Playoff Chase

In the AHL you play your eastern conference foes like 20x a season so it seems. rare is the matc hup against the western conference. Such rarity came to Albany Saturday night and beat the Devils in a huge game 5-4 in a shoot out. With 10 games left in the regular season the odds are looking dimmer and dimmer for an Albany playoff appearance, however not impossible...

It is safe to say the Albany Devils playoff hopes are dimming by the game and day. Back from a terrible 6 game road trip that saw them lose the last 5, the Devils returned to home ice at the Times Union Center and were capped by the St. John's Ice Caps 4-2...

Trying desperately to get back into the playoff mix the Albany Devils could breath a sigh of relief for 1 day before dropping back out of the top 8 mix the next day. Here is a recap of the Devils 3 games in 3 days weekend. Friday Albany picked up points for the 8th time in 9 games by defeating the Rochester Americans 3-2 on the road...

Hey, did you hear? The Rangers are terrible and they have been disqualified from the NHL playoffs. Not only that but John Tortorella should be fired now and trades should be made to shake this team up. Yes, all that has been gleaned from the first 17 games...

This roller coaster season for the Albany Devils continued on Presidents day. Right now the coaster is on the descend. Beaten at home by Syracuse on Monday afternoon the Devils have lost 4 straight and are 3-6 since the all star break. Syracuse was ready from the start and jumped out to a 2-0 lead before half the 1st period went by...

Canada did the Rangers well Saturday night, as the Blue Shirts needed OT and the shoot-out to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Pittsburgh Penguins lost in Ottawa giving the Rangers back their 3-point cushion for the top spot in the East...

Sometimes I wonder how the NHL isn't more popular then it is. It has all the elements American Sports fans love. Speed. Violence. Intensity. Good people. Hard hits. Great action. etc etc etc. Oh and great parity and playoff  races. Have you looked at the standings lately...