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The Stanley Cup Finals rounds out every NHL season. Last year the Pittsburgh Penguins shocked everybody when they outlasted the heavily favoured Detroit Red Wings to become champions for the first time since 1992. With stars since as Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby – Ice Hockey is trying to get back to the days where it was a mainstream sport in the United States. The sport will always have a stranglehold in Canada but it's future south of the border is not totally secure. Keep up to date with the latest Ice Hockey betting articles and NHL Stanley Cup Finals odds with us here on betting.betfair
NHL Eastern Conference Betting: League's poor relations not pulling their weight
Richard Douglas / 26 December 2009 / Leave a comment
The Eastern is by far the weaker conference of the two and it is unlikely to throw up the Stanley Cup says Richard Douglas... Read more »
NHL Western Conference Betting: The contenders rated
Richard Douglas / 15 December 2009 / Leave a comment
Richard Douglas catches up with the progress of teams in the Conference so far... Read more »
NFL Betting: Cincinnati Bengals at Minnesota Vikings
Andy Richmond / 11 December 2009 / Leave a comment
Two of the league's better teams take each other on knowing they must improve on recent form to boost their Superbowl hopes. Andy Richmond has the best bets for Cincinnati v Minnesota... Read more »
NHL Betting Preview: Western Conference - team by team
Richard Douglas / 21 October 2009 / Leave a comment
Richard Douglas continues his run down on the teams competing for the Stanley Cup by looking at the Western Conference.... Read more »
NHL Betting Preview: Eastern Conference - team by team
Richard Douglas / 12 October 2009 / Leave a comment
The NHL is underway. Below, Richard Douglas gives his team-by-team guide to the Eastern Conference and tells us why the status quo is likely to prevail.... Read more »
Stanley Cup Game Seven Betting: It's all down to the wire as Pittsburgh and Detroit go to a decider
Richard Douglas / 12 June 2009 / Leave a comment
Hold on to your skates, hockey fans! This one's going to be close, says Richard Douglas.... Read more »
Stanley Cup Betting: Pittsburgh can keep strong home record going
Richard Douglas / 09 June 2009 / Leave a comment
Penguins are the bet ahead of the sixth game of the series, say Richard Douglas.... Read more »
Stanley Cup Betting Game Five: Detroit Redwings v Pittsburgh Pengiuns
Richard Douglas / 06 June 2009 / Leave a comment
Game five could prove to be a crucial one in determining who wins this year's edition of the Stanley Cup. So crucial in fact that the Detroit Redwings have hurried back a half-fit Pavel Datsyuk. But will the gamble backfire,... Read more »
Stanley Cup Finals Betting: Detroit Redwings v Pittsbrugh Penguins
Richard Douglas / 30 May 2009 / Leave a comment
Richard Douglas explains why the 2009 Stanley Cup finalists are different animals this time around...... Read more »
NHL Betting: The Stanley Cup fact file
Richard Douglas / 30 May 2009 / Leave a comment
This season's Stanley Cup Finals features Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings for the second successive season. Richard Douglas presents his fact file on the two sides.... Read more »
NHL Betting: Stanley Cup semi-finals preview
Richard Douglas / 16 May 2009 / Leave a comment
The Conference Finals, aka the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals, start on Sunday and this year's match-ups are a myriad of contrasts, writes Richard Douglas.... Read more »
Betfair Big Interview : Barry Melrose
Ralph Ellis / 15 May 2009 / Leave a comment
At Betfair we've been getting into ice hockey and staying up late to watch the NHL play-offs for the Stanley Cup - so we decided we'd stay up even later and talk to ESPN's commentator and analyst Barry Melrose to... Read more »
NHL Betting: And then there was eight...
Richard Douglas / 02 May 2009 / Leave a comment
The search for the Stanley Cup winner is slowly coming to its conclusion as the final eight teams begin their Conference semi-finals. Richard Douglas provides his form-guide going into Round Two.... Read more »
NHL Betting: Western Conference deadline day moves
Richard Douglas / 06 March 2009 / Leave a comment
The Western Conference saw more major activity on deadline day than its Eastern cousin. The move of Olli Jokinen from Phoenix to Calgary stole the headlines on a relatively quiet closure of the window. But then, perhaps fittingly, the highly-rated... Read more »
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