Tuesday's Three Stars: Another Stafford trick; Tedenby OT hero
No. 1 Star: Drew Stafford, Buffalo SabresWith his three-goal night in a 7-4 win over Tampa Bay, Stafford now has five career hat-tricks. Three of them have come in his past 19 games. Stafford completed...
View ArticleVideo: Valentine's Day survival guide, courtesy of Michigan hockey
Valentine's Day is next Monday ... have any plans? Spooning with your favorite Ice Girl?Chocolate tasting with Kyle Wellwood?Or perhaps dinner and a night of charades with James Wisniewski? Louie...
View ArticleRoenick: Matt Cooke is chicken excrement, deserves 20 games
(UPDATE: As first reported by Nick Kypreos of Sportsnet, a four-game suspension for Cooke.)Never at a loss for words or for sanctimony, Jeremy Roenick appeared on XM Home Ice's morning show Wednesday...
View ArticleThe two very different sides to the P.K. Subban sweater story
If you've ever felt that people go out of their way to frame P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens as an impetuous rookie with little respect for his elders or the tenets of The Game, then Tuesday's...
View ArticleDevils' Anton Volchenkov suspended 3 games for elbow on Boychuk
In case you missed it while Chico Resch yammered on about penalties that weren't called on the Carolina Hurricanes during this sequence, that was New Jersey Devils defenseman Anton Volchenkov elbowing...
View ArticleListen To Puck Daddy Radio for Daneyko, Leafs trade, Matt Cooke
It's a Wednesday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more:• Special Guest Star: Ken Daneyko of MSG Network to talk New Jersey Devils, Volchenkov suspension and...
View ArticlePuck Daddy's Hockey Rumors Live Chat: Leafs/Ducks trade edition
Trade! Whew! The Anaheim Ducks announced today that they acquired defenseman Francois Beauchemin from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for right wing Joffrey Lupul and defenseman Jake Gardiner and a...
View ArticleBruins' Brad Marchand goes from plugger to Calder discussion
When Brad Marchand made the Boston Bruins roster out of training camp, he was thought to be nothing more than a fourth-line energy guy. When the team was down, send out Marchand to provide a spark and...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: Key injuries all over the NHL; Matt Cooke fallout
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 the Heritage...
View ArticleVideo: Top 10 hockey puck moments; glowing, broken or stolen
This week marks the 135th anniversary of the first time the term "hockey puck" was used in a newspaper, and at the 60th anniversary of Don Rickles using it as a pejorative (unconfirmed).Celebrating the...
View ArticleWhat Ken Daneyko would do to Matt Cooke
For this hit Tuesday night against the Columbus Blue Jackets' Fedor Tyutin, Matt Cooke of the Pittsburgh Penguins has been suspended four games and will forfeit $87,804.88 in salary. He also sparked a...
View ArticleFacing panic time, Blackhawks trade for Michael Frolik
Decades from now, they'll be calling this the Hugh Jessiman Trade. OK, maybe not. The only first-round pick from 2003 to never appear in the NHL was packaged by the Chicago Blackhawks along with...
View ArticleFight Video: Carey Price vs. Tim Thomas in line-brawl filled game
The second period of the Montreal Canadiens' game at the Boston Bruins Wednesday night was a classic, with eight goals and a line brawl that featured a goalie fight between Carey Price and Tim Thomas....
View ArticleVideo: Ryan Getzlaf's controversial hit on Dan Hamhuis
Anaheim Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf picked up an assist and was a plus-2 in his first game back from the nasal sinus fractures (yowch) he suffered back on Dec. 28, 2010. But Vancouver Canucks fans will...
View ArticleWednesday’s Three Stars: Horton stars in Habs/Bruins slugfest
No. 1 Star: Nathan Horton, Boston Bruins In one of the wildest, goalie-fightin' regular-season games in recent memory, Horton had a 5-point night (1 goal, 4 assists) in helping the Bruins to an 8-6...
View ArticleVideo: Tim Thomas, Carey Price talk goalie-fight strategy
"We were play-fightin' more than anything." That was Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price after his team's 8-6 loss at the Boston Bruins, discussing his scrap with friendly rival Tim Thomas during...
View ArticleYevgeni Malkin? End of Russian player names as we've known them
Speaking as a Chesnokov, there's nothing worse than having your name butchered by someone else. The NHL is such an international League with the best non-North American born players that this...
View ArticleBourne Blog: Fear and loathing of the just-traded hockey player
There are certain things you just never want to see. Bob McKenzie in lingerie. Your younger sister at your team hockey party. Or worse, your general manager's name pop up on your call display in...
View ArticleListen to Puck Daddy Radio for breaking trades, goalie bust debate
It's a Thursday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more:• Special Guest Star: We're expecting Rick Nash of the Columbus Blue Jackets to join us today, but...
View ArticleOttawa trades Mike Fisher to Carrie Underwood country for picks
There had been some debate about whether Mike Fisher did or did not have a no-movement clause in his contract, but the Ottawa Sun reported last week that he had no control over his next destination if...
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