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Atlanta Thrashers Fans Protest By Throwing Jerseys On The Ice (Video)
Two surprising facts were unveiled during Saturday night’s game between Winnipeg Jets and the Nashville Predators. The first is that the Atlanta Thrashers actually did have fans before being moved north of the boarder to Winnipeg prior to the start of this season. The second is that those fans, although few in number, apparently still [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Weise vs. Dowell — 3/22/12
The Dallas Stars are fighting for a playoff spot, both figuratively and literally. That was certainly the case last night when they hosted the Vancouver Canucks, and while they would go on to lose the battle on the scoreboard, Stars’ forward Jake Dowell was able to earn a win during his first period bout with [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 23rd) – Wayne Gretzky
It was on this day in 1994 that Wayne Gretzky scored his record breaking 802nd career NHL goal. Gretzky surpassed his childhood hero Gordie Howe, whose record stood for almost 15 years. In the second period of a game against the Vancouver Canucks, Gretzky received a cross-ice feed from Marty McSorley and buried it into [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Staubitz vs. McCormick — 3/21/12
There was only one fight in the NHL last night, but it was a good one, as Brad Staubitz and Cody McCormick dropped the gloves and went toe-to-toe during a Northeast Division battle between the Buffalo Sabres and the Montreal Canadiens. With a spot in the playoffs on the line, the Sabres were in desperate [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 22nd) – Clint Malarchuk
It was on this day in 1989 that Buffalo Sabres goaltender Clint Malarchuk suffered a near fatal throat injury. Malarchuk had his interior carotid artery severed when teammate Uwe Krupp and St. Louis Blues forward Steve Tuttle crashed into him at a high speed. Malarchuk came dangerously close to losing his life that night, but [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Bollig vs. Boll — 3/20/12
The Chicago Blackhawks’ Brandon Bollig has been fighting just about anyone and everyone that gets in his way these days, as he has dropped the gloves a total of six times since February 29th. The latest person to get in his way was Jared Boll during last night’s game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Lucic vs. Komisarek — 3/19/12
Dating back to Mike Komisarek’s days with the Montreal Canadiens, he and Milan Lucic of the Boston Bruins have had their fair share of face-to-face encounters. Now a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Komisarek still gets to see the Bruins and Lucic on a regular basis (as long as he doesn’t find himself watching [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Dwyer vs. Machacek — 3/18/12
If you are a fan of on-ice beatings, you will certainly be a fan of this bout, which features the Winnipeg Jets’ Spencer Machacek and the Carolina Hurricanes’ Patrick Dwyer. Machacek was taking part in just his first NHL bout, and he made quite the impression as he pummeled Dwyer with fists from all angles [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 19) – Brett Hull
It was on this day in 1991 that Brett Hull became only the second player in NHL history to score 80 goals in a season. Hull finished the year with 86 goals – the third most all-time, behind only Wayne Gretzky’s 92 in 1981-82 and Gretzky’s 87 in 1983-84. Brett also became only the fifth [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Simmonds vs. Martin — 3/15/12
The New York Islanders were having a tough time holding their own on the scoreboard against the Philadelphia Flyers last night, as they found themselves trailing by a score of 3-0 before scoring two goals late in the third period. However, they weren’t having the same problem in the fighting department, thanks to some fine [...]
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Check Out Tim Brent’s Awkward Premature Celebration (Video)
There are actually two great parts about this clip. The first is Tim Brent’s celebration following what he believed to be a goal during last night’s game against the St. Louis Blues. After hitting the post on a breakaway, the Hurricanes’ center was eager to celebrate what he thought was a goal, but this wasn’t [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 16th) – Brittanie Cecil
It was on this day in 2002 that 13-year-old Brittanie Cecil was struck in the head by a puck while attending a Columbus Blue Jackets game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. Brittanie died two days later of a torn vertebral artery, which resulted in severe clotting and swelling of the brain. It was the [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Cowen vs. Nokelainen — 3/14/12
The Montreal Canadiens’ Petteri Nokelainen doesn’t do much fighting on the ice, and we now know why after watching him take a flurry of uppercuts during a bout with the Ottawa Senators’ Jared Cowen last night. When the two combatants dropped their gloves during the latter stages of the opening period, it appeared as though [...]
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Frozen Fisticuffs Fight Of The Night — Rosehill vs. Barch — 3/13/12
The Toronto Maple Leafs’ playoff hopes have taken a beating as of late, as they have won just once in their last 12 games. They were dealt another blow last night, courtesy of the Florida Panthers. And speaking of blows, Leafs’ enforcer Jay Rosehill was on the wrong end of several of them during a [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 14th) — Gordie Howe
It was on this day in 1997 that a 68-year-old Gordie Howe signed a contract with the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch. He was attempting to become the first player to play professional hockey in six consecutive decades. Unfortunately, Howe’s comeback had to be canceled because the Crunch were in the playoff hunt and could not afford [...]
