Ilya Kovalchuk Showing Great Leadership in Atlanta
November 12, 2009 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
ATLANTA – Atlanta Thrashers forward Ilya Kovalchuk is having the kind of season that assures him a place among the NHL’s most respected leaders, and I’m not just referring to his sizzling eight-game start.
November 12, 2009 | Read the story »
Quenneville Ducks Accountability During Post-Game
May 25, 2009 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
CHICAGO – Instead of pointing fingers at his young players and demanding accountability to light a spark before the next game Coach Joel Quenneville took the gutless route of calling out a referee instead of his players after his team’s lackluster performance.
May 25, 2009 | Read the story »
Stafford and Detroit Lions are a Bad Marriage
April 25, 2009 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
DETROIT – Matt Ryan and Joe Flacco both stood behind offensive lines that allowed him time to pass; Stafford goes to a team who allowed a ridiculous amount of sacks in the NFL over the past few seasons.
Aaron Rodgers had a mentor named Brett Favre while Stafford will have an aging quarterback who is clinging to his final few years in the league. The young Stafford will be surrounded by impatient fans and media he will be pressured into trying to please.
April 25, 2009 | Read the story »
Blackhawks’ Dustin Byfuglien ‘Next American Star’
April 2, 2009 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
CHICAGO – In a day of banged-up economies, collapsing housing markets and difficult daily challenges, if you are searching for an inspirational story, look no further than the Chicago Blackhawks forward Dustin Byfuglien.
April 2, 2009 | Read the story »
Scotty Bowman Exclusive – Fighting and Rule Changes
March 9, 2009 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
CHICAGO – NHL icon Scotty Bowman holds a laundry list of coaching records including 1,244 regular season wins and 9 Stanley Cups and is currently the Senior Advisor for Hockey Operations for the Chicago Black Hawks.
Now in his fifth decade in the NHL, he has seen drastic changes over the years and believes it is time to look hard at implementing stricter fighting rules.
March 9, 2009 | Read the story »
NHL enforcer Eric Boulton interview/feature
March 8, 2009 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
ATLANTA – Atlanta Thrashers forward Eric Boulton is no stranger to fisticuffs. After recording 131 points (65g 66a) and 1,374 penalty minutes in 319 minor league games, Boulton journeyed his way to the NHL where he has established himself as one of the game’s respected enforcers.
I sat down with the 7-year NHL veteran to get his feedback on the possibility of fight rule changes in the league.
March 8, 2009 | Read the story »
Trading Kovalchuk not the answer for NHL Thrashers
December 15, 2008 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
ATLANTA – There has been a buzz around the NHL about the possibility of the Atlanta Thrashers trading their Russian star Ilya Kovalchuk before this year’s trade deadline but trading away their hugest asset may is not fix this club’s problem, it may add to it.
December 15, 2008 | Read the story »
American Brett Sterling hovering over NHL
December 14, 2008 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
ATLANTA – When you’re only 5-foot-7, it’s easy to fly under the radar. But after an impressive college career and an award-winning rookie season in professional hockey, Brett Sterling is proving that big things can come in small packages.
December 14, 2008 | Read the story »
Falcons and Hawks offer healthy ‘fix’ for Atlanta
November 13, 2008 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
Published in The Sunday Paper, Atlanta.
There’s a buzz around the ATL that is gaining momentum by the week.
The buzz is about the new ‘fix’ in town that is providing relief to the stress of multi-billion dollar wars, historical home foreclosure numbers and the foul stench of national recession that is in the air.
November 13, 2008 | Read the story »
Hollywood Helps NHL Get It’s Mojo Back
October 26, 2008 by Tom Ferda · Leave a Comment
Published in San Fran Examiner.
After years of hiding in the shadows of the rival NBA, the NHL is making its way back into the ratings and into Hollywood’s spotlight. Since the Red Wings clinched the finals, the Stanley Cup has made a trip down the red carpet and has appeared on several popular television shows including “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.”
After their “Sexy Back” dance performance that night, we shouldn’t expect Osgood and Lidstrom to make it to “Dancing With the Stars,” but their representing the NHL and Red Wings that night in front of millions of coast-to-coast viewers is exposure the league desperately needs.
October 26, 2008 | Read the story »
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