Blogs: Ice Hockey

Last year, I wrote a short blog about the curse of winning thePresident's Trophy in the NHL and it rang true as the New YorkRangers became the latest team to fail to lift the Stanley Cupafter posting the best regular

The use of stats in American sports is rife and the NHL is nodifferent. The traditional betting markets are the moneyline(who will win including OT), the puck line (the favouritehas to cover a 1.5 goal spread whilst the underdog gets

We're now almost two months into the NHL season and it's time totake a first look at one of the trends I want to explore during theseason which is the impact of back to back games on teams.Back to back

The new NHL season is in full flow now that the first week ofaction is behind us. It's been an exciting start to the year andwith so many games still left, it promises to get better andbetter. Watching the games

The hockey season gets underway on Wednesday as the Los AngelesKings begin their defence of the Stanley Cup and the New YorkRangers look to make a swift return to the Finals after winningtheir first Eastern Conference title in twenty years

When looking through the mound of stats that usually accompany anNHL game preview, two that are often mentioned at the forefront arethe powerplay percentage and penalty kill percentage. But what arethey and why are they so important?A powerplay is when

I was discussing the US Sports market the other day, and I mentioned how I felt that there was good value in the puck line on NHL betting. I felt like the odds were pretty generous and checked them on OLBG.