NHL
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Dustin Penner Got an Internship With Conan O’Brien During the Lockout (Video)
While I’m sure every NHL player would love to know what it’s like to play for the Montreal Canadiens in the most hockey-mad city on earth, there are definitely perks to playing elsewhere. For proof, just look at what some players have been up to during the current NHL lockout. On the one hand, there’s [...]
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Introducing Nintendo’s “Ice Hockey: Lockout Edition” (Video)
The NHL lockout has now reached 80 days, and there are no signs of a resolution. The players have made what they call “major concessions” which the league rejected as nonsense. And the league has made what they call “major concessions” which the players have rejected as nonsense. Now they’ve called in a federal mediator, [...]
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Trevor Gillies and Jon Mirasty Throw Rapid Fire Punches During Another Epic Bout (Video)
Last month, we provided you with footage of an epic KHL bout between Trevor Gillies and Jon Mirasty, which was made possible thanks in large part to the ongoing NHL lockout. For those who may not remember, that fight ended with several nasty left-hands from Gillies, which subsequen 200 cigaretts tly dropped Mirasty to the ice [...]
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22,000 Teddy Bears Tossed Onto The Ice During Calgary Hitmen Game (Video)
Every year, in the weeks leading up to Christmas, the Calgary Hitmen hold an event known as “The Teddy Bear Toss.” The Hitmen, in case you didn’t realize, are a junior hockey team (named after legendary WWE wrestler Brett “The Hitman” Hart) that play in Canada’s WHL and are owned by the Calgary Flames. When [...]
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Russian Youth Hockey Game Called Off After Multiple Line Brawls (Video)
The next time Don Cherry either insinuates or openly asserts that Russian hockey players are soft and don’t know how to mix it up, kindly direct him to this video. Because, obviously, the next generation of Russian players have taken the hockey oracle’s critique to heart and have overcorrected just a bit. What am I [...]
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P.K. Subban Tries His Hand at K-9 Training During Lockout (Video)
The NHL lockout is now several months old, and it looks like they may not play any hockey at all this year. As a result, more and more players have decided to stop holding out for a resolution and instead sign with a European club in order to keep their skills sharp. For example, St. [...]
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Ontario Lawyer Buys Toilet from Maple Leaf Gardens for $5,300 (Pics)
How much would you pay for a toilet from the home locker room of your favorite sports team’s historic venue? It’s a hard question to answer, isn’t it? I mean, for the most part, we really don’t know what the going rate for such a unique piece of sports memorabilia would be. However, recently one [...]
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Nashville Predators Surprise Youth Hockey Players by Giving Their Game the Full NHL Treatment (Video)
We all know how NHL players are keeping busy during the (ridiculously stupid) NHL lockout. They’re hunting wild animals and playing for teams in random countries all over Europe. But what about everyone else who plays a role in the day-to-day functioning of NHL teams? What are they doing during the lockout? Well, the fact [...]
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NHL Lockout Results In Another Epic Fight Between Legendary Hockey Enforcers Jon Mirasty and Trevor Gillies (Video)
Saskatchewan native Jon Mirasty is 5’10. He was not drafted by an NHL team, and he has not played a single game in the NHL. However, for hardcore hockey fans, he has become somewhat of a legend. Why? Because, despite his relatively diminutive size, Mirasty is tough as nails and always willing to drop the [...]
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Check Out This WWE Style Hockey Brawl Courtesy of the AHL (Video)
I miss the NHL as much as anybody, but I have to admit that there is an awful lot to like about those lesser-known hockey leagues. For one thing, you have awesome team names you don’t get in the NHL, like the Adirondack Phantoms, Charlotte Checkers, Lake Eerie Monsters, and Rockford IceHogs. And for another [...]
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Check Out This Post-Game Bench-Clearing Brawl from the Elite Ice Hockey League in Great Britain (Video)
The Cardiff Devils of the U.K.’s Elite Ice Hockey League got into a huge line brawl after one of their games back on October 28. And that was a full week before Paul “BizNasty” Bissonnette made his debut with the team. Maybe it was just part of their plan to woo the NHL pugilist (and [...]
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AHL's Abbotsford Heat Scores Two Goals In 3 Seconds (Video)
In the world of sports, you wouldn't think that there is much an athlete can accomplish in just three seconds, but as we've learned in the past, that couldn't be further from the truth. For starters, there was little-known MMA fighter Steve Ramirez who needed just three seconds to record a knockout at a PureCombat [...]
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Angry Hockey Fans Create NHL Lockout Pumpkins
My Ex Girlfriend Is Partying All The Time After The Break Up Hockey fans across North America have let their feelings regarding the current NHL lockout be known through a variety of mediums. Some have voiced their disapproval for the strike through the use of songs and videos, while others have taken part in flash [...]
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SportsNet Organizes Hockey-Playing Flash Mob at Toronto Mall to Raise Awareness for their “We Love Hockey” Petition (Video)
Well, this is a first. We’ve seen flash mobs do just about every kind of dance imaginable, but I don’t think we’ve ever seen a flash mob play hockey—until now. It happened on Sunday in Toronto, at one of the biggest shopping malls in Canada. Two guys (who happened to be carrying hockey sticks) in [...]
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Canadiens’ Defenseman P.K. Subban Is Moonlighting as a Weatherman During NHL Lockout (Video)
Unfortunately for hockey fans, this stupid NHL lockout is still going strong, and it doesn’t look like there is an end in sight. That means the majority of your favorite players—like Henrik Zetterberg, Evgeni Malkin, and Claude Giroux—will remain in Europe for the time being, playing for lesser clubs in random countries. Of course, not [...]
