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Battle of the Blades III review: Recapping Week 1 debuts
Greetings, nonselective fans of live events that take place on ice! Welcome to the third season of Battle of the Blades, the program that awkwardly combines two of Canada's favourite things, Kurt...
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Brad Marchand confirms his Stanley Cup tattoo wasn’t spell-checked
When the Boston Bruins celebrated their 2011 Stanley Cup championship with a $156,000 bar tab and half-naked dancing at a Foxwoods casino club, it was our first glimpse at the fresh ink commemorating...
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Puck Headlines: Winter Classic 2012; Patrick Kane at center
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. • Huzzah! The New York...
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Video: Rangers GM Glen Sather talks smack on Flyers, Phillies
Things we expected to see at the 2012 Winter Classic press conference at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Monday: Gary Bettman, an HBO executive, at least one Jersey Foul and the proposed...
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Kudos to Chris Campoli after Canadiens free-agent deal
Chris Campoli won the waiting game. Here's a 27-year-old defenseman that the Chicago Blackhawks walked away from and who lingered on the free-agent market until the Montreal Canadiens reached out and...
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Puck Daddy Season Preview 2011-12: Tampa Bay Lightning
It's going to be another year of blockbusters and huge flops in the NHL. Which teams blew out their budgets for big name stars and gigantic special effects to score Michael Bay-levels of box office...
View ArticleBrad Staubitz gets preseason, 3 Wild games ban; Shanahan range?
Another day, another fairly easy call for NHL discipline czar Brendan Shanahan: Minnesota Wild forward Brad Staubitz has been suspended for the rest of the preseason and three regular-season games for...
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What James Wisniewski’s 8-game ban tells us about Shanahan
The NHL's decision to suspend Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman James Wisniewski for the rest of the preseason and eight regular-season games for his hit to the head of Minnesota Wild forward Cal...
View ArticleWas Alain Vigneault right to play the Nathan Horton card?
In his postgame comments following Sunday night's preseason loss versus the San Jose Sharks, Vancouver Canucks Coach Alain Vigneault made it known that he was unhappy with an open-ice hit that Sharks'...
View ArticleSean Avery: Wayne Simmonds used homophobic slur against me
The following video (via our own Ryan Lambert) appears to show Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers using a homophobic slur and directing it at Sean Avery of the New York Rangers, who was in full...
View ArticleVideo: Tom Sestito’s suspension-ready hit vs. Rangers
The best angle on this hit by Tom Sestito of the Philadelphia Flyers on Andre Deveaux of the New York Rangers is at the 1:25 mark. Deveaux gets up to play the puck, facing the end boards. Sestito comes...
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Avery, Simmonds and why reality has conquered the rink
"The '24/7' franchise is fashioned on larger-than-life personalities, engaging storylines and unrestricted access." That was HBO executive producer Rick Bernstein, in an announcement made hours before...
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Semyon Varlamov’s mask: Carrot bazookas vs. angry Yeti
Through the years, Colorado Avalanche goaltenders would use the expected regional iconography for their masks: snow, icicles, mountain ranges. (Save for Peter Budaj, of course, who preferred video...
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Battle of the Blades III review: Week 1′s bad Leschyshyn
Welcome back to Battle of the Blades, the show so awkward and excruciating, it's a little like watching your own circumcision. This was a difficult episode to cover, because it was nearly identical to...
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Capitals fans reject spending nights in white netting
When the NHL decided to cover its collective ass for injury liability in 2002 by covering the end zones of its arenas in nylon mesh, there were calls from purists (looks in mirror) about watching the...
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Wayne Simmonds denies using gay slur; update on ‘banana’ incident
Attention lip-readers and Sean Avery: Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds "strongly denied" using a gay slur against the New York Rangers winger on Monday night, according to Sam Carchidi of...
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Puck Headlines: Calling out Doughty; NHL in Kansas City
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. • The Chive has a collection...
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Have the San Jose Sharks violated fans’ freedom of speech?
Watch any NHL game on television, and you may not remember what the fans seated in back of the home bench were wearing that night. Watch any San Jose Sharks home game on television, and the oddity of...
View ArticleJean-Francois Jacques suspended 5 games; Shanahan will tell you why
Oh, this is so exciting: After videos that detailed hits to the head and boarding penalties, NHL VP of Player Safety and Suspension Infomercials Brendan Shanahan gets a chance to inform the masses...
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Puck Daddy Season Preview 2011-12: Toronto Maple Leafs
It's going to be another year of blockbusters and huge flops in the NHL. Which teams blew out their budgets for big name stars and gigantic special effects to score Michael Bay-levels of box office...
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