Brian Elliott’s All-Star season earns him 2-year, $3.6 million extension
It's been quite the year for St. Louis Blues goaltender Brian Elliott. First, during a 2010-11 season that saw him split time between the Ottawa Senators and Colorado Avalanche, he won just three of 25...
View ArticlePuck Previews: Rene Bourque vs. Caps; Alabama-Huntsville hockey update
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 ArticleWatch Bruins fan rough up Lightning mascot Thunderbug after silly stringing...
Tampa Bay Lightning mascot Thunderbug is a pest, both in entomology and in actions. He's been known to terrorize spring breakers. Before games against the Flyers, he'd "punch out" a guy dressed like...
View ArticleWednesday’s Three Stars: Neuvirth blanks Habs; Mueller leads Avs
No. 1 Star: Michal Neuvirth, Washington Capitals Making his first start in 11 games, Neuvirth recorded his second shutout of the season and sixth of his career with a 31-save night in a 3-0 victory...
View ArticleScott Gomez’s inability to score a goal depriving Montreal fans of free booze
The Montreal Canadiens were shut out by the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night, which means center Scott Gomez had now played 16 games this season without scoring a goal; meanwhile, there are 613...
View ArticleDo NHL players, alumni deserve larger slice of the Winter Classic revenue pie?
Like the All-Star skills competition, the NHL Winter Classic Alumni Game is starting to create more buzz and memories than the main event. In 2010, Mario Lemieux's return to the ice basically created...
View ArticlePro-Canucks, Anti-Bruins propaganda uses Jon Stewart’s cynicism for 10-minute...
In case you were wondering about the severity of the psychological scarring suffered by some Vancouver Canucks fans after losing the Stanley Cup to the Boston Bruins: It apparently runs "I'll make a...
View ArticleWillie O’Ree still spreading love of hockey 54 years after breaking NHL’s...
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- When Willie O'Ree stepped on to the ice for the Boston Bruins at the Montreal Forum the night of Jan. 18, 1958, it didn't even hit him that he was doing something historic. Despite it...
View ArticleAfter this horror show, Taylor Hall’s mom said he’ll wear a helmet in...
Taylor Hall is doubtful for Thursday night's Edmonton Oilers game against the St. Louis Blues because AAAAAAARRRRRGH OMG! That horror show is a result of Hall getting sliced on the head by the skate of...
View ArticleMarek Vs. Wyshynski Radio: How to fix Buffalo Sabres, CSN Chicago’s Tracey...
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: Tracey Myers of CSN Chicago tells us all about...
View ArticleLauren Pronger, wife of Flyers’ Chris Pronger, opens up about her husband’s...
We've heard a lot about concussions over the past year, but it's not often that you hear from the wives of the players suffering from them. That's what makes this video, in which Chris Pronger's wife...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: Zdeno Chara talks All-Star Draft; streaking ‘fan’ video;...
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. • From our resident digital...
View ArticleBrad Marchand sees NHL hypocrisy in his suspension, lack thereof for Nick...
Boston Bruins honey badger Brad Marchand will be sprung from his cage against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday night, as his five-game suspension for clipping Vancouver Canucks defenseman Sami Salo...
View ArticleThe 7 Ugliest NHL All-Star Game Jerseys
The Seven is an arbitrary list of randomly connected hockey subjects that will run every Thursday on Puck Daddy. Agree to disagree. Last year's NHL All-Star Game jerseys will be this year's NHL...
View ArticlePuck Previews: Senators seek franchise road record at Sharks; The Stanley Cup...
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View ArticleWatch Evgeny Kuznetsov row his kayak to center ice during goal celebration in...
Evgeny Kuznetsov is going to be a star before he even plays a single game with the Washington Capitals. His exploits at World Juniors — from his scoring to his offending stodgy critics — are one facet...
View ArticleThursday’s Three Stars: Predators’ Rinne posts shutout; Wild, Sabres still...
"... the other, warped / in the shape of a man, moves beyond the pale / bigger than any man, an unnatural birth /called Grendel Zdeno Chara by country people / in former days." No. 1 Star: Pekka Rinne,...
View ArticleTrending Topics: Why has Terry Pegula escaped blame for Buffalo Sabres’...
Trending Topics is a column that looks at the week in hockey, occasionally 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...
View ArticleMatt Cooke’s alleged slew foot on Brad Richards will not derail Lady Byng...
The rehabilitation of Matt Cooke from reckless hockey hooligan to upstanding citizen in the NHL has been well-documented, with ESPN and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review the latest to pen "Injurious thugs...
View ArticleEx-player’s book details shocking abuse by coach Ivan Pravilov, charged in...
U.S. federal immigration officials allege that Ivan Pravilov, a Ukrainian hockey coach, committed sexual acts with "a boy attending hockey clinics with him in the United States." He's been detained...
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