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Seven humble requests for ‘HBO 24/7 Flyers Rangers’
Much like those mad geniuses at "South Park" edit right down to the wire on their weekly programs, the folks at HBO can tweak their "24/7 Flyers Rangers: Road To the NHL Winter Classic" episodes until...
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The NHL All-Concussion Team would win a lot of games
You're probably well aware that concussions have become something of an epidemic in the NHL over the past few years. It's not like nobody's talking about it. But just recently, the epidemic has taken...
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Puck Previews: Minnesota hosts Chicago; another concussion
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 the games are finished....
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Canucks respond to lazy Bolland insults with equally lazy insults
On the very day that 24/7 Flyers Rangers is set to debut, it's been the feud between the Vancouver Canucks and Chicago Blackhawks that has dominated the news cycle (much to the dismay of HBO, one...
View ArticleVideo: Young Pittsburgh fan freaks out at Detroit fan parents
It's tough being a preadolescent sports fan. You can find a team and you can love them, but it's hard to understand that others are allowed to like different teams, and you often find yourself at odds...
View ArticleVideo: Patrick Kane’s ridiculous, deke-tastic shootout winner
Like me, Patrick Kane was born in the 1980s, meaning he no doubt grew up on the hockey wisdom of The Mighty Ducks. The great philosopher Gordon Bombay taught that three is the appropriate number of...
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Wednesday’s Three Stars: Thomas stops Sens, Toews tops Wild
No. 1 Star: Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks In the battle of the Western Conference's two best teams, the Blackhawks emerged, 4-3, in a shootout victory over the Minnesota Wild. Chicago was led by...
View ArticleVideo: HBO 24/7 star Ilya Bryzgalov on the universe, killing tigers
Besides New York Rangers captain Ryan Callahan's salty 95-year-old grandmother, the breakout star of the first episode of "HBO 24/7 Flyers Rangers: Road To The NHL Winter Classic" was Philadelphia...
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HBO 24/7 Flyers Rangers Ep. 1 review: Grandma Callahan rules
(Ed. Note: This review contains spoilers.) The trickiest thing about documentary filmmaking is establishing a narrative without forcing it. HBO hit the jackpot in the first season of its "24/7" take...
View ArticleVideo: Will McQuaid’s knee-on-knee with Foligno stir Shanahan?
Brendan Shanahan made his opinion regarding knee-on-knee hits perfectly clear last week, when he suspended Colorado Avalanche centre Kevin Porter four games for his hit on David Booth. He came down...
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Is HBO 24/7 selling an NHL that doesn’t currently exist?
(Above: New York Rangers forward Brian Boyle on '24/7', waiting for "Avatar 2" and quite hungry.) Right from the start, last night's "HBO 24/7 Flyers Rangers" celebrated the brutality of the game: Big...
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Puck Daddy Reader Art Contest: NHL Holiday Ornaments
The holidays are upon us. Chances are you already have your Christmas tree up. Or your Hanukkah bush. Or your Festivus pole. Or your pagan goat sacrifice altar. What do all these things require?...
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Ending the ‘Fire Todd McLellan’ movement before it begins
The San Jose Sharks enter play this evening with 33 points in 28 games, good for second in the Pacific Division and No. 8 in the Western Conference. So, naturally, Coach Todd McLellan's job should be...
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Marek vs. Wyshynski Radio: HBO ’24/7′ interview; Kane goal debate
It's a Thursday edition of Marek vs. Wyshynski beginning at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, and we're talking about the following and more: Special Guest Stars: Bentley Weiner, coordinating producer for "HBO...
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Puck Headlines: Kings coach update; glove defecation suspension
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Via JP and Hogs Haven,...
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The 7 Ilya Bryzgalov HBO spinoffs we’d pay to see
The Seven is an arbitrary list of randomly connected hockey subjects that will run every Thursday on Puck Daddy. Agree to disagree. The breakout star of "HBO 24/7 Flyers Rangers" last night was...
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Puck Previews: Kings try to snap streak; Daniel Sedin out
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Kris Humphries offered a spot on the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch
NBA centre Kris Humphries has had a rough go of it of late. Not only did he become something of a laughingstock when he inexplicably married Krazy ol' Kim Kardashian, but his good name was even further...
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Chris Pronger out for season with severe post-concussion syndrome
On Oct. 24, Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger took a Mikhail Grabovski stick to the face during a follow-through on a shot and missed two weeks. When he returned, Pronger played just five...
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Straight poop on New England hockey glove defecation incident
On Thursday afternoon, one of the most bizarre and disgusting hockey stories in recent memory began stinking up the web: Zung Nguyen, a 37-year-old defenseman in the New England Senior Hockey League,...
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