Niklas Backstrom Signs 4 Year Deal With The Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild definitively ended any speculation they might be shopping their number one goalie before tomorrow’s trade deadline by signing the Finnish netminder to a lucrative 4 year, 24 million dollar contract. Rumors had been circulating that the 31 year...

Hockey Hits Video – Derek Boogaard Crushes Rene Bourque

As I wrote earlier today (Derek Boogaard vs Andre Roy Hockey Fight) last night Minnesota Wild enforcer Derek Boogaard laid one of the hits of the year on Rene Bourque. Boogaard came steaming in as Bourque was circling around from behind the net. Irresistible force met...

One Clean Hit Equals Two Fights

Quite a game between the Calgary Flames and the Minnesota Wild last night. Emotions were high in this divisional match-up, and when the gargantuan Derek Boogaard wallpapered Rene Bourque with a monster hit last night tempers really boiled over. First, Rene Bourque,...

NHL 3 Stars For Saturday December 6th

A pretty low scoring night in the NHL Saturday night. There were 3 shutouts and a bunch of 2-1 and 3-2 games. It should be no surprise that goaltenders will feature prominently in this edition of Hockey Hermit’s Hockey Blog 3 Stars. Here are the best of the best...