More than two years ago, Adidas invited NHL Commissioner Gary Batman and his leadership team to the company at Brooklyn Creator Farm in New York. The building is located in the Greenpoint community on the northern tip of Brooklyn, and is where many of the retail giant’s creative ideas originate. …
Read More »Empty Flyers in the 7th to reach the Eastern Conference Conference Finals Game 7
The islanders will head to Edmonton for the Eastern Conference Finals. With the top-ranked flyers skating off the ice and finally exiting the Stanley Cup playoffs on Saturday night in Toronto, the Islanders took the game to 7 with a 4-0 victory in their first conference final since 1993. They …
Read More »Flyers-Islanders, Golden Knights-Canucks will not be played Thursday
The NHL will not play playoff games on Thursday in solidarity with other leagues protesting against Jacob Blake’s recent police shooting in Wisconsin, sources told ESPN. The decision bans games between the New York Islanders and Philadelphia Flyers, and the Vegas Golden Knights and Vancouver Canucks. Sources had told ESPN …
Read More »Hockey Diversity Alliance asks NHL to postpone Flyers-Islanders, Golden Knights-Canucks
The Hockey Diversity Alliance has formally asked the NHL to stop all playoff games on Thursday, according to a tweet from Evander Kane, the group’s co-leader. “We feel strongly that this sends a clear message that human rights take precedence over sport,” Kane tweeted. We the @TheOfficialHDA have formally the …
Read More »There will be more spins in the Islanders Flyers series
It was another Game 2 of another playoff series of the second round three years ago when Alain Vigneault was on the wrong end of another late third period of goal-scoring from Jean-Gabriel Pageau. Flashback City. It was 2017, Vigneault was behind Rangers’ bench, Pageau played for Ottawa, and not …
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