Puck Previews: Boudreau’s Ducks debut; homecoming in Denver
Back by popular demand, here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when...
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Trending Topics: Star players, the leading cause of fired coaches
Trending Topics is a new column that looks at the week in hockey according to Twitter. If you're only going to comment to say how stupid Twitter is, why not just go have a good cry for the slow, sad...
View ArticleVideo: Nathan Gerbe gets a face full of Paul Gaustad’s skate blade
As if Nathan Gerbe didn't have enough problems, what with being the shortest player in the NHL at 5'5", the diminutive Buffalo Sabres forward left Friday night's game with the Detroit Red Wings after...
View ArticleVideo: Jaroslav Halak’s save of year candidate vs. Avalanche
With just over 17 seconds remaining in overtime on Friday night, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Ryan O'Byrne shoveled a backhand shot on St. Louis Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak and then began his...
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Friday’s Three Stars: Ryans rule; Flyers spoil Boudreau
No. 1 Star: Ryan Jones, Edmonton Oilers Jones had a third-period hat trick, his first in the NHL, to lead the Oilers to a 6-3 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Edmonton was down 2-1 when Jones...
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Merry Christmas from Jeff Skinner and his elfish features
Halloween will never be eclipsed as the primary holiday for NHL player cos-play — thank you, Raffi Torres — but Christmas has its blissful moments too. Like the San Jose Sharks donning holiday sweaters...
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Is Jacques Martin next NHL coach sacrificed by struggling team?
It's been a week in which three underachieving teams changed coaches, taking what they believe are the first steps in turning around their seasons. The Anaheim Ducks, Carolina Hurricanes and...
View ArticleVideo: Celebrating hockey goals with thousands of teddy bears
The winter holiday season is here. Hence, it's also time for that annual tradition amongst minor league hockey teams: The Teddy Bear Toss. In case you're unaware of this annual rite, fans bring stuffed...
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Who are the top 5 goalies in the NHL?
The goaltender with the lowest goals-against average in the 2011-12 NHL season is Brian Elliott of the St. Louis Blues, at 1.31. He also leads in save percentage (.951), right above Josh Harding of...
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Who is the NHL’s sophomore of the year?
Not unlike the Hamburglar with a plateful of hamburgers, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins is running away with the Calder. The 18-year-old boasts 11 goals and 17 assists through his first 26 games, tops among...
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Latest NHL radical realignment plan breaks up Southeast Div.
Hockey Night in Canada's Hot Stove Report had a great segment in the upcoming NHL realignment debate, set to simmer at the Board of Governors meeting next week in Pebble Beach. As we reported earlier...
View ArticleJordin Tootoo runs Ryan Miller in his first game back
Saturday night saw Ryan Miller return to the lineup after missing a month with a concussion believed to be from his run-in with Boston Bruins' forward Milan Lucic. You probably remember that incident....
View ArticleVideo: Fistric’s head hit on Niederreiter leads to familiar debate
What do the 2011-12 NHL season and The Essential Billy Joel have in common? Both are full of questionable hits. Yeah. Billy Joel sucks. Deal with it. Anyway, here's another one of those questionable...
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Saturday’s Three Stars: Moulson gets four; Perron scores in return
No. 1 Star: Matt Moulson, New York Islanders Moulson had seven shots in the Islanders' 5-4 win over the Dallas Stars. He scored on four of them. It was the third hat trick of his NHL career and his...
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Stan Lee’s NHL Guardian Project failure cost tech firm millions
After a rocky reboot following the lockout — remember the metro-sexual samurai? — the NHL has had few outright misfires in its marketing over the last few seasons. But next month will mark the...
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More pros than cons to be found in latest NHL realignment plan
As the NHL's top movers and shakers descend upon Pebble Beach this weekend ahead of the Board of Governors meetings, realignment will be the most talked about topic on the agenda. Even as the future...
View ArticleCrazy Turkish hockey brawl: riot police called in, match forfeited
Midway through the second period, in a game between the Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Sports Club and the Ezurum Youth Sports Club of Turkey's Ice Hockey Super League, an incident occurred....
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Sunday’s Three Stars: Booth powers Canucks; Avs end Wings’ streak
No. 1 Star: David Booth, Vancouver Canucks The Canuck went down 1-0 late in the first period to the Calgary Flames, but answered back with five straight goals in a 5-1 victory. Booth had points on...
View ArticleVideo: Watch 25,003 stuffed animals fly in a hockey rink
The Teddy Bear Toss is a grand tradition in minor and junior hockey leagues that looks fun to participate in and helps a great cause in the end. Last year, we brought you the spectacle that was the...
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What We Learned: Squashing an Alex Ovechkin steroid accusation
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each...
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