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Watch Shea Weber Smash Henrik Zetterberg’s Head Into The Glass (Video)
With the final seconds winding down during Game One of the opening round playoff series between the Detroit Red Wings and the Nashville Predators, Shea Weber had two things on his mind. The first was to kill the final five seconds off the clock and ensure that his team earned the important opening game victory. [...]
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And The Award For The “2011-12 Frozen Fisticuffs Fighter Of The Year” Goes To…Shawn Thornton!
Last season it was Cam Janssen of the New Jersey Devils beating out the competition to earn the first ever “Frozen Fisticuffs Fighter of the Year” award. Janssen was in the running once again throughout the 2011-12 NHL season, but in the end, he would fall just short of earning the honor for the second [...]
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9 Storylines To Watch In The 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs
After a long 82-game prelude, the NHL really gets down to business tonight when the puck drops at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh and the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs get under way. For hockey fans (except the sad folks who root for the Toronto Maple Leafs) this is the greatest time of the year, [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 11th) — Ron Hextall
It was on this day in 1989 that Ron Hextall became the first goalie in NHL history to record a goal during a playoff game. It was the second goal of his career. The goal came during an 8-5 playoff victory over the Washington Capitals. Despite finishing in first place in the Patrick Division, the [...]
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Building A Stanley Cup Champion In The Salary Cap Era (Infographic)
Since the NHL installed a salary cap prior to the 2005-06 season, there have been six different Stanley Cup champions (Carolina Hurricanes, Anaheim Ducks, Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Chicago Blackhawks and Boston Bruins). And while the management for each of those teams will surely tell you that putting together a championship roster is no [...]
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And The “2011-12 Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Year” Award Goes To… (Video)
It was an entertaining 2011-12 NHL regular season that was filled with plenty of exciting fights, but their were four bouts over the course of the past seven months that stood out above the rest. Of those four fights, we were forced to chose only one for this year’s edition of the “Frozen Fisticuffs Fight [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Janssen vs. Haley — 4/3/12
With the NHL season winding down, tensions seem to be especially high, and last night that resulted in a total of six fights. A few of those, like James Neal vs. Andrew Ference, Michael Rupp vs. Jody Shelley and Matt Frattin vs. Marcus Foligno, were worthy of a spot on the “Frozn Fisticuffs Fight of [...]
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This Day In Sports History (April 4th) — Wayne Gretzky
It was on this day in 1986 that Wayne Gretzky broke the record for most points in a single season by recording his 213th point of the campaign. He would go on to record two more points that season, setting the new mark at 215 points. Gretzky held the previous record of 212 points, which [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Almond vs. Shaw — 4/1/12
It was a busy day of fisticuffs in the NHL yesterday, as a brawl between players and coaches unfolded during a game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins, while the other five games on Sunday’s schedule helped contribute an additional six fights to the day’s total. And while the Pens and Flyers clearly [...]
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All Hell Breaks Loose At Conclusion Of Penguins vs. Flyers (Video)
With the Flyers leading 6-3 and only one minute remaining in their Atlantic Division match-up against the Pittsburgh Penguins yesterday afternoon, all hell broke loose. And when I say “all hell broke loose,” I’m not just talking about a few fights and an exchange of some unfriendly words. Not even close! Instead, “all hell breaking [...]
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Leafs Fans Were Cheering For The Blue Jays During Last Night’s 7-1 Loss (Video)
It isn’t often that the people of Toronto will choose baseball over hockey, but that is exactly what happened during last night’s game between the Leafs and the Philadelphia Flyers at the Air Canada Center. With the Leafs trailing the Flyers by a score of 5-1 seven minutes into the third period, and seemingly on [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Olver vs. Booth — 3/28/12
When David Booth of the Vancouver Canucks and Mark Olver of the Colorado Avalanche dropped the gloves during the first period of last night’s game, the Canucks’ Maxim Lapierre was quick to arrive on the scene, believing that Booth would need some back-up. He was wrong. Booth looked awfully comfortable with his gloves off, especially [...]
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Vancouver Canucks Players Urge Their Fans To Avoid Rioting And Celebrate Responsibily (Video)
One year after coming one win short of raising the Stanley Cup above their heads, the Vancouver Canucks appear to be primed for another deep playoff run, as they are currently sitting two points back of the St. Louis Blues for first-place in the Western Conference with only five games remaining in the season. And [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Gudbranson vs. White — 3/27/12
When the Florida Panthers drafted Erik Gudbranson with their third-overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, they knew that they were getting a tough, hard-nosed defenseman that would someday become a physical force at the NHL level. Little did they know that it would take him only a couple of years before he was [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Bollig Dominates Again — 3/25/12
Brandon Bollig’s busy month of March continued during last night’s game against the Nashville Predators, as the Chicago Blackhawks enforcer dropped his gloves for the sixth time in the past 20 days. This time it was Jordin Tootoo taking his best shot at Bollig, and the results were not pretty, as the Predators’ forward was [...]
