Tag Archives: NHL
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Janssen vs. Barch — 12/13/11
There were a few great fights in the NHL last night, but none was better than the show put on by Cam Janssen of the New Jersey Devils and Krys Barch of the Florida Panthers. Janssen had been out for just over a week with a chest injury, but it doesn’t appear as though his [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Three From Devils vs. Lightning — 12/12/11
There was only one game on the NHL’s schedule last night, but it did provide us with three fights. It began when Ryan Carter of the New Jersey Devils and Pavel Kubina of the Tampa Bay Lightning dropped the gloves in the second period. Their bout was followed by two more in the third; one [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Kropp vs. Rinaldo — 12/7/11
After allowing a few players to take runs at their goalies over the course of the past month, the Buffalo Sabres have earned a reputation among some NHL players as being a rather soft team. They were looking to shed that reputation last night when they took on the Philadelphia Flyers, and it appears as [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Oreskovich vs. O’Brien — 12/6/11
Tuesday’s slate of NHL action saw ten games take place. They would yield a total of 56 goals, however, the 20 teams in action could only manage to produce one fight. That fight took place during a game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Colorado Avalanche, as Victor Oreskovich and Shane O’Brien dropped the gloves [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Vitale vs. Campbell — 12/5/11
When the Boston Bruins traveled to Pittsburgh last night to take on Sidney Crosby and the Penguins, many watched in anticipation of perhaps seeing this match-up once again in the playoffs, during the Eastern Conference finals. With the Bruins and Pens currently occupying the top two positions in the Eastern Conference, the players seemed to [...]
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15 Best Movember Mustaches From The NHL
Now that Movember 2011 has officially come to an end, I thought it would be a good time to take stock of the best charity mustaches from the world of pro sports. However, as I starting looking around, it became apparent that—just as with playoff beards—no other league can compete with the NHL when it [...]
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Follow The Magic Puck (Video)
Last night, Winnipeg Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec stopped all 33 shots directed his way, as he helped his team earn an important victory against Winnipeg’s former NHL franchise, the Phoenix Coyotes. But even when Pavelec wasn’t able to get a piece of his body on the puck, there almost seemed to be a magical force [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Staubitz vs. Hordichuk — 11/30/11
When the Minnesota Wild and the Edmonton Oilers hooked up less than a week ago, enforcers Brad Staubitz and Darcy Hordichuk had a difficult time finding an opportunity to drop the gloves. They didn’t have that problem this time around. Staubitz and Hordichuk were itching to get at one another, and they didn’t have to [...]
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13 NHL Teams That No Longer Exist
It seems like most NHL fans are happy to see a team back in Winnipeg this season. I know I am. Still, it’s always a shame when one town’s gain has to be another’s loss. In an ideal world, teams would just stay in one damn place. You wouldn’t have teams leaving hockey-mad towns to [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Simmonds vs. Prust — 11/26/11
Brandon Prust of the New York Rangers had already dropped his gloves once in the first period when he and Wayne Simmonds began exchanging words ten minutes into the game. But that earlier bout against the Philadelphia Flyers’ Zac Rinaldo didn’t stop Prust from dropping his gloves for a second time with Simmonds. It turned [...]
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The NHL’s Top 5 2011/12 Rookies After The First Quarter
With the 2011-12 NHL regular season reaching the quarter mark, we now have an opportunity to analyze the front runners for the Calder Trophy, which is awarded each year to the league’s best rookie. Although it may seem too soon to crown a candidate, this list should help give you all a chance to debate [...]
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Welcome Back, Kid: Top 9 Moments From Sidney Crosby’s Career…So Far
The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby just spent the last ten months battling post-concussion symptoms—an absence so long that some were beginning to wonder whether his hockey career might be in jeopardy. However, last night Sid the Kid finally made his highly anticipated 2011-12 season debut, and once again all is right in the world of [...]
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This Day In Sports History (November 22nd) – Wayne Gretzky
It was on this day in 1999 that Wayne Gretzky was inducted into the Hockey Hall Of Fame. Gretzky became the tenth and last player to bypass the usual three-year waiting period. Wayne Gretzky being elected to the Hall-Of-Fame was a no-brainer, as he is considered by many to be the greatest player in hockey [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — McGrattan vs. Boll — 11/19/11
There was plenty of action during Saturday night’s game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Nashville Predators, as overtime was needed in order for the Preds to record the 4-3 victory. However, despite all of the goals that were scored, perhaps the most entertaining part of the game came in the first minute, as [...]
