Alex Prewitt

NHL

What It’s Like for Traded NHL Players to Warm Up With Their New Team

Warming up is not a top concern after a player gets traded, but finding a way to fit in and stay out of the way with a new team takes a bit a time for adjusting.

by Alex Prewitt

NHL

Nuts and Bolts: How Jon Cooper and His Coaching Staff Give the League's Best Team Its Edge

For three days, SI has hunkered down in the Lightning’s bullpen with coach Jon Cooper and his assistants, attending prescout meetings and strategy sessions, seeing how the league's top team aims to bring order to a chaotic game.

by Alex Prewitt

NHL

Looking Back at Wayne Gretzky's (Probably) Unbreakable 51-Game Point Streak

Looking back at Wayne Gretzky's 51-game point streak 35 years later and seeing if there's any chance it'll be broken some day. (Spoiler: Doubtful.)

by Alex Prewitt

NHL

Carefree and Unfiltered, Evgeny Kuznetsov Is Washington’s Free Bird

He doesn't believe in diets and thinks dressing conservatively is lame. He can score with any random stick and dazzles with his impromptu passes. There's nothing boring about Evgeny Kuznetsov, the NHL's most creative star. 

by Alex Prewitt

NHL

What Really Used to Happen at Those Infamous NHL Rookie Dinners

Patrick Kane, Patrice Bergeron, Marty Turco and other NHL veterans recall what their rookie dinners were like. Light hazing and all.

by Alex Prewitt

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NHL

Behind the Mysterious Blackhawks-Coyotes Trade Pipeline

In the past 17 months, Arizona and Chicago have completed four trades involving 16 different players—and both GMs say it's a coincidence.

by Alex Prewitt

NHL

Justin Abdelkader Talks Red Wings' Rebuild and Writing a Children's Book

Detroit Red Wings veteran Justin Abdelkader discusses what it was like to write a children's book based on his journey to reach the NHL.

by Alex Prewitt

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NHL

Personalized Stick at Center of Matt Duchene's Career Year in Ottawa

In writing music lyrics and Bible verses on the tape of his sticks, Ottawa Sentors veteran Matt Duchene centers himself before each game. 

by Alex Prewitt

NHL

Get to Know Jack Eichel, the Star Behind the Sabres' Rise

Jack Eichel is powering the Buffalo Sabres' rise toward the top of the NHL. Is this the season they break through?

by Alex Prewitt

NHL

How the 2019 Winter Classic Jerseys Came Together

With Boston's uniform largely influenced by its 1932–36 squads and Chicago's modeled after the '33–34 Stanley Cup champions, this Winter Classic will channel the Depression–era NHL at a stadium that opened around that same time.

by Alex Prewitt