The Online Sports Guys

Before any of you say it---I know Stanley Cup Hockey gets a ton of love in the Northeast, the Midwest and in other parts of the country. ...

I have a book on my nightstand… (I know you’re shocked… “The guy actually READS!”) It’s the Ken Dryden book on the death of Steve Montado...

For several years, the Tampa Bay Lightning have had a policy in place for the NHL playoffs restricting ticket sales to "Florida Residents...

You may not pay attention to the NHL during their regular season. Much like Major League Baseball and the NBA, the season drags on an ino...

Here in the States, the best parallel the HQ can give is what high school football means to the small towns throughout the country... Whe...

((Screengrab/YouTube--@NHL)) Hockey has some unique quirks that makes it in many ways a "Game of the People". Perhaps the craziest is tha...

It's Thursday, so its another go-round with our friends at Barn Burner where we look at life in the NHL and MLB with the start of the sea...

It's a busy day from our friends up north... First, it's a look at what's going on in Spring Training with Joe and Jesse Litsch in "Stole...

Yesterday was NHL Trade Deadline Day- which, in all honesty, has turned into a national holiday north of the border... The fans of the Ca...

We're getting closer to the Trade Deadline in the NHL, so Joe and Nathan decided to tackle all the issues that are too hot to print in on...

((HT: NBCS Washington/Washington Capitals)) The game was a blowout- an eventual 7-1 win by Chicago over Washington- and it completely deg...

It all came down to a guy who was 0-for-3 lifetime in shootout appearances... The Ducks Matt Ritchie was the guy in the bottom of the 11t...

It's the weekend here at OSG and it means that it's time to catch up with Mark and Joe as they talk about the last game at one of the ven...

The HQ has in the past, just not this season, taken in its share of ECHL hockey... The league, the Double-A version of hockey in the cont...

It's time to check in with our BarnBurner partners for their weekly visit with former NHL'er Nathan Perrott and his view of life in the l...

((Photo Courtesy: NWHL.zone)) The HQ will post long-form stories from time-to-time as something you should watch... Could be a good story...

Time for the full-contact sports here at OSG and BarnBurner... First up, it's another round of "The Breakaway" with Joe and Nathan Perrot...

Sunday was an interesting contrast in Professional Sports. Not one, but TWO leagues held their All-Star Games, both were in Florida a mer...

((HT: Charlotte Checkers/Hockey Is Life)) Happened... The Carolinas are in the midst of that east coast snowstorm that is driving everyon...

Another institution is leaving us at the end of the NHL season... Admittedly, Boston Bruins anthem singer Rene Rancourt is an acquired ta...