Tag Archives: NHL
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The Phoenix Coyotes “Player of the Game” Trophy Is a WWE-Style Championship Belt (Pic)
One of the best locker room traditions in the NHL today is the awarding of a ceremonial trophy to the guy deemed “Player of the Game” after a victory. During their Stanley Cup Championship run in 2011, the Bruins would give the player of the game a sweet vintage leather Bruins jacket that was bought [...]
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This Headshot from the Swedish Elite League Is as Vicious as They Come (Video)
This week, NHL fans saw a pretty reckless (if not vicious) headshot from the Ducks’ Corey Perry on the Wild’s Jason Zucker that landed the talented sniper a four-game suspension. However, the crisis of headshots and concussions in hockey is not limited solely to the NHL. It’s a problem anywhere and everywhere the game is [...]
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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 [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 3/13/2013 — Adam Henrique
After putting together a solid rookie campaign, Adam Henrique has struggled to find his form during his sophomore season with the New Jersey Devils, as he entered last night’s game with just seven goals and three assists in 21 games. However, the Calder Trophy finalist has shown signs of regaining his offensive touch over the [...]
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Corey Perry Should Be Hearing from Brendan Shanahan After This Headshot on Jason Zucker (Video)
Over the last several years, the NHL has really been trying to reduce the number of serious head injuries by reviewing dangerous plays and doling out lengthy suspensions. The process has been far from perfect, obviously, with a lot of questionable plays going unpunished. But at least they’re doing something, and NHL discipline czar Brendan Shanahan even [...]
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This Day In Sports History (March 12th) – Gordie Howe
It was on this day in 1972 that Gordie Howe had his #9 jersey retired by the Detroit Red Wings. Howe would return to playing a few years later for the Houston Aeros of the newly formed WHA, and after the WHA went bust in 1979, “Mr. Hockey” returned for one more year in the [...]
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Ottawa Senator Kaspars Daugavins Unsuccessfully Attempts Crazy Shootout Move (Video)
Everybody loves a good trick shot, and hockey shootouts and penalty shots provide perfect opportunities for these spectacles. In fact, it seems that gimmicks are becoming really popular in hockey shootouts, as we have seen about five really good ones in 2013 alone. First there was the ankle-breaker from Mike Ratchuk in the Austrian EBEL. [...]
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Wasted Ducks Fan Can’t Seem to Find the Restroom (Video)
We all know the world looks a little different when you’ve had a beer, or six, too many. Jokes are funnier, food is tastier, chicks (or dudes) are hotter, and, of course, everything eventually starts to spin. Still, have you ever been so drunk at a sporting event that you couldn’t even find the bathroom? [...]
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Flyers Fan Wears T-Shirt Expressing His True Feelings About Sidney Crosby (Photo)
You can have your Bruins-Canadiens, Rangers-Devils, or Blue Jackets-Predators*. For my money, the best rivalry in hockey right now is Penguins-Flyers. Last spring they gave us a bizarre, violent, goal fest of a playoff series, and so far this year, in three meetings, they’ve given us a 3-1 game, a 6-5 game, and a 5-4 [...]
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Streaker Jumps Onto Ice at Calgary Flames Game (Video)
Just last week we told you about a drunk hockey fan that hopped over the glass and onto the ice at a Canadian college hockey game, and at that time we commented on how we rarely, if ever, see streakers interrupt hockey games. So of course, just over a week later, another example comes along [...]
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Senators’ Dave Dziurzynski Knocked Out Cold by the Leafs’ Frazer McLaren (Video)
Ottawa Senators winger Dave Dziurzynski should have just listened to his instincts. Last night in Toronto, Leafs enforcer Frazer McLaren asked the 23-year-old rookie from Lloydminster, Alberta, if he wanted to drop the gloves. It was just 26 seconds into the game, and McLaren thought his team was sluggish and needed a spark. But Dziurzynski [...]
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Bruins Coach Claude Julien Complained About Diving, So a Habs Fan Made a Compilation of His Team Taking Dives (Video)
On Sunday, after the Montreal Canadiens beat the Boston Bruins 4-3, Bruins head coach Claude Julien went on a rant at the postgame press conference about Montreal’s proclivity toward diving. And, really, I think all hockey fans can pretty much agree with everything Julien said. These “embellishments,” as he calls them, have no place in [...]
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Rangers’ Marc Staal Takes a Slap Shot to the Face (Video)
Every player in the NHL knows that the possibility of taking a puck to the face is something that simply comes with the territory of playing the game they love for a living. But that doesn’t make it any less painful or horrifying when it does happens. For proof, look no further than last night’s [...]
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Stat Line of the Night — 3/4/2013 — Jeff Carter
After losing their first three games, and seven of their first ten to start the lockout-shortened season, the Los Angeles Kings’ chances of repeating as Stanley Cup champions were not looking good. But they have since turned things around, as they finished the month of February off with a five-game winning streak, and they recorded [...]
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Sidney Crosby Uses Soccer Skills to Set Up a Pretty Goal (Video)
Most NHL teams these days have at least one group of players that likes to warm up before a game by juggling a soccer ball. The reason? Well, it’s a great way to get your heart rate up and stay loose, for one. But more importantly, it’s a great way to improve your footwork or, [...]
