Melrose has been let go by the team.
Assistant Head Coach Rick [...]

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Total Pro Sports – Well after three weeks the New York Rangers have finally been knocked off as the #1 team in our weekly NHL Power Rankings.
After winning four games in a row including last Saturday the San Jose Sharks have moved into the #1 spot and the [...]

Total Pro Sports – Congratulations to CHL Player Of The Week: Justin DiBenedetto of the Sarnia Sting.  Justin DiBenedetto had a huge week ending October 12th, 2008, he tallied 5 goals and 4 assists for a total of 9 points in 3 games.  All 5 goals all came against the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds tying a Sarnia [...]