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Ain’t no party like a Finland fan party because they’re naked
At the IIHF world championships on Sunday, Finland won the gold medal, defeated its arch rival Sweden with a five-goal third period to win that gold medal, and captured the first world title for the...
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Bruins: Help us Patrice Bergeron, you’re our only hope
In Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Lightning, it was pretty clear what the Boston Bruins were lacking. Like a defensive leader who could calm the team down during that three-goals-in-85-seconds flurry in...
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Listen To Puck Daddy Radio for Boogaard, conference finals
It's a Monday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star Part 1: CBC Sports' Elliotte Friedman talking conference finals and Winnipeg...
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Report: Thrashers in talks with Winnipeg group for relocation
On Friday, Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that "It is unclear this morning if the Thrashers have been granted permission by the NHL to begin negotiations with True North...
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Puck Headlines: NHL realignment on Thrash move; Ovi home
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. We don't often do this, but...
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Chatting with Predators’ Pekka Rinne about playoff run, Kesler, Vezina...
For the first time in franchise history, the Nashville Predators made the Stanley Cup Playoff semifinals before losing to the Vancouver Canucks. In that series, as he had been during the regular...
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Sharks downplay blown leads in the third period
In Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals against the Vancouver Canucks, the San Jose Sharks blew a third-period lead and lost. It was the third time in their last four playoff games they've done...
View ArticleVideo: Finland’s Pasi Nurminen falls off plane into hockey trophy
You may remember Pasi Nurminen from his three-season stint (2001-04) as a goalie with the Atlanta Thrashers. But from this day forward, Pasi Nurminen will be known as the Finland goalie coach who fell...
View ArticleDerek Boogaard book project: Author talks legacy, concussions
On Monday's episode of Puck Daddy Radio, author Ross Bernstein ("The Code"; "Slap Shot Original") spoke about a book project he worked on with the late Derek Boogaard called "Meet The Boogey Man:...
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Is NHL wrong for serving $89,000 fine to Montreal restaurant?
Walk around any city with an NHL playoff team, especially one as puck-mad as Montreal, and you'll see businesses displaying signs and slogans in support of the local hockey heroes. It's what Fadl Issa,...
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Top 10 whines about embellishment/diving during NHL season
On Monday, Dan Boyle of the San Jose Sharks made some accusations about the Vancouver Canucks' heads "going back like they're being shot with a gun" in order to draw penalties. Ah, but this wasn't the...
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Mixed signals on Patrice Bergeron’s return for Game 2
As we wrote on Monday, many of the Boston Bruins' deficiencies in their Game 1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning are assets that Patrice Bergeron brings to the ice: defensive competence, special teams...
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Listen to Puck Daddy Radio for Winnipeg/NHL, dive debate
It's a Tuesday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star Part 1: Ken Campbell of The Hockey News on the Atlanta Thrashers, Winnipeg and the...
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Bourne Blog: Tyler Seguin and the trouble with great expectations
"Development" is the vague term we use to describe how hockey players move from potential to prospect to pro, and there's no perfect road to get from A to B to C. The Boston Bruins, in a popular move,...
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Puck Headlines: Crosby does Cannes; NHL realignment on hold?
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. • Paul Martin, Jamie-Lynn...
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Off-ice incident in Game 4 nets Carcillo 2-game suspension
The Philadelphia Flyers' season came to an end 11 days ago and that's how long it's taken for the NHL to announce a suspension for Dan Carcillo. Carcillo has been banned from the first two games of the...
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In praise of Steve Yzerman’s ‘Grind Line 2′ with Lightning
Is it hockey blasphemy to bestow the "Grind Line" label to a collection of three players who aren't wearing the Winged Wheel? Perhaps. But what about when that trio is constructed by a Detroit Red...
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Youth in Revolt: How Tyler Seguin rallied Bruins in Game 2
The hesitation to buy into Tyler Seguin was understandable. One game. One admittedly spectacular goal. One stirring debut for in the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the Boston Bruins, but it could have been...
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Video: Tim Thomas loses mask, Tampa scores goal off his head
With the Boston Bruins leading 6-4 in the third period of Game 2 in the Eastern Conference finals, Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman nearly scored a goal, the puck sliding across the goal...
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Tuesday’s Three Stars: Seguin scores, Thomas saves in Bruins win
No. 1 Star: Tyler Seguin, Boston Bruins It was a history-making performance for the Bruins rookie in only his second Stanley Cup Playoff game. Seguin scored 2 goals and assisted on two others in a...
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