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Jersey Fouls Extra: Capitals fans and their love of Semin
The Verizon Center is commonly known as the east coast epicenter for Jersey Fouls. Based on the entries we've received over the years, there are two players most represented on Capitals Jersey Fouls...
View ArticleVideo: The nasty leadership of Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger
This TSN bit on Philadelphia Flyers defenseman is pretty polished, with a lot of different voices chiming in, some of his greatest soundbytes and first-person insight from being on the receiving end of...
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Bad change: Lightning take 2-0 lead on Caps’ OT breakdown
WASHINGTON, DC — Having tied Game 2 of his team's Stanley Cup Playoff semifinal series with a clutch goal, and then watch that team lose in overtime on a self-destructive sequence, Washington Capitals...
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Sunday’s Three Stars: Tampa wins in OT; Sharks up 2-0
No. 1 Star: Vinny Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning The Lightning captain scored twice in Tampa's 3-2 victory over the Washington Capitals, taking a 2-0 series lead. His power-play goal at 19:01 of the...
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USA Hockey represents at White House Bin Laden rally
WASHINGTON, DC — Hundreds of Americans rallied outside the White House early Monday morning, the news that Osama Bin Laden had been killed sparking a raucous impromptu rally in D.C. — one that had its...
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What We Learned: Are Sharks simply better than the Red Wings?
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each...
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Why Brad Marchand is the most annoying Bruin in the playoffs
What's the mark of a good pest in the NHL? Goading better players into taking bad penalties, like Chris Pronger's slashing call in the first period of Game 1. Agitating players who aren't even on the...
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Puck Headlines: Boucher starts Game 2; snowing Jimmy Howard
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. • No word if this was Jack...
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Flyers’ Boston mania yields revolutionarily dumb tea party, shirts
What you're witnessing here is history, or at least revisionist history. To paraphrase the great Jack Edwards: A couple of hours before Game 2 between the Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins, a...
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Flyers D Chris Pronger out of Game 2 vs. Boston
Early word today was that Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger "sat out Monday's morning skate with a head cold but is expected to play tonight." Turns out the early word was ill-spoken....
View ArticleVideo: Adam McQuaid whiffs on Richards check, crashes into boards
Boston Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid is a big hitter, and he had Mike Richards of the Philadelphia Flyers lined up near the end of the first period in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Only...
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Monday’s Three Stars: Krejci’s goal puts Bruins up 2-0 on Flyers
No. 1 Star: Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins After spotting the Philadelphia Flyers a 2-0 lead through the game's first 10 minutes, Thomas bounced back and stabilized things for Boston as they came back for...
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Hat Trick Swayzes: Our current favorite beer league name
In 1986, the late Patrick Swayze helped introduce U.S. hockey fans to the Hollywood-ized version of Canadian Junior Hockey in "Youngblood"; a film remembered mostly for this goalie mask and the fact...
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Down 2-0, Flyers coach says ‘we’re going to win a game’ in...
There's two problems with any kind of postmortem on the Philadelphia Flyers' Game 2 loss to the Boston Bruins on Monday night. The first is that they were the better team in most facets of the game,...
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Alex Ovechkin’s moment as captain, as Capitals face...
Enter any comment thread on a Washington Capitals playoff loss, and the barbs are frequent: "Ovech-Choke" … "Well, we know what the 'C' stands for" … and the rest of it. They're not necessarily fair...
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Video: After Dion Phaneuf hit, Swiss player passes out on bench
Scary scene from the 2011 IIHF world championships in Slovakia. In the first period of their preliminary round game, Swiss forward Simon Moser was absolutely demolished on a hit by Canadian (and...
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Listen To Puck Daddy Radio for Bobby Holik, playoff flops
It's a Tuesday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star: The triumphant return of NHL Network analyst and former NHLer Bobby Holik, a Puck...
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Bourne Blog: Flyers leaders setting an undisciplined example
For a team pushing towards the Stanley Cup Finals, "discipline" is more than just some buzzword. It's a crucial trait that needs to start at the top and works its way on down — when younger guys see...
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Puck Headlines: Canucks vs. Predators; Red Wings line shuffle
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. • Puck Daddy reader John S....
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Battling a brain tumor, Tampa assistant an inspiration to team
After a 4-2 victory over the Florida Panthers on April 10, the Tampa Bay Lightning players learned that assistant coach Wayne Fleming had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. As the team was...
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