Tag Archives: NHL
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Ryan Whitney Is Shocked SI’s Power Rankings Place Oilers Third (Video)
The Edmonton Oilers have accumulated a lousy 84 wins over the past three seasons. As a result, they have finished in last place in the NHL’s Northeast Division in each of those seasons, and they have actually finished dead last in two of those season (the other, last season, saw them finish second-last, ahead of [...]
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11 Big Questions Heading Into the 2013 NHL Season
Well here’s something I didn’t think I was going to get to write this year—a list of the biggest storylines for the upcoming NHL season. Just three weeks ago I had pretty much given up all hope that the groundless and maddening NHL lockout would ever end. Now here I am, very pleasantly surprised to [...]
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Ilya Bryzgalov Provides an Entertaining Post-Lockout Interview (Video)
There are a lot of questions surrounding Philadelphia Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov heading into this lockout-shortened season. However, there’s no doubt that he is still one of the most entertaining players in the National Hockey League. The Flyers, you will recall, ditched Mike Richards and Jeff Carter after the 2011 playoffs and brought in Bryzgalov [...]
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Check Out this Vicious Two-Handed Slash from a British Ice Hockey Game (Video)
The NHL may have a monopoly on the best hockey players in the world, but they certainly don’t have a monopoly on violence. Every league has it’s goons, apparently. Even Great Britain’s Elite Ice Hockey League. During a game between the Sheffield Steelers and the Nottingham Panthers back on December 27, after the Steelers had [...]
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The NHL Is Back!!! But Will You Be? (Video)
Good news, Florida Panthers fans: your long nightmare is over. The NHL lockout is over. Hockey is back. As you’ve surely heard by now, in the wee hours of Sunday morning, the NHL and the NHLPA finally reached a tentative agreement on a new CBA that will supposedly have players back on the ice and [...]
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This Day In Sports History (December 21st) – Martin Brodeur
It was on this day in 2009 that New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur recorded his 104th regular season shutout. As a result, Brodeur broke the record for most career shutouts, which was previously held by Terry Sawchuk. Terry Sawchuk’s record lasted nearly 40 years and at the time of his retirement many experts believed [...]
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Sidney Crosby Plays Goalie for Local Ball Hockey Team
When Sidney Crosby played his last NHL game, he did so as arguably the league's best player. When he plays his next NHL game, he may do so as the league's best up-and-coming goalie. Okay, so that probably won't end up happening, but who knows? If this lockout lasts long enough, Crosby may get enough [...]
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Bruins’ Shawn Thornton Performs “Twas The Night Before Christmas” with the Boston Pops (Video)
The list of interesting jobs performed by NHLers during the lockout is growing longer and weirder everyday. Just to recap, we’ve seen Vancouver’s David Booth hunting gigantic wild beasts, Montreal’s P.K. Subban doing the weather and training police dogs, Los Angeles’s Dustin Penner interning for Conan O’Brien, and pretty much everyone in the Nashville Predators’ [...]
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Mark Wahlberg Challenges Tie Domi to a Charity Boxing Match (Video)
Mark Wahlberg is actively involved in several different charities, as the actor has sacrificed plenty of cash and time to help those in need. And it appears as though “Marky Mark” is also willing to risk sacrificing a few teeth for a good cause, as the man who played Mickey Ward in The Fighter recently [...]
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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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9 Things We Won’t Miss About the NHL if the Season is Cancelled
It’s time to face it, hockey fans. Hard as it is to believe, for the second time in a decade, there probably won’t be a NHL season thanks to this stupid lockout. I hope I’m wrong. I love hockey. Not only is it great to watch, but it’s also fun to write about. But I’m [...]
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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 [...]
