David Roebuck

@EASPORTSNHL | #NHLGWC ‘18 🌎🥈/ ’19, ‘20 🇺🇸Top 4 / ‘21, ‘22, ‘23 @Penguins | ‘24 @BlueJacketsNHL | @Twitch Partner |

[David Roebuck @JrPens91]

Happy to have finished 2nd. Huge congrats to @I_Eki_I. Guy is unreal and clearly deserved it. I gave it all I can and happy @Johnwaynee90 and I proved US can compete. Thank you for all the support! Really meant so much to me #NHLGWC

[David Roebuck @JrPens91]

This is all Sean McDonough’s fault for saying the S word…

[Chris Johnston @reporterchris]

The International Ice Hockey Federation (@IIHFHockey) has reversed a previous decision to ban Russia from all 2026-27 competitions and will now make a decision on Russia's eligibility in future IIHF tournaments on an "event-by-event basis."

[x - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins @WBSPenguins]

PENGUINS WINNNNN

[Jack Han @JhanHky]

The Hockey Tactics 2026 ebook is now available.

The best visual resource in our sport gets another update.

Here's an overview of what you'll find inside:

[NHL Review @nhl_review]

Celebrini has a 5 point night
Cooley hat trick
Whalers-Nordiques matchup
Pittsburgh and Crosby rolling
Chicago wins with 54 seconds left

This is the only NHL post ESPN made today. Take away their license

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@JhanHky

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@TheLongInvest

[David Roebuck @JrPens91]

@NoSleevesGaming I’m trying to see it but still can’t 😂

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

This certainly stirred the pot, love the discourse. Here's why I like this rule:

First, let's talk about the fact that nothing is perfect. Including this rule. There are pros and cons to it like everything. For me, the pros out way the cons and I'll lay them both out below.

Let's start with the cons:

-There are more whistles. So games are a little longer and the rinks don't love that as games will spill over onto each other. The flow of the game isn't as good either. Valid point.

-It creates more lopsided games. Probably true. When teams have greater skill discrepancies, it creates an advantage for the better team as typically they'll draw more penalties and then will have more in-zone time to capitalize on top of it. Valid point.

-Players won't learn how to play in the neutral zone on special teams when the puck goes down the ice. Yep. That's ok. They can learn that later.

-There's an art to icing the puck development-wise. Yep. We can teach that at older ages too, and I'll get more into this in the pros.

Now to the pros:

I'll start by saying that when I played/coached at Cornell we always had one of the best penalty kills in the country. We practiced at least once a week where our players were not allowed to ice the puck on penalty kills. Why we did that will all be in the pros below.

-Clearing a puck on an icing at the higher levels is often a multiple player job, not a one player job. Pressure is coming hard (they have more players than you) so a pass is often made to a teammate before the puck is cleared. The art is learning how to clear as a team, not just as an individual. With that...

-It forces players without the puck to have to support it. And if you want to develop hockey sense in your players, creating conditions where you have to anticipate without the puck is massively important. This rule promotes that. And anytime you can promote more passing and decision-making, I'm all for it.

-It forces players to have to communicate. It's a great habit to emphasize as a coach as again there's less time and space/options to make a play with this rule. Communication and puck support are the foundations of team play.

-Not only does it promote decision making as I laid out above, but it promotes skill development. You have to be more evasive in your skating/edges, you have to give and receive more passes, and you have to handle the puck more in tight areas. This makes players better.

But Toph, it's not REAL HOCKEY!!

You're right, it's not. Youth hockey shouldn't completely resemble what hockey at the older ages look like. It's ok if it doesn't "look like" real hockey when it's developmentally appropriate. And guys, that's OK.

In USA Hockey the rule has changed to where 15o and above for the boys and 16u and above for girls can ice the puck now. If I had my way, I would change that to 16u (boys) and 19u (girls) to get them ready for the next level of play where icing is allowed on the penalty kill.

[Topher Scott @HockeyThinkTank]

I love how you can’t ice the puck on a penalty kill in youth hockey.

[Big Head Hockey @bigheadhcky]

2025 first round features:

— game 7 game-tying goal with 2 seconds remaining
— Mikko Rantanen all-time revenge series
— Connor McDavid beating LA for the 4th time
— Ovechkin vs Montreal
— battle of Florida
— battle of Ontario

All-time first round.

[Mike Kelly @MikeKellyNHL]

The Stanley Cup Playoffs remain undefeated.

[Jack Han @JhanHky]

Hockey Tactics 2025 is now available!

294 pages of pro-level knowledge that's easy to understand for newcomers.

A must for hockey nerds, aspiring coaches & players who love to think the game.

Get it now: https://t.co/TDJvfkd9Bx

[USA Hockey @usahockey]

Team USA received a call from the President this morning to wish them luck ahead of tonight’s #4Nations championship game.

[David Roebuck @JrPens91]

@DKSportsbook 1

[Pittsburgh Penguins @penguins]

Coach Sullivan confirms that Kris Letang will not play tonight (illness) and the remainder of the roster is a game-time decision.

[Daily Wire @realDailyWire]

We're so back.

[David Roebuck @JrPens91]

@EkiOriginal @EASPORTSNHL Pens 5-3 #NHL25

[David Roebuck @JrPens91]

@PolgzNHL You were always able to do this. There isn’t goalie interference in 3’s.