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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: The Bruins are boring and it’s not just because of their underwhelming new additions

Annika Morris March 19, 2025
The Boston Bruins came into the season with high hopes. They’ve made the last eight consecutive Stanley Cup Playoffs and 15 of the last 17. Just two seasons ago, they broke the NHL record for most points in a single season.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Nothing is going right with the Canucks

Annika Morris February 12, 2025
The Vancouver Canucks have been plagued with issues throughout the entire season. On paper, they’re not a worse team than that which forced Game 7 in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Sidney Crosby should be a Penguin for life

Annika Morris October 31, 2024
Sidney Crosby is a fixture of Pittsburgh sports. He was one of the most highly touted prospects coming into the 2005 NHL draft, not only in his class, but in the history of the NHL.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Hockey players are allowed to stand up for themselves

Annika Morris October 23, 2024
There is a special kind of vitriol that hockey fans have for draft picks who refuse to sign with their team. In a sport with a very stoic, selfless culture, it seems arrogant for a player to risk the beginning of his career for a better option than the one in which he had no say.
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Off the Post: Florida Panthers dominate Bruins in major NHL upset

Belle Fraser May 1, 2023
The Florida Panthers sent home the record-breaking Boston Bruins in the first round of the 2023 NHL Playoffs.
Off the Post: The NHL needs to start making decisions

Off the Post: The NHL needs to start making decisions

Chad Jones November 19, 2020
The National Hockey League is yet to declare a start date for the 2020-21 season, and the league needs to start making decisions.
Off the Post: Tampa Bay Lightning delivered their redemption story

Off the Post: Tampa Bay Lightning delivered their redemption story

Chad Jones September 30, 2020
After exiting the playoffs early in 2019, the Tampa Bay Lightning rolled all the way to a Stanley Cup championship in 2020.
Dropping the Gloves: Winnipeg might actually do something productive this season

Dropping the Gloves: Winnipeg might actually do something productive this season

Jessica Citronberg November 30, 2017

It’s hard to believe that the Winnipeg Jets have only been a team in their current iteration since 2011. Ten years ago, they were based out of Atlanta. Southern teams have had issues with fandom,...

Dropping the Gloves: Will the Kings reign again?

Dropping the Gloves: Will the Kings reign again?

Jessica Citronberg September 14, 2017

In 2014, the Los Angeles Kings were on the way to becoming the most dominant team in the National Hockey League. They had won two Stanley Cups in three years and were known for their “That 70s Line”...

Dropping the Gloves: Washington Capitals versus Pittsburgh Penguins breakdown

Dropping the Gloves: Washington Capitals versus Pittsburgh Penguins breakdown

Jessica Citronberg April 28, 2017

The Washington Capitals and Pittsburgh Penguins faced each other last season in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Penguins won the series 4-2, with three games going into overtime....

PALLENIK: NBA riddled with parity we can’t see

PALLENIK: NBA riddled with parity we can’t see

Justin Pallenik April 12, 2016

72-9. How sweet it sounds. The Golden State Warriors will have the chance to break the NBA record for wins in a season Wednesday when they take on the Memphis Grizzlies at the vaunted Oracle Arena...

Going For Two: Operation 16W

Going For Two: Operation 16W

David Souza April 23, 2015

With the flowers and warmth of spring come the crack of the baseball off the bat, the swish of a net in the NBA playoffs and the blaring of the goal horn in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The postseason of...

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