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Brandon Bollig Is Not A Stickhandler
Last week, video of Patrick Kane pulling off some really remarkable stickhandling went, as we in the biz would say, viral. So his Blackhawks teammate, enforcer Brandon Bollig, decided to give it a shot. Not so easy, it turns out. We like this video better....
Sabres-Leafs Game Featured Line Brawl And Goalie Fight
Preseason hockey might not count for anything, but the Sabres and Leafs didn't care, getting into a line brawl in the third period of tonight's game....
3-Year-Old Winnipeg Fan Cries Because Ondrej Pavelec Isn't Starting
Honestly, if your kid's favorite player is Ondrej Pavelec, you should have your children taken away. [Global News]...
NHL Fighters Find Way Around New Helmet Rule: Help Each Other Out!
Among the new NHL rules this season, fighters are no longer allowed to take their helmets off, under penalty of an additional two-minute minor. It's officially about safety, and also likely an incremental step in cracking down on the practice of fighting itself. It took all of two preseason games fo...
The Florida Panthers Really Packed 'Em In For Their Preseason Opener
This was the anthem scene at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., this afternoon for Predators-Panthers. It proves once and for all that there's no better setting for preseason hockey than a doubleheader that begins at 2:30 on a Monday in south Florida in the middle of September....
Martin St. Louis Does Not Skip Leg Day
It's not the first time we've marveled over the 38-year-old Lightning winger's massive quads. And it won't be the last, because if we don't he'll use them to crack our heads like so many chestnuts....
Leafs Fan Allegedly Exposed Himself While Wearing Jersey With His Name
Nardeo Samlall of Toronto was arrested Monday and charged with indecent exposure after allegedly rubbing against, then exposing himself to, two groups of women in a subway station. The master criminal wore a Leafs sweater with his first name on the back....
Dipshit Hockey Player Murders Grizzly Bear For Sport
Sorry everyone, but today's Bear Friday news is a big fucking bummer, and we have Minnesota Wild defenseman Clayton Stoner to thank for it. That's because Clayton Stoner thought it would be cool to go to British Columbia, shoot a grizzly bear, and then take some pictures of himself holding up the be...
The Predators Just Earned Themselves A New Nickname
In the finest tradition of the Atlanta Barves, Nashville's hockey team will henceforth be known by its new, self-bestowed typo nickname. Let us be among the first to say, "Go Perds!"...
The Face Of USA Hockey
Let Team USA's photo day serve as your periodic reminder that Phil Kessel is part Ogre....
What In The Hell Did Brent Burns Find?
San Jose Sharks defenseman Brent Burns discovered this on the golf course yesterday. He's stumped. I'm not a paleontologist, but it's clearly either a chupacabra or a Nashville Predator. ...
The Flyers Want Fans' Help In Setting The Dumbest World Record
One day, setting obscure, silly world records will stop being a method to generate buzz. Today is not that day....
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Fox Sports 1 Is Already Ignoring Hockey [UPDATE]
Despite claims to the contrary and hiring two of Canada's most beloved sports personalities, today's launch of Fox Sports 1 doesn't bring glad tidings of coverage for North America's most-ignored major sport....
Man Trolls Paul Bissonnette. Bissonnette Posts Man's Arrest Record.
Coyotes tough guy Paul Bissonnette is also a Twitter tough guy. His very active life on social media gives fans an extra incentive to be jackasses: If they talk shit about him, they know he'll see it. Sometimes that's a bad thing....
Flyers Captain Hurt While Golfing Is A Metaphor For Something
Claude Giroux had to have sudden surgery on his right index finger yesterday in Ottawa. The GM of the Flyers said it's going to take him five to six weeks to recover, though Giroux told the Philadelphia Daily News he should be good to go much sooner. So what happened?...
Chris Nilan Denies Giving Whitey Bulger A Stanley Cup Ring
Yesterday morning, just before former Boston underworld kingpin Whitey Bulger was convicted of racketeering, conspiracy, and murder, word got out that a Stanley Cup ring in his possession would be exempt from criminal forfeiture proceedings. But a larger question remained: How in the world did White...
How The NHL Fit Into Whitey Bulger's Underworld Empire
James "Whitey" Bulger, formerly one of the country's most wanted fugitives, was convicted this afternoon by a Boston jury on multiple counts of racketeering and conspiracy in connection with 11 gangland-style murders dating back to the 1970s. He will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. But ...
Yes, Sidney Crosby Should Get To Skip The DMV Line
Sidney Crosby renewed his driver's license at the DMV this week. Unlike all of the rest of us, he didn't have to wait, thanks to Pennsylvania state policy. GET ANGRY (or don't because this policy actually makes sense)....
Hockey Player Serves Ice Cream To Rob Ford. Rob Ford Is Pleased.
Look at how excited he is!...