Puck Headlines: Thrashers anger, blame; Dallas Stars sale soon?
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. • When the NHL returns to...
View ArticleBourne Blog: Travel headaches ahead for Bruins, Canucks in Final
The 2011 edition of the Stanley Cup Final is a battle between teams from Massachusetts and British Columbia, which according to my limited knowledge of geography don't exactly share any borders. A...
View ArticleFlorida Panthers finally give Kevin Dineen his NHL coaching job
(Oh, the irony of running a photo of the Whale on a day like today.) Kevin Dineen, 47, played 1,188 games in the NHL with Philadelphia, Hartford, Carolina, Ottawa and Columbus. He's coached for six...
View ArticleBruins/Canucks Stanley Cup Preview: Who has the better karma?
Leading up to Wednesday's Game 1, Puck Daddy's Sean Leahy and Greg Wyshynski are previewing every facet of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks— on the ice and...
View ArticleDon Waddell talks about his role in the Atlanta Thrashers’ demise
The reality of relocation hit Atlanta Thrashers President Don Waddell when the City of Glendale agreed to help fund the Phoenix Coyotes for another season. "When Phoenix looked like they were falling...
View ArticleWhat’s a Canuck? Mystery behind Vancouver’s hockey moniker
The Boston Bruins got their name in 1924 courtesy of general manager Art Ross, who was tasked by the team's owner to create an "untamed animal" nickname. For the NHL franchise. "Bruin" was an Old...
View ArticleBruins/Canucks Stanley Cup Preview: Who has better goaltending?
Leading up to Wednesday's Game 1, Puck Daddy's Sean Leahy and Greg Wyshynski are previewing every facet of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks— on the ice and...
View ArticleAtlanta Thrashers bloggers typing toughest words: ‘The End’
Matthew Gunning is an Atlanta Thrashers fan. They exist. They were passionate. So passionate was Gunning, and frustrated by the lack of coverage for the team, that he created a blog called Thrashers...
View ArticleBruins/Canucks Stanley Cup Preview: Who has better captain?
Leading up to Wednesday's Game 1, Puck Daddy's Sean Leahy and Greg Wyshynski are previewing every facet of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks— on the ice and...
View ArticleListen to Puck Daddy Radio for Bruins/Canucks, Colin Campbell
It's a Wednesday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star Part 1: Cliff Ronning, former Vancouver Canucks center and video game hero,...
View ArticleColin Campbell out, Brendan Shanahan in for NHL discipline?
If you've been wishing for a change in the way the NHL hands out its discipline, then June 1 might be your Christmas morning. Darren Dreger of TSN broke the news this morning that Colin Campbell, the...
View ArticlePuck Daddy Hockey Rumors Live Chat
We're going to have a team in Winnipeg next season. What will it be called? Who will play for it? And what's the outlook for free agency for the rest of the NHL? Oh, there's also a Game 1 between the...
View ArticlePuck Headlines: Stanley Cup food bet; Colin Campbell’s legacy
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 • It took us a minute to...
View ArticleMystery solved: Cliff Ronning reveals why he ruled in NHL ’93
One of the real joys of doing Puck Daddy Radio, or really any kind or radio, is unpredictability. Conversations take us in unexpected directions and the results can sometimes be revelatory. Which...
View ArticlePuck Daddy 2011 Stanley Cup Final Staff Prognostications
(Moments later, Rep. Anthony Weiner would regret sending this as a Twitter photo with the caption "Can't even wrap my hands around the base of this thing!") The Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks...
View ArticlePuck Daddy 2011 Stanley Cup Final Game 1 Live Chat
The predictions have been made. The Boston Bruins are ready. The Vancouver Canucks are ready. Let's get it on. Please join your pals at Puck Daddy for our 2011 Stanley Cup Final Game 1 live chat. You...
View ArticleVideo: Alex Burrows bites Patrice Bergeron in Cup Final Game 1
The first period of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final Game 1 between the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks was a battle, no doubt leaving the players feeling drained. So Alex Burrows decided to have a...
View ArticleBruins’ breakdown: Canucks take Game 1 on late Torres goal
One lapse. One breakdown. That was going to decide Game 1 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final, as the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks battled deep into the third period, less than a minute away from...
View ArticleWednesday’s Three Stars: Torres’ late goal gives Canucks Game 1
No. 1 Star: Tim Thomas, Boston Bruins Thomas played spectacularly making 33 saves, keeping the Bruins in the game and allowed the only goal of the game as the Canucks took the opening game of the...
View ArticleHow U2′s Bono hitched a ride with Oilers’ Gilbert Brule
On Tuesday, Gilbert Brule of the Edmonton Oilers and his girlfriend went out to walk their German shepherd. They ended up taking in an Irish singer. As strange and surreal as it seems, this is the...
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