By Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff Since its inception in 1947, the National Hockey League All-Star Game has pitted the league’s best players against one another in an attempt to display hockey’s prime talent on a national stage. Since then, the rules of the game have changed. Originally the All-Star Game would feature the defending […]
Why the Celtics Will Make it to the Finals By Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor Despite having multiple players suffer injuries and a tough stretch where they lost five out of six games, the Boston Celtics are where many expected them to be: first place in the Eastern Conference. Even without star […]
By Chris McCormack ’18 Sports Staff With the Winter Olympics right around the corner, there is always some debate on which Games are better: Summer or Winter? With that in mind it is necessary to understand the basic facts of the two. The Summer Olympics have been around for over a century, starting in 1896 […]
By Ethan Ticehurst ’18 Sports Staff The Winter Olympics are the best kind of games simply because of the sports that are offered. The most significant example is hockey, a sport in which some sort of competitive balance still exists. As compared to basketball or gymnastics in the summer, both of which have been dominated […]
Both Named Finalists for Hobey Baker Award by Sam Scanlon ’19 Sports Staff It is hard to think about the Providence College Men’s Ice Hockey Team without thinking of Brian Pinho ’18 and Erik Foley ’19. The two Friar superstars have been integral parts of the Friars’ offense since they joined the squad in […]
by Jeremy Perrigo ’18 Sports Staff In a National Hockey League season full of feel-good stories and teams that have played above expectations, the Boston Bruins have made a name for themselves once again as one of the league’s best. In 46 games, Boston has accumulated a record of 28-10-8 and sits in third place […]
The Last of the Enforcers by Meaghan Cahill ’20 Sports Co-Editor It has been 101 years since the National Hockey League has been established. However, while the game has fundamentally stayed the same, it has also undergone many changes, most of which have taken place over the past few years. And the changes are not […]
by Eileen Flynn ’20 Sports Staff The Providence College Men’s Lacrosse Team has been waiting for a chance to play another game since the gut-wrenching Big East Championship game last May. The Friars upset Big East rival Villanova University in the semi-final game, winning their first ever Big East Tournament win and advancing on to […]
by Jack Belanger ’21 Sports Co-Editor The basketball community mourned last week as former Boston Celtic and basketball hall-of-famer Jo Jo White passed away after a battle with brain cancer. White, 71, had been battling the cancer for a while as he had a brain tumor removed back in 2010. The announcement came just before […]
by Ethan Ticehurst ’18 Sports Staff The end of the New England Patriots’ dynasty is coming and the Eagles will start it off with a big win at the Super Bowl this year. After an extremely impressive NFC Championship game win, they have the momentum and the talent to finish their championship run. […]