Ian Oland

10 hours ago | russianmachineneverbreaks.com | Ian Oland

The Toronto Maple Leafs are now facing elimination after an embarrassing showing in front of their home fans at ScotiaBank Arena, Wednesday. In what some analysts called a “must-win game” for the Leafs, Toronto fell to Florida 6-1 in a disastrous Game 5, allowing the defending champions to score six consecutive goals before finally responding in garbage time. Florida now has a 3-2 lead in the series and can move on to the Eastern Conference Finals with a win at Amerant Bank Arena on Friday.

18 hours ago | russianmachineneverbreaks.com | Ian Oland

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1 day ago | russianmachineneverbreaks.com | Ian Oland

If the Hershey Bears are going to become only the second team in AHL history to three-peat, they’re going to do so in a different way than their previous two championship clubs. Bears head coach Todd Nelson made several aggressive changes after the team lost two of its first three games in its opening round, best-of-5 playoff series against the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Nelson went with an untraditional lineup with the team facing elimination, dressing 11 forwards and 7 defensemen.

2 days ago | russianmachineneverbreaks.com | Ian Oland

Spencer Carbery shortened his bench with the Washington Capitals trailing in a pivotal Game 4 against the Carolina Hurricanes. The second-year bench boss went with essentially five defensemen for much of the night. Third-pairing defender Alex Alexeyev skated only 5:48 of ice time in the Capitals’ 5-2 loss. The Russian rearguard didn’t see the ice in the third period at all, and his last shift came with 5:42 remaining in the second.

2 days ago | russianmachineneverbreaks.com | Ian Oland

Fifteen days ago, after reflecting on a viral crybaby taunt he made at the Montreal Canadiens, Tom Wilson told the press, “I should probably just shut up sometimes.”Thankfully, Wilson did not change, and he gave social media more fodder during Game 4 of the Washington Capitals’ second-round series against the Carolina Hurricanes.