Puck Previews: Halak returns to Montreal; David Aesbischer’s Jets mask
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 ArticleShawn Thornton’s shorthanded penalty shot goal; yes, Shawn Thornton (Video)
There was an unlikely sight in the first period of the Winnipeg Jets' game at the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night: The Jets' Chris Thorburn, he of the 28 goals and 486 penalty minutes in 395 career...
View ArticleMike Smith’s save of year candidate on Marian Gaborik OT penalty shot (Video)
Marian Gaborik is, arguably, the New York Rangers' deadliest offensive player. Giving him a penalty shot in overtime — which Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Adrian Aucoin did, slashing him on a breakaway on...
View ArticleTuesday’s Three Stars: Shutouts for Gustavsson, Blues’ Halak; Hat tricks for...
No. 1 Star: Saku Koivu, Anaheim Ducks Koivu scored a minute in and with a minute left (with a game-winner somewhere in there as well, whatever) to record his second career hat trick in the Ducks' 5-2...
View ArticleWatch Shawn Thornton embarrass a Vancouver columnist on Boston TV (Video)
In that brutal game last Saturday, Dale Weise of the Vancouver Canucks fought Nathan Horton of the Boston Bruins. Later in the same period, Boston pugilist Shawn Thornton wanted to throw down with...
View ArticleCelebrating the testicular fortitude of Wild’s Mike Yeo, Devils’ Pete DeBoer
On Tuesday, Minnesota Wild Coach Mike Yeo and New Jersey Devils Coach Pete DeBoer made two decisions with varying degrees of ballsy-ness; two decisions that, in the end, should earn these guys a lot of...
View ArticleHockey Hugs: Swedish hugs are strange, awkward Spezza, Boyle burns for Burns
Hockey Hugs is a feature that celebrates the best in hugging from around the NHL, because who doesn't love a good hug now and then? Seen a particularly good hug photo lately? Send it to...
View ArticlePuck Daddy’s Hockey Rumors Live Chat!
Were the Anaheim Ducks rumors just bluster? Will the Detroit Red Wings make a move for a top six forward? When it is panic time for the Buffalo Sabres? Please join us beginning at NOON ET/9 a.m. PT...
View ArticlePuck Daddy’s 2012 NHL All-Star Game selections
On "Marek Vs. Wyshynski", we asked your opinions on the NHL All-Star Game; specifically, how you view the midseason classic's purpose. Should it be a fantasy hockey league come to life? The NHL...
View ArticleMarek Vs. Wyshynski Radio: IMPACT wrestling’s Eric Young; PJ Stock; and...
It's a Wednesday 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: Impact wrestling star and celebrity puckhead...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: Rangers’ honour assaulted officer Auricchio; Dustin Penner’s...
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. • This is what Dale Weise...
View ArticleIs Dion Phaneuf of Maple Leafs really the NHL’s most overrated player?
NHL players polls are always a good time. They're like the "Burn Book" from "Mean Girls", only with fewer devil's horns drawn on photographs and use of the word "fugly." The latest one comes from the...
View ArticlePuck Previews: Pens/Caps; Burke on ‘overrated’ Phaneuf
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....
View ArticleExclusive: Univ. of Michigan, NHL in advanced discussions for 2013 Winter...
Michigan Stadium is known for being the biggest college football venue in the land, playing to crowds of more than 110,000 every fall. But the 84-year-old stadium, affectionately referred to as The...
View ArticleWednesday’s Three Stars: Vokoun blanks Pens; Parise OT hero
No. 1 Star: Tomas Vokoun, Washington Capitals Vokoun earned his 46th career shutout and second this season with a 30-save blanking of the Pittsburgh Penguins during a 1-0 win. It was the first time the...
View ArticleKings’ Penner responds to pancake-gate in open letter, sponsors ‘Pancakes...
Poor Dustin Penner's been getting it from all sides since he threw out his back while bending over to help himself to a stack of delicious pancakes, and it's easy to see why. The Los Angeles Kings'...
View ArticleWhy is fighting on the decline in the NHL during the 2011-12 season?
The last week has been a useful snapshot of the muddled fighting debate in the National Hockey League. Progressive hockey veteran Jimmy Devellano of the Detroit Red Wings wants to abolish it; fellow...
View ArticleFree Sean Avery! But not before he plays on pink ice this weekend in AHL
The New York Rangers' divisive pest Sean Avery continues to toil with the Connecticut Whale of the AHL, despite two NHL teams requesting his services via re-entry waivers according to Larry Brooks of...
View ArticleMike Cammalleri says Montreal has ‘losing mentality’, so naturally he’ll be...
"I can't accept that we will display a losing attitude as we're doing this year. We prepare for our games like losers. We play like losers. So it's no wonder why we lose." Gasp! Swoon! Michael...
View ArticleWith J.J. Abrams iPhone app, you too can blow up Alex Ovechkin with a missile...
J.J. Abrams is the creator of many cool things: "Lost", "Alias", the resurgent "Star Trek" and "Mission: Impossible" franchises, our junior year college crush on Keri Russell. Now, he's helped create...
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