Thursday’s Three Stars: Perfect Mason; Canucks clinch Presidents’...
No. 1 Star: Chris Mason, Atlanta Thrashers With their slim playoff lives on the line, the Thrashers stayed alive with a 1-0 shutout of the Philadelphia Flyers thanks to Mason's 43-save night and Nik...
View ArticleGreen Men taunt Drew Doughty and the ‘Hockey Luvin Homo’: Can...
In what was either the boldest statement of gay pride in hockey since the Stanley Cup cameo in a Chicago parade or the most surreal moment of camp comedy since the Belfast Giants' holiday sing-along …...
View ArticleThe top 10 fantasy hockey MVPs of 2010-11 NHL season
(Note: Our friends at Dobber Hockey are back for some fantasy fun. All stats are through Wednesday night's games.) The yin to the Fantasy Goats' yang, here are the players who single-handedly won more...
View ArticleDeath Watch: Rangers give Canes hope; Jackets done, Devils next?
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 New York Rangers' loss to the New York Islanders...
View ArticlePuck Daddy chats with Habs’ Mike Cammalleri about Frozen Four, Subban,...
When the Montreal Canadiens made their run to the Eastern Conference final last spring, the majority of the lifting was done by goaltender Jaroslav Halak, who backstopped them through consecutive...
View ArticleListen To Puck Daddy Radio for President’s Trophy, Rangers talk
It's an April 1 edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: APRIL FOOLS: Listen to the podcast for our trip back to 1991. • Special Guest Star: Joe Ross of The...
View ArticleBourne Blog: Do players care about winning the Presidents’ Trophy?
After beating the Los Angeles Kings last night, the Vancouver Canucks locked up the NHL's Presidents' Trophy, the award handed out to the team that finishes the regular season with the most points....
View ArticleVideo: James Reimer/Rebecca Black parody will infect your brain
After 72.5 million views on YouTube, the poison that was Rebecca Black's "Friday" has finally started to disappear from our collective system, leaving behind only the knowledge that Sunday comes after...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: Ryan Miller update; Parise explains comeback
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. "Wait, you're the Tony...
View ArticleMeet the ‘Hockey Luvin Homos’ for the Vancouver Canucks
(UPDATE: Check the end of the post to read about how these two were ejected from their seats.) The bright pink T-shirts were eye-catching enough. Add blue wigs, costume jewelry and the words "Hockey...
View ArticleTrending Topics: Why don’t we value the NHL regular season?
Trending Topics is a new column that looks at the week in hockey 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 slow, sad...
View ArticleJacques Lemaire vs. Canadiens: Devils coach playing the spoiler
As an NHL player, Jacques Lemaire only knew the Montreal Canadiens: Playing 12 Hall of Fame seasons and winning eight Stanley Cups. As an NHL coach, Lemaire knew the Habs for parts of two seasons,...
View ArticleDeath Watch: Critical day in East; 3-team elimination?
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 next 48 hours could determine plenty in the Eastern...
View ArticleOvechkin meets Michelle Obama (and other, ahem, world leaders)
Last night, Alex Ovechkin tweeted a photo in which the Washington Capitals star had his arm around First Lady Michelle Obama at a random D.C. area eatery (s/t NBC Washington). This is, perhaps, the...
View ArticleReferee Bill McCreary has whistled his last NHL infraction
Bill McCreary's NHL officiating career began on Nov. 3, 1984, when he was whistling penalties in a New Jersey Devils game against the Washington Capitals at the Caps Centre. It ended Saturday night in...
View ArticleSaturday’s Three Stars: Ovi dances to win; Sharks top Ducks
No. 1 Star: Alex Ovechkin, Washington Capitals Ovechkin's blast on a 6-on-4 power play late in the game set up Jason Arnott's game-tying goal (his 400th, as you can see above) against the Buffalo...
View ArticleVideo: Visnovsky hurt, Carlyle steamed after Sharks’ Murray hit
Lubomir Visnovsky has been a revelation for the Anaheim Ducks this season: Battling with Nicklas Lidstrom for the NHL scoring title for defensemen and playing his way into the Norris Trophy...
View ArticleDeath Watch: Bubbles about to burst; Flames face elimination
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 focus is on the bubble today in the East and the...
View ArticleStat Nerd Sunday: What special teams tell us about contenders
(Ed. Note: Welcome to Stat Nerd Sunday, where we occasionally obsess over hockey numbers like a Dungeon Master obsessing over the level of his warrior elf. Here's Matt Barr, formerly of LCS: Guide To...
View ArticleMandi Schwartz, inspirational Yale hockey player, dies at 23
Last summer, we told you about Yale University hockey player Mandi Schwartz, who had battled acute myeloid leukemia through diagnosis and treatment and remission and relapses since 2008. Her story...
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