Tag Archives: NHL
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Wild’s Mike Rupp Breaks His Skate Blade, Hilarity Ensues (Video)
Mike Rupp‘s bone-crushing checks are enough to make any player a little wobbly on their skates. He threw a total of six of them during Game One of the Wild’s first round playoff series against the Chicago Blackhawks last night, and wouldn’t you know it, his final check of the evening would actually leave Rupp himself unbalanced on [...]
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Jonathan Quick Stands on His Head for 70 Minutes Only to Hand the Game to Alex Steen and the Blues in Overtime (Video)
Last night in St. Louis, the Blues dominated the defending Stanley Cup champion L.A. Kings for the majority of the game. They won 44 of 69 faceoffs, outshot the Kings 36-19 in regulation, and had the majority of the scoring chances. So how on earth did this game end up going into overtime? The answer [...]
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CSN’s Susannah Collins Says the Secret to the Blackhawks’ Success Is “Tremendous Amounts of Sex” (Video)
The Chicago Blackhawks were the most dominant regular season team the NHL has seen in a long time. They started the lockout-shortened campaign by going 24 straight games without a loss in regulation. Then they went on to lose only six more games, compiling a record of 36-7-5 for an NHL-best 77 points and an [...]
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Danica Patrick Shoots and Scores During the Chicago Blackhawks’ “Shoot the Puck” Contest (Video)
Here’s a question for you: what do Danica Patrick and Mr. T have in common? The obvious answer, of course, is “nothing at all.” One is a hot but somewhat underachieving female race car driver from Wisconsin, while the other is a burly black guy from the South Side of Chicago who got famous in [...]
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“The Hangover: Stanley Cup Edition” Starring Kings Players and NHL on TSN Crew (Video)
Winning the Stanley Cup is great. It’s every hockey player’s ultimate dream. However, after a team takes home the chalice, they usually have to deal with what is known as the “Cup Hangover.” You see, to win the Cup, your team has to play somewhere between two weeks and two months longer than other teams. [...]
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The Likelihood of Each of the 16 NHL Playoff Teams Winning the Cup
After a strange, lockout-shortened regular season, the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs get underway Tuesday night. So who will win the greatest championship tournament in pro sports? Well, I personally am against making straight forward predictions. One of the best things about sports and one of the reasons we get so worked up about it is [...]
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Is This Behind-the-Back Save by AHL Goalie Drew MacIntyre the Save of the Year?
For the last couple of years, the AHL’s Toronto Marlies have enjoyed some extra attention from Toronto hockey fans come playoff time because the NHL’s Maple Leafs had gotten into the habit of booking tee times instead of charter flights come April. However, this year things are different. The Leafs don’t suck, Toronto hockey fans [...]
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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 [...]
