Talkin’ Hockey

AFter a dominating performance in Game #1, the Detroit Red Wings jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the 1st period of Game #2 and the defense held tight as neither team scored again on Saturday night. As a result of the 2-1 win, the Detroit Red Wings now lead the Dallas Stars 2-0 n their best-of-seven series as they head to Dallas for Game #3 on Monday night.

Despite being without the 2008 NHL Playoffs’ leading goal-scorer, Johan Franzen, the Wings were able to come up with just enough offense as Darren Helm and Henrik Zetterberg each scored a goal to lead the Wings’ offense. With the win the Red Wings apparel continues to be a hot-seller online as the Detroit Red Wings have now won 8 consecutive playoff games.

With the Western Conference Finals set to begin on Thursday night, Pro Hockey Fans has released their Western Conference Finals preview. With Dallas and Detroit set to face off in a best-of-seven series to determine the Western Conference Championship and a berth in the Stanley Cup Finals, Pro Hockey Fans writer Kevin Chavez gives us the main things to look for in this series. Check out the entire Western Conference Finals preview online over at ProHockey-fans.com.

With their teams both up 2-0 in the semifinals of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, it’s no wonder that fans are excited about the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings came into the NHL playoffs as the Western Conference #1 seed and defeated Nashville 4-2 in the first round before jumping out to a 2-0 lead vs. Colorado. Meanwhile the Penguins, the #2 seed in the Eastern Conference, swept Ottawa 4-0 in the first round and now lead the New York Rangers 2-0 in their best-of-seven series.

DFN Sports is now reporting that gear featuring both the Red Wings’ and Penguins’ logos are hot items. Detroit Red Wings apparel is a top-seller year-round, but with the leadership of Sidney Crosby for the Pens in the playoffs, Pittsburgh Penguins hats & merchandise is selling at a faster rate than ever before for the sports fan & merchandise site.

Pro Hockey Fans continues to provide fantastic coverage of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs and they have continued that coverage with recaps of the first two games in the semifinals series. The Philadelphia vs Montreal recap tells us how the Flyers escaped Montreal with the series tied 1-1 while the Penguins were able to win games #1 & 2 vs the NY Rangers. Finally, the Stars continue to surprise after knocking off the defending Stanley Cup Champions in the 1st round, Dallas has taken a 2-0 lead over San Jose with two road wins at the Shark Tank. Keep checking back at Pro Hockey Fans for more NHL Playoff coverage all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals.

The Detroit Red Wings took command of their series with the Colorado Avalanche earlier today as they dominated colorado in a 5-1 win and Pro Hockey Fans has posted their Detroit/Colorado game recap. Johan Fanzen netted a hat trick for the Red Wings as we head to Colorado with the Red Wings leading 2-0 in this best of seven series.

As the Stanley Cup Playoffs continue and just 8 teams remain alive for hockey’s most coveted prize, Pro Hockey Fans has released their Eastern Conference Semifinals preview and their Western Conference Semifinals preview. Pro Hockey Fans writer Kevin Chaves has been providing Stanley Cup Playoffs coverage throughout the playoffs, and they continue to do so with the conference semifinal previews and predictions.

Pro Hockey Fans has made several new updates to recap each day of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs in the past few days. As several teams have advanced to the conference semifinals, Pro Hockey Fans writer Kevin Chaves recaps each day’s events as after tonight 8 teams will remain alive in the quest to win the Stanley Cup. Check out all of the updates online at www.ProHockey-fans.com.

Dave Nonis, the Vancouver Canucks Senior VP and GM for the past four years, was fired by the team earlier this week. Read more about Vancouver’s move online over at ProHockey-fans.com where Kevin Chaves takes a look at the firing of Nonis in Vancouver.

The NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs are as exciting as ever in 2008 and Pro Hockey Fans has added our latest update from Kevin Chaves. Check out the latest Stanley Cup Playoffs update over at ProHockey-fans.com!

The Pittsburgh Penguins are the first team to advance to the Stanley Cup Playoffs’ 2nd round as they defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1 last night to complete the Pens’ 4-0 sweep of Ottawa. With the win the #2 seed Penguins advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals to face the winner of #3 Washington vs. #6 Philadelphia or the winner of #4 New Jersey vs. #5 NY Rangers; the Flyers lead Washington 2-1 heading into tonight’s Game #4 while the Rangers have a 3-1 lead on New Jersey heading into tomorrow’s Game #5.

Fans can find Pittsburgh Penguins apparel online through DFN Sports!