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Vancouver Papers Apologize For Describing Jordan Subban As "Dark Guy"
How would you caption this photo of Vancouver Canuck Jordan Subban celebrating a goal with his teammates? Maybe you'd reference his uniform number, since it's the only one not clearly visible. Whatever the solution, "dark guy in the middle" was not it....
Jordan Staal Breaks Leg In Exhibition Game
Exhibition games continue to be the worst, this time injuring Jordan Staal. The Carolina Hurricanes center was pursuing a pass along the boards in Tuesday night's game against the Buffalo Sabres when he was checked, and his right skate got caught on the ice. Staal's leg continued to move, causing th...
Cuba Gooding Jr. Is Good At Hockey, Stripping
For some reason Academy Award-winning actor and star of Snow Dogs Cuba Gooding Jr. took part in a puck shooting contest at the United Center Tuesday, during intermission between the Blackhawks-Red Wings exhibition game. Despite suffering from the severe competitive disadvantage of having taken a r...
Flyers Fans Boo Ice Guys For Not Being Ice Girls
Yesterday was the Flyers' first preseason game since the offeason announcement that its female, lightly dressed ice cleaners were being done away with, to be replaced with 12 dudes in orange jackets. Fans most definitely noticed the change:...
Blue Jackets Not Fucking Around With Ryan Johansen Contract Negotiations
After a breakout 33-goal season, Blue Jackets center Ryan Johansen is seeking a bigger payday. But he and Columbus are far apart on just how big, and Johansen isn't planning to report to camp when it opens tomorrow. So the Blue Jackets just pulled something I don't know that I've ever seen a team do...
Come Correct To P.K. Subban About His Corsi Or Don't Come At All
The NHL is holding its annual player tour, in which it drags many of its top stars to New York for days of interviews and appearances. ESPN's Craig Custance took advantage of the opportunity (Insider link) to ask players what they thought of their own unconventional analytics, aka fancystats. ...
Two Arrested In Connection With Derek Boogaard's Death
Two men were arrested this morning in connection with the death of hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard, who died in 2011 from an overdose of alcohol and prescription painkillers....
Alex Ovechkin Lamely Explains Away Photo In Support Of Ukrainian Rebels
Last month, Alexander Ovechkin posted the above photo to his Instagram account last month. It featured the caption, "Our grandparents have seen the horrors of fascism. We will not allow it in our time!!" and the hashtag #savechildrenfromfascism....
Sidney Crosby Was Not Arrested In Ottawa
Preeeetty major fuckup here from the Ottawa Sun, which reported earlier this morning that Penguins star Sidney Crosby was arrested for unknown reasons. That would be a big story in the middle of the NHL offseason doldrums, if it were true, which it is not....
Reports: NHL Plans Expansion, And Soon
Two separate, partially concordant reports on Tuesday indicate that the NHL is in the late stages of finalizing a league expansion in the next few years, with one of them going so far as to claim the NHL will add teams in Las Vegas, Seattle, Quebec City, and a second franchise in Toronto, all by 201...
The NHL Threatened <em>The Simpsons</em> Over Krusty Puking In The Stanley Cup
Here’s a fun NHL fact, which like all of the best facts about everything, is actually about The Simpsons. ...
Josh Ho-Sang Whips Around For A Beautiful Shootout Goal
From the same Toronto camp where Jordan Subban scored on older brother Malcolm in a shootout competition, Islanders prospect Josh Ho-Sang produced this gem. Josh Ho-Sang is fun....
Minnesota Wild Fans Get Custom Portrait Of Their Dog As A Hockey Player
A family of Minnesota Wild fans paid for their dog Copper to be painted as a player for the team. As you can see, the piece turned out quite well. (Only pedants and Philistines would point out that Copper is depicted here as a helmetless anachronism.)...
Connor McDavid, Still Undressing Defenses
There are few situations more meaningless than an exhibition game at a summer development camp. I know. But still, you need to see this nasty shit Connor McDavid did:...
Maurkice Pouncey Expected To Be Charged With Battery
Pittsburgh Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey is expected to be charged with battery as early as today stemming from his role in a nightclub brawl, according to the attorney of one of the victims who said he had been briefed by police....
Dallas Stars Owner Found Guilty of Bizarre Environmental Charges
Dallas Stars owner Tom Gaglardi was found guilty of two counts of harmful alteration of a fish habitat, Kamloops This Week reports today. And a former employee testified that Gaglardi told him to throw a computer drive in a lake when authorities started investigating. That was a very bad idea. ...