Tag Archives: NHL
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Ilya Bryzgalov Gives One Last Legendary Interview to Philadelphia Reporters Before His Departure (Video)
Back when the Flyers were Eastern Conference contenders and the subjects of HBO’s popular 24/7 documentary series, the long-and-winding sound bites we got from their wacky goalie, Ilya Bryzgalov, were positive. Sometimes he would wax philosophic about the nature of the cosmos. Other times he would joke about his fear of bears. But he almost always [...]
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The Jagr Superfans Inducted ‘Boston Jagr’ Into Their Group Last Night (Video)
Earlier this month, the Dallas Stars traded future hockey hall-of-famer Jaromir Jagr to the Boston Bruins for a couple of prospects. That meant those Jagr superfans who like to go to games dressed as the evolution of Jagr—the ones from Calgary that we told you about back in February—would have to induct a new member [...]
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Maple Leafs Fan Creates Online Petition to Turn the CN Tower into the World’s Largest Goal Light
Until this season, the Toronto Maple Leafs hadn’t made the playoffs since 2003-04. That’s seven seasons and eight years (thanks to the lockout of 2004-05) since they have played hockey in May in Toronto. So how did the most valuable franchise in the NHL commemorate their return to the postseason? Did they thank their loyal [...]
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Days After Boston Marathon Bombing, Bruins Fans Sing National Anthem in Unison (Video)
When the world experiences a tragedy, something that jars us and makes us want to hug our kids or call our parents, people in the sports world talk about how, “at times like these,” you remember that “it’s just a game” and “there are more important things in life.” In one sense this is true. [...]
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Rangers Fan Gets Beat Up By a Mob of Islanders Fans Outside the Coliseum (Video)
Despite the fact that the New York Islanders are probably going to make the playoffs this year, the team is still dead last in the NHL in attendance, averaging just 13,193 fans per game. Why? Well, being a terrible embarrassment of an organization for years and years probably drives fans away, and playing in somebody’s [...]
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Sabres’ Steve Ott Licks Jeff Halpern’s Face (Video)
Thanks to Buffalo Sabres center Steve Ott, you may soon be hearing something at NHL arenas that you never thought you’d hear… “Two minutes for licking.” Yes, licking. Nowhere in the NHL rulebook does it say you’re not allowed to lick another player, but that’s only because nobody ever tried…until last night. The Montreal Canadiens [...]
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Parenting Fail: Mom Drops Kid to Catch Hockey Stick at Kings Game (Video)
Sporting events present a lot of challenges to parents. Pretty much everywhere you look there’s a way for your kid to get injured or into trouble, and there just so happens to be a huge distraction—i.e., the game—right in front of you the whole time. That being said, a lot of parenting fails at sporting [...]
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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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2013 NHL Ice Girls Power Rankings
I wasn’t planning to do a list of the top NHL ice girls squads this year. We did one last year, and it just didn’t seem like the kind of list that needed to be refreshed on a yearly basis. But then I discovered that there were a few new ice crews added to the [...]
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Coyotes’ Antoine Vermette Scores an Own Goal (Video)
One year after making it all the way to the Western Conference Finals, the Phoenix Coyotes find themselves on the outside of the Western Conference playoff picture looking in with less than ten games remaining in their regular season. They currently sit in ninth place, just three points back of the eighth-place Detroit Red Wings. [...]
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Scott Hartnell Doppelganger Takes In the Leafs-Flyers Game in Toronto (Video)
Apparently coming to the arena dressed as your favorite hockey personality is the thing to do now among NHL fans. So far this season we’ve seen a guy who looks exactly like Senators coach Paul MacLean at a Senators game sitting—where else?—right behind Paul MacLean. Then we saw not one, but six Calgray Flames fans [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 4/4/2013 — Ben Bishop
The Tamp Bay Lightning’s primary objective during this year’s NHL trade deadline was to improve their goaltending. As a result, they traded away Rookie of the Year candidate Cory Conacher and a fourth-round draft pick to acquire Ben Bishop from the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. That move would pay immediate dividends for Tampa, as Bishop [...]
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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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Predators Fans’ Booger-Eating Antics Caught on Live TV (GIF)
A word of advice to all of you sports fans out there. If you want to pick your nose and eat it, that’s cool (okay, it isn’t). But try not to do it at a live sporting event where dozens of cameras are scattered throughout the stadium. Why, you ask? Well the answer is [...]
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Islanders’ Matt Martin Knocked the Devils’ Tom Kostopoulos Out Cold (Video)
Personally, I don’t like it when one hockey player challenges another to a fight after the other guy makes a good, clean hit. It’s not that I don’t like hockey fights. I love ‘em, so long as they’re part of the game and not pre-arranged. However, when you fight somebody over a legal check, you [...]
