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Tom Urtz Jr is an avid writer with a love of sports. If you need someone for anything involving the two fields, Tom is the person you are looking for. His passion for sports writing is only rivaled by the professionalism of his work.

Tom takes pride in providing in-depth, accurate, and professional sports coverage regarding the NHL.

Tom serves Bleacher Report as both an NHL Featured Columnist and as a New York Rangers Featured Columnist.

Tom is a sports stats junky and is fascinated by all things regarding sports knowledge and trivia.

Tom hopes to become a full time sportswriter and eventually get into broadcasting because sports is his entire life.

If you ever want to strike up a conversation about sports you can follow him on Twitter @TomUrtzNYR: http://twitter.com/#!/TomUrtzNYR

Short List

  • Favorite Athletes

    Mike Richter, Mike Piazza, Henrik Lundqvist,Brad Richards,Ryan McDonagh, Rick Nash, Claude Giroux,Marian Gaborik, David Wright and Eli Manning

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    New York Rangers, New York Mets and New York Giants

  • Favorite Coaches

    John Tortorella, Mike Keenan, Bobby Valentine, Tom Coughlin, Terry Collins

  • All-Time Sports Moment

    New York Rangers 1994 Cup Win, 2008/2012 Giants Super Bowl, Brad Richards Goal with 6.6 Seconds

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Game 3 of 2012 Eastern Conference Final at Prudential Center

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Gretzky's Points Total

  • Ruth or Mays?

    Mays

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan

  • Gretzky or Orr?

    Gretzky

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  • Ben Millikan posted 23 days ago

    Ben Millikan

    Hi Tom. Sorry about the delay in getting back to your question. Yes, use a hyphen if "points per game" is modifying something, but leave it unhyphenated when it's a stand alone noun. E.g., "John Tavares has a ridiculously high points-per-game average this season."

  • Delores Smith-Johnson posted 36 days ago

    Delores Smith-Johnson

    You're welcome, Tom!

  • Devin Dude posted 43 days ago

    Devin Dude

    Give it up man the Rangers suck, they arent gonna make the playoffs and if they somehow do they will get crushed by PIT or BOS.

  • ron THompson posted 63 days ago

    ron THompson

    http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=660881&navid=nhl:topheads

    Ahem.

  • Steven Irwin posted 105 days ago

    Steven Irwin

    I've noticed you've written a lot of great, interesting articles. What are the chances of you being able to do the power ranking the top shootout lines? I can't find any ranking like it. I'm sure you'd make it worth the read.

  • Sam Smith posted 117 days ago

    Sam Smith

    I can see by your choices above you know nothing about sports. Orr did it all and only played 30 games after his 27th birthday. Be happy your bosses don't know shit about sports or you'll have to go get that Micky D's job. Per Ed Olczyk: "Crawford played Smith shot for shot and except for 2 bad OT goals, it was a great series" Now I do get sick and tired of people calling Olczyk a Stanley Cup Winner, he played ONE game in the playoffs and 37 in the regular season, he did nothing '94, but he does know hockey. Get another job Tom, you suck at this one, btw: NY blows.

  • Mark Fischer posted 123 days ago

    Mark  Fischer

    Hey Tom, remember you posted this on my board? "Zajac is a talented player and he is also Parise's best friend. I doubt he comes back to NJ after this season. Lou will not let another key player walk away for nothing and that is why it has been speculated that Zajac could be traded at some point this season." Good one dude!

  • Chris Valius posted 209 days ago

    Chris Valius

    Tom, I liked your article about Franchise mode in the EA NHL series. I am the Web Admin at a site named General Manager Games (GMgames.org)

    We would be interested in having you around / with us if you have a passion for hockey simulation franchise games. Let me know, I can be reached at chris@gmgames.org .. There is a really interesting one in Franchise Hockey Manager 2013 coming up. Best regards.

  • The Doctor Chris Mueller posted 234 days ago

    The Doctor Chris Mueller

    Thanks for the kind words, Tom. I put a lot of effort into that one and it means a lot that people have responded to it the way they have.

  • Gianluca Trigoni posted 252 days ago

    Gianluca Trigoni

    Hi Tom,
    We are a Publishing company which already has One title World Business Magazine being published for over one year. We are now Launching a Monthly Sports Magazine and wanted to inquire whether you would be interested in allowing us to use your content for our Print Publication. Kindly drop us an email at trigoni@worldbizjournals.com so that we can talk further.

    Regards,

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