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Puck Headlines: TJ Oshie absence irks Blues; Sid, Ovie updates
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. • Oh, jeez, man … what a...
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Do snobby puckheads chase away new hockey fans?
(This is, by no means, meant as an indictment of Flyers fans.) For someone that didn't grow up with the sport, the NHL can be intimidating. The rules are different. The standings look like a...
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Tomas Vokoun is (again) not enjoying life outside of playoffs
Without the benefit of a glance at his stats page, guess how many career playoff victories Tomas Vokoun of the Florida Panthers has? The answer: Three in the 11 playoff games he's played, the last of...
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Cam Janssen on T.J. Oshie: Blues ‘pissed at him’ but...
T.J. Oshie missed the St. Louis Blues practice this morning, and Coach Davis Payne told the Post Dispatch that it was an "unexcused absence." That would be the last thing the Blues would say in the...
View ArticleVideo: Todd Bertuzzi ejected for elbow to head of Ryan Johnson
(UPDATE: ESPN's Pierre LeBrun tweets "source tells me no league hearing scheduled for Todd Bertuzzi; no further discipline planned for his hit on Ryan Johnson.") At 5:17 of the first period Monday...
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Report: Anze Kopitar now out until midsummer for Kings
After suffering a broken ankle against the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, the initial prognosis for center Anze Kopitar of the Los Angeles Kings was a minimum of six weeks on the shelf. On Monday,...
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Monday’s Three Stars: Teemu’s terrific trick; Hossa OT hero
No. 1 Star: Teemu Selanne, Anaheim Ducks The amazing season for the 40-year old Selanne continued as his five-point night powered the Ducks over the Colorado Avalanche 5-4. Selanne notched his 22nd...
View ArticleVideo: High-school hockey brawl tarnishes Texas title game
This is … deplorable. Over the weekend, Keller High School (white sweaters) defeated Arlington Martin, 9-3, to win the Texas State Championship. But the end of the game was marred by this nonsensical...
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Death Watch: Sabres, Canes pressure; triple elimination in West?
Since we're down to the final moments of postseason life for teams in contention, Puck Daddy solemnly begins a daily countdown to annihilation The Carolina Hurricanes need help, and by that we mean...
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The 10 players we’d love to see win their first Stanley Cup
"But he never won a Cup." It's a caveat we've heard countless times in debates about hockey immortality. A player — let's call him "Gike Martner" or "Reremy Joenick" — will have compiled incredible...
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Blues sit T.J. Oshie for 2 games after ‘unexcused’ absence
T.J. Oshie is 24 years old and in his third NHL season. He makes mistakes on the ice. He makes mistakes off the ice. Missing a St. Louis Blues practice with an "unexcused absence" was a mistake, and...
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Listen To Puck Daddy Radio for Keith Jones, Wiz Khalifa tribute
It's a Tuesday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star 1: Keith Jones of VERSUS and Comcast SportsNet Philly talks about the...
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Bourne Blog: When the playoffs start early for NHL teams
Yesterday the Phoenix Coyotes held practice at Jobing.com Arena, and I think it'd be fair to say head coach Dave Tippett was, um, on edge. You could feel playoffs in the air. While he wasn't screaming...
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Puck Headlines: Flyers ready for Penguins; Doug Weight done
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Why Patrick Kane is hockey’s next American hero
Brian Leetch's name came up during our "players we wish could have played past 40" conversation on today's Puck Daddy Radio. He ended his career as a Boston Bruins defenseman, but earned his fame with...
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Couture, Skinner and Crawford down to wire in Calder race?
From the USA Today power rankings that your old pals Wysh and Bourne take part in, the latest tally for the Calder Trophy, voted on the Professional Hockey Writers Association: Full disclosure: I had...
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Hurricanes regroup, rally and stay alive in East
WASHINGTON, DC — The Carolina Hurricanes' place in the standings, five points behind No. 8-seeded Buffalo as the night began, was on Jeff Skinner's mind during their game against the Washington...
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Video: Shawn Thornton gets gash from skate, mocked by Blackhawks
Shawn Thornton has a cult following among Boston Bruins fans. Something tells us the sight of the B's forward trying to go after the Chicago Blackhawks' bench, while bleeding profusely from a...
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Tuesday’s Three Stars: Ville leads Philly; Neil vs. Downie
No. 1 Star: Ville Leino, Philadelphia Flyers They weren't the prettiest goals, but they were enough to help keep the Flyers on top of the Eastern Conference with a 5-2 victory at the Pittsburgh...
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Best way to get prom date? Have Boston Bruins fans ask her
In the lifecycle of the prom, Wayland High School in Massachusetts had reached the gentlemanly proposal phase. Oliver Levin, 16, wanted nothing more than to ask Sarah, a girl in his journalism class,...
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