Hockey Links

Pittsburgh Penguins: Johnny’s favorite team. After four  years out of the playoffs, Mario is gone, and the new savior is teen sensation Sidney Crosby, who topped 100 points in his rookie year. He and Russian sniper Evegeni Malkin give the Pens the best one-two punch since the prime years of Jagr & Lemieux, but they could not get the team past the first round in the 2007 playoffs.

Anaheim Ducks: Teemu Selanne's return and quality goal-tending helped the Ducks get to the conference final in 2005-06. With the league's best defenseman, Chris Pronger, joining the team, and the core of last year's squad back, the Ducks finally brought  a cup to California in 2007.

Detroit Redwings: Teris' team. Although they worked hard to make amends for recent early playoff exits, the Ducks once again proved to be their downfall in the conference finals.

San Jose Sharks: Dick's and Tim's favorite. Although some thought they were an even better hope for a California cup than the Ducks, they could not get past the Redwings in 2007.

Colorado Avalanche: Mikie's favorite. Goaltending has been a continuing question mark. The loss of Rob Blake, Alex Tanguay and Dan Hinote created big holes and more questions, and the Avs missed the playoffs for the first time ever in Colorado, despite stellar play in the last month. Look for this proud team to make a comeback in 2007-08.

Fresno Falcons: Our home team, formerly of the West Coast Hockey League, became part of the expanded ECHL in 2002. In 2005-06 they held the number one spot in their division from day 1, but could not repeat the feat in 06-07. After two strong wins, they bowed out with four straight losses to Bakersfield in the first round.

National Hockey League: Official web site for the big show.

American Hockey League: Home of the NHL’s top level farm teams. 

ECHL: Minor league hockey a step below the AHL.

Central Hockey League - Has teams located across seven states in the mid-west & southern regions of the United States. 

International Hockey League (formerly United Hockey League; name changed June 2007)

Southern Professional Hockey League: Essentially replaced two short-lived leagues, the Southeast and the Atlantic.

North Eastern Hockey League - a new league in recent years; the web site has been unchanged since January 2008, league officials do not respond to Email, and it appears the league is finished after 15 minutes of fame

The Mid Atlantic Hockey League is a new circuit with five teams that started play in November of 2007

Fresno Junior Hockey League: Official Site

North American Hockey League (NAHL): Junior development league

United States Hockey League (USHL): Junior development league

World Hockey Association: A planned revival for 2004-05 never panned out. This is now a link for miscellaneous hockey information and merchandise.

Hockey Links: One of the best link pages. West Coast, United and Central minor pro leagues, college, news, historical teams of the past, and more.

Bry’s Ice Hockey Page: Lots of non-pro links, and an amusing essay on youth hockey.

In-Line Hockey Central: Pro Beach Hockey, Major League Roller Hockey and many other links.

Just the Stats: A  statistical column by Chris Apple and Marc Foster. They hope to bring hockey stats in line with other sports statistics. 

North American Hockey Leagues: Complete list of the pro leagues of the US-Canada, and all teams.

In the Crease: A very comprehensive on-line magazine covering all professional leagues, plus Canadian Juniors.

College Hockey: Coverage of Division I, II and III men's and women's collegiate hockey.

Canadian University Men's Hockey

USA Hockey: Official page of the organization that oversees the U.S. Olympic teams and amateur hockey programs.

Canadian Junior Hockey Magazine: The voice of Canadian Junior Hockey

North American Roller Hockey Championships: This organization sponsors a series of tournaments throughout North America each year.

Rick's Minor Hockey Links: Detailed info about teams including arena, affiliations, and links to the team sites.

Hockey Database: "The Internet's largest repository of hockey information." There's an excellent collection of logos from teams both active and defunct.