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Puck Previews: Red Wings vs. Canucks; Crawford faces Habs
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...
View ArticleVideo: Flyers coach Laviolette shoves Steve Ott (update)
Nobody blocks Philadelphia Flyers coach Peter Laviolette from his dressing room, darn it. Especially not Steve Ott. Here's what happened after the first period on Wednesday night between Lavy and...
View ArticleMartin Havlat’s line-change freak injury costs him 6-8 weeks
While he can be correctly labeled "oft-injured," San Jose Sharks winger Martin Havlat doesn't have the bizarre history of mishaps and ailments of, say, a Sami Salo. (Seriously, floorball?) But this...
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Video: On HBO ’24/7,’ Ilya Bryzgalov compares Siberian Huskies to hot...
The Philadelphia Flyers have taken to calling goalie Ilya Bryzgalov by the nickname "Universe," and for good reason: His intergalactic philosophizing on our place in the solar system made him the...
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How NHL decided controversial Avalanche goal vs. Blues
With about six minutes left in the second period on Wednesday night, Colorado Avalanche winger Jay McClement sent the puck towards the St. Louis Blues crease. It deflected off Matt D'Agostini of the...
View ArticleWatch Sharks score strangest, squirmiest goal of night (VIDEO)
The San Jose Sharks embarrassed the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night, defeating their Eastern Conference guests by a 7-2 count. Perhaps the lowest moment for Guy Boucher's boys: This...
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Wednesday’s Three Stars: Giroux rules; Wings, Canucks chaos
No. 1 Star: Claude Giroux, Philadelphia Flyers On the same night HBO was chronicling his comeback from a concussion, Giroux completed that comeback with a 4-point night (hey, just like Sid) in a 4-1...
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HBO 24/7 Flyers Rangers Ep. 2 review: Typical Montreal
(Ed. Note: This review contains spoilers.) The theme for Episode 2 of "HBO 24/7 Flyers Rangers: Road To NHL Winter Classic": relationships. Like the one between a father and a son; between a coach and...
View ArticleAfter Daniel Sedin header, other great soccer moves in hockey
On Thursday night against the Detroit Red Wings, Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks inadvertently revolutionized the dump into the zone with, ahem, a heads-up play: Hey, that's using your head!...
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Is Dale Hunter already a lame duck with Washington Capitals?
Darryl Sutter, introduced as the Los Angeles Kings' new head coach this week, is in the first year of a 3-year deal. Kirk Muller, the head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes, has a 4-year contract. Bruce...
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Puck Daddy’s 10 worst hockey bloopers of 2011
Bloopers are the moments in sports that relieve the tension in the air, put a smile on our faces and make us remember that these are just games in the grand scheme of things. Embarrassing moments for...
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Marek vs. Wyshynski Radio: Top HBO 24/7 moments; McFarlane Toys
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 Star: Mark Weber, the Sports Brand Manager for McFarlane...
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Protest planned against Canadiens coach, ‘Anglicization policy’
From the moment he was promoted, Montreal Canadiens interim coach Randy Cunneyworth has been assailed by some French-speaking fans and media for being an "unilingual Anglophone" in a job that they feel...
View ArticlePenguins’ Engelland gets 3 games for leaping hit on Kruger
In what's turning out to be a very busy December for Brendan Shanahan, the Marshall Moo Montana of the NHL has flashed his badge once again, suspending Derek Engelland 3 games for his hit on Marcus...
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Puck Headlines: Ryan Miller upset; no punishment for Kronwall
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. • Earlier this week, Tim...
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The 7 hockey toy commercials to brighten your holidays
The Seven is an arbitrary list of randomly connected hockey subjects that will run every Thursday on Puck Daddy. Agree to disagree. Sources say Christmas is this weekend (e4), which means you might...
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Puck Previews: Battle of NY; Habs, Wild, Oil look to end skids
Preview: New York Islanders at New York Rangers 7 p.m. EST I know it's tempting to skip the Rangers' games and just catch the sexy HBO recaps with their David Fincheresque grit-filtered,...
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The ten best moments in the Chicago Blackhawks holiday video
Christmas came early for Puck Daddy this year. Not only were we blessed with the excellence of the San Jose Sharks' holiday shopping network video last week, but on Thursday we learned that another NHL...
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Thursday’s Three Stars: Carter’s hat trick wasted; Wild lose sixth
No. 1 Star: Jeff Carter, Columbus Blue Jackets Jeff Carter notched his first hat trick as a member of the Blue Jackets, scoring three times in the first period as the Jackets roared out to a 4-1 lead...
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Revenge of the Puck Daddy NHL holiday ornaments gallery
Holiday ornaments make lousy toys. Sure, we're all played "drop the fragile glass ornament from your roof to scare the bejesus out of the neighborhood cat" … er, haven't we? But for the most part,...
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