[ad_1] As the new NHL season kicks off, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ special teams performance is crucial to the team’s play. While the power play remains unchanged, the penalty kill is seeing some shifts in personnel. New head coach Berube is giving three players lots of short-handed minutes this season. Pontus Holmberg (6:55 TOI), Steven…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The past 10 months have been rather head-spinning for the Hartford Wolf Pack. It started on a Sunday morning last November, with the team in the middle of a three-in-three weekend. Hopes were high for the club, which was sitting at 7-3-1-0. Then came word that head coach Kris…
[ad_1] One sports career is in disheartening decline. The other is in exhilarating ascendance. Born in different centuries, Tiger Woods and Caitlin Clark are going in opposite directions. Yet, while one is 26 years older than the other, they do have much in common. How often over the past year and a half, since Clark’s…
[ad_1] Kiyan Anthony, an emerging 6’5″ shooting guard and the son of Carmelo Anthony, has been putting on a show at the Nike EYBL Peach Invitational Tournament. Kiyan dropped 40 points in one of his most recent games, knocking down 5-0f-6 threes that day. This follows the 17-year-old going off for a 42-point game last…
[ad_1] Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports One of my favorite articles to write is the “you won’t believe how this guy is succeeding” piece. You’ve seen me – and plenty of other writers – break it out over and over again. Maybe it’s a reliever with a weird pitch, or a starter with a blazing fastball…
[ad_1] The Netherlands booked their place in the semi-finals of Euro 2024 on Saturday after overcoming Turkey in a tough battle with Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk playing a key role in the Dutch victory. The win sets up a mouth-watering clash with England on Wednesday as Ronald Koeman’s men look to reach the final of…
[ad_1] Many are familiar with Gary Koch for his television work, but his participation here in the Senior Open at The Old Course in 2018 is one example that shows he is an accomplished player. He was a precocious lad of 15 when he made his first USGA appearance, qualifying for the U.S. Junior Amateur…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Chase Priskie‘s career decision last summer mixed a bit of the familiar with a bit of the new. In 2016, the Washington Capitals selected Priskie in the sixth round of the NHL Draft. But he never signed with the Capitals, instead joining the Carolina Hurricanes in 2019 after four…
[ad_1] The Edmonton Oilers are adding another feat to their list of accomplishments this season. During Friday’s Arizona Coyotes matchup, Darnell Nurse scored his 10th of the season. With that, the Oilers have become the only team in the NHL with three defensemen with double-digit goals. Undoubtedly, the defensemen are a huge contributor to the…
[ad_1] A player some considered a draft bust Shane Wright is now looking like an absolute steal for the Seattle Kraken. The move to add Wright into the starting lineup as the season winds down has shown that patience pays off. The former 2022 fourth-overall pick isn’t the same player who dropped in the Draft…
