http://tomferda.com Sportswriter Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:48:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://tomferda.com/nhl/ilya-kovalchuk-showing-great-leadership-in-atlanta/ http://tomferda.com/nhl/ilya-kovalchuk-showing-great-leadership-in-atlanta/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:06:03 +0000 Tom Ferda http://tomferda.com/?p=681 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.]]> http://tomferda.com/nhl/ilya-kovalchuk-showing-great-leadership-in-atlanta/feed/ 0 http://tomferda.com/nhl/trading-kovalchuk-not-the-answer-for-nhl-thrashers/ http://tomferda.com/nhl/trading-kovalchuk-not-the-answer-for-nhl-thrashers/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:51:46 +0000 Tom Ferda http://tomferda.com/?p=613 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.]]> http://tomferda.com/nhl/trading-kovalchuk-not-the-answer-for-nhl-thrashers/feed/ 0 http://tomferda.com/nhl/atlanta-thrashers-nhl/american-brett-sterling-hovering-over-nhl/ http://tomferda.com/nhl/atlanta-thrashers-nhl/american-brett-sterling-hovering-over-nhl/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:02:04 +0000 Tom Ferda http://tomferda.com/?p=619 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.]]> http://tomferda.com/nhl/atlanta-thrashers-nhl/american-brett-sterling-hovering-over-nhl/feed/ 0 http://tomferda.com/nhl/atlanta-thrashers-nhl/another-esposito-in-the-nhl/ http://tomferda.com/nhl/atlanta-thrashers-nhl/another-esposito-in-the-nhl/#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:07:40 +0000 Tom Ferda http://tomferda.com/?p=41 Published in The Hockey News. ATLANTA - IN THE 1970'S, Esposito was a household name in Canada and the United States, the name made famous by two NHL legends who loved the game of hockey. All-Star Phil Esposito, a record-setting, Hall of Famer rewrote the record books in the NHL during the peak of his career, becoming the first NHL player to break the 100 point barrier in a season when he beat the record by a landslide, tallying 126 points in 1969. Later he would score a record-shattering 76 goals during the 1970-71 season. Decades later, another Esposito is emerging, hovering over the NHL, pursuing the opportunity to make a name for himself.]]> http://tomferda.com/nhl/atlanta-thrashers-nhl/another-esposito-in-the-nhl/feed/ 0