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Jonas Hiller: Ready for season, targeting All-Star Game
The Anaheim Ducks overcame the absence of goalie Jonas Hiller last season to make the Stanley Cup Playoffs, but expecting Corey Perry to again score 30 points in the last 16 games of the regular season...
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Puck Headlines: Dan Carcillo vs. Philly media; Rypien’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. • J.S. Giguere's new goalie...
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Bourne Blog: The competitive nature of summer shinny
When I would first lace 'em up after taking a few weeks off the ice, I'd step into a summer shinny game that was not the slightest bit competitive. The majority of guys we skated with had contracts...
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Hockey Guilty Pleasures: Dave Lozo, NHL.com writer
(Ed. Note: Our series "Puck Daddy's Guilty Pleasures" features puckheads from all walks of life answering questions about their own hockey-related guilty pleasures. It will run daily during the month...
View ArticleVideo: Jeremy Roenick reenacts iconic ‘Swingers’ hockey scene
There can be no mention of the 1996 classic movie "Swingers" in a hockey discussion without bringing up the famous scene where Trent plays Sue in NHL '93 and makes video Wayne Gretzky's head bleed....
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NHL tests curved glass to prevent Pacioretty-like injuries
TORONTO — The majority of innovations at the NHL's Research and Development Camp this week are geared towards increasing goal-scoring, but a few have a different aim: increasing player safety....
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NHL goal verification line, with the fresh scent of mint
TORONTO — Video goal reviews in the NHL are, for the most part, effective in verifying or denying controversial goals. It's not a perfect system, mostly because camera coverage in and around the cage...
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Why 11-year-old twins’ $50,000 goal prize is in doubt
Please recall on Saturday when we told you about Nick and Nate Smith, 11-year-old twins from Minnesota who are in the middle of a controversy that could see their family either awarded or lose...
View ArticleVideo: 3-on-3 overtime at NHL Research and Development camp
TORONTO -- The idea of 3-on-3 hockey conjures images of odd-man rushes, end-to-end offense and fire-wagon hockey. There were flashes of that at the 2011 NHL Research and Development Camp, as the...
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Puck Headlines: Winter Classic update; new NHL 12 Legends
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. • Here's Ilya Bryzgalov's...
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Do you agree with Matt Bradley’s Semin, Boudreau slams?
TORONTO — Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau said the text messages started arriving about 10 minutes after Florida Panthers forward Matt Bradley candidly criticized his former team on Ottawa's...
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Oren Koules, ex-Tampa Bay owner, seeks NHL comeback
TORONTO — Oren Koules came to the NHL from Hollywood, where he helped bring the world Charlie Sheen as a sitcom actor and a maniacal puppet torturing people in horror movies. So in cinematic terms,...
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Hockey Guilty Pleasures: Chris Smith of Icethetics
(Ed. Note: Our series "Puck Daddy's Guilty Pleasures" features puckheads from all walks of life answering questions about their own hockey-related guilty pleasures. It will run daily during the month...
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Roberto Luongo shouldn’t regret his Tim Thomas critique
TORONTO — During the Stanley Cup Final against the Boston Bruins, Roberto Luongo made two statements about Tim Thomas that, in hindsight, will go down in hockey infamy. The first was a comment about...
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TMZ: Rangers’ Sean Avery cleared in LAPD battery incident
New York Rangers star Sean Avery doesn't often avoid penalties when caught up in controversies on the ice. But according to TMZ, he's going to dodge any punishment for battery against an LAPD officer...
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Why calling icing on penalty killers might be terrible
TORONTO — Ask around at the Research and Development Camp, and you get an idea for what the NHL GMs and coaches are really keeping an eye on this week. Anything involving penalties and power plays has...
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Islanders, MSG decide not to celebrate Penguins brawl
Despite the fact that MSG Network has been running replays of New York Islanders games all summer with the team planning viewing parties for fans around them, it appears as though the controversy...
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Bourne Blog: Inside painkiller problems in pro hockey
The first thought that crossed my mind (after my stomach dropped) when I saw the first of many tweets offering sympathy after Rick Rypien's passing this week was "painkillers." In Rypien's case, I was...
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Brian Burke wants to give the NHL a bear hug
TORONTO — The scenario plays out every week in the NHL: one player risks injury by turning his back to a defending player, to either protect the puck or draw a penalty … but the defending player runs...
View ArticleVideo: Awesome trick shots from NHL Research Camp
TORONTO — As part of the NHL Research and Development Camp, some of the league's top prospects ran through the full All-Star Game Skills Competition, from hardest shot through the dopey relay with the...
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