Rest in peace, Reg

The recent passing of former NHL player Reg "The Ruffian" Fleming struck a chord with Moody, Hound Central 4.0's roving Sout...

Back in the day

I thought you might get a kick out of this: Hockey Sock Rock by Phil Esposito and the Ranger Rockers, released in 1979, and featured, besid...

Flashbacks 04.29

You know, I rather enjoy compiling this weekly offseason feature. Each posting is a stroll down memory lane. Hopefully, you'll enjoy the...

Liveblog 04.24

As much as I'd like to give people more advance notice, these live chat sessions are the result of realizing that -- at the moment for t...

Flashbacks 04.22

Like reading about or looking at hockey autographs? Me, too. Check out these installments from past hockey-hounding campaigns: Jan. 16, 2008...

Playoffs picks

For as long as I can remember, rooting for the underdogs in any playoff series carries great appeal. Still, though, one should be realistic,...

Fan Pack: New York Rangers

I imagine this might come across as being extremely ungrateful, especially within the Big Apple, but what is an organization like the New Yo...

That took a while

When I got Mike York to sign this Upper Deck MVP Excellence card in the 2001-02 season, when he played for the New York Rangers, I never th...

Trade analysis

A few thoughts on the 22 NHL deadline-day deals that went down today: Most interesting Toronto gets G Olaf Kolzig , and D Jamie Heward and...

Hey, I had some, too

New Jersey's Colin White got quite a chuckle Wednesday night out of a request for autographs from Devils defenseman Mike Mottau as they...

Commercial breaks

It's not that I pay a whole bunch of attention to television commercials. Like most others, I'll use that 90- to 120-second window o...

Sunday morning homily XII

Ever since the puck first dropped on the 2008-09 NHL season, we've had Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, circled on our calendar. That's when ...

Big Apple day

Last season, I thought it was a pretty big deal to score 50 autographs from the Montreal Canadiens. After Wednesday, though, I've reali...

Quality, not quantity

Though I didn't get many autographs Wednesday, I'll probably remember the day for a long time. Not only did Colin log his first 50-p...

Making the effort

It's always our intentions to add any NHL's team's top players to pucks before any other item. Some days, it happens. Other time...

Starring roles

Only the most jaded of hounds would say it's no big deal to get autographs from any NHL team's role players. Sorry, but I disagree. ...

Another silver lining

To be honest, it doesn't really matter who scores the most autographs, especially when one is from the Rangers' Nikolai Zherdev , a ...

Sunday morning homily XI

When it comes right down to it, the Nashville Predators taught Humidity Bay hounds a pretty valuable lesson on Friday. Over the past few yea...

Oh, the indifference

Though the New York Rangers and their fast start might make them the talk of the Big Apple, those taking part in Hound Central 4.0's lat...

Worth it

I've heard that pucks from the NHL Premiere game in Prague were fetching upwards of $17, including shipping. Imagine my delight, then, w...