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NHL And Players Union Meet Tonight And Will Meet Tomorrow, Considered A "Not Bad" Sign
In case you had forgotten, there is no NHL hockey because the league locked out its players. No, no—that was 2004—it did it again this year. You might not have realized because the league does this every few years and loses any sort of good will or build up in the fan base it may have accrued sinc...
Tyler Seguin Has A Foolproof Method For Dealing With The Ladies
The Bruins' Tyler Seguin is playing for Swiss team EHC Biel, and he's young, handsome, rich, and single. (Also, possibly a dick to women—we don't know the backstory.) When moving to a new place, it can be tough to keep track of all your new friends. So Seguin made sure to list one in his address boo...
Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts For People Who Are Sad About The NHL Lockout
There is currently no NHL hockey to watch, and that makes a lot of people very sad. But the holiday season is a time to lift up your fellow man, and give him hope that the world is indeed a good place, even if there is no hockey (again). So let's come up with some gift ideas for the sad hockey fan ...
Don Cherry Tweets By Phoning The CBC
With a little more free time thanks to the NHL lockout, staunch Canadian nationalist and colorfully dressed "Coach's Corner" co-host Don Cherry sat down for a Q&A with The Globe and Mail's James Mirtle. The best revelation from the interview, by far, related to his joining Twitter:...
Fake Gary Bettman Twitter Account Outs Gary Bettman's Two Remaining Fans
Last night a Twitter account purporting to be NHL commissioner Gary Bettman popped up. While the account turned out to be fake, many believed it at first, both because @Commish_Gary was Bettman's handle before he wisely deleted it pre-lockout, and because the impostor played it straight, tweeting j...
The Story Behind One Of The Most Iconic Hockey Photos Of The '70s
Derek Sanderson was the prototypical '70s athlete. A Calder winner with Boston, the Turk was everything you'd want in a celebrity—he got into fights on and off the ice, he hung with the rich and famous, he womanized, he abused drugs and alcohol, he fled the NHL for the then-richest contract in profe...
Sidney Crosby Says An NHL Season Would Need To Be At Least 60 Games To Be Fair
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The league's done 48 games before, but Sid says that's not enough....
"Ur Probably Rob Ray": Jeremy Roenick's Spirited Banter With The Twitter Troll He Wants To Fight
Yesterday, we brought you the story of Jeremy Roenick exploring the legality of a death match with a Twitter troll. Since then, the troll in question has gotten in touch and sent us the direct messages Roenick sent him. We reached out to Roenick about the authenticity of these DMs, but he never got ...
![Chat With ESPN NHL Analyst And Former Coach Barry Melrose [UPDATE: THE CHAT HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE BARRY MELROSE IS]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/184scxm9c7o4fjpg.jpg)
Chat With ESPN NHL Analyst And Former Coach Barry Melrose [UPDATE: THE CHAT HAS BEEN CANCELED BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE BARRY MELROSE IS]
Everyone's favorite hockey analyst, Barry Melrose, is here to answer your questions. Feel free to ask him about his coaching days, what working at ESPN is like, the NHL lockout, mullets, or anything else that your heart desires. And be sure to check out Melrose's new book, Dropping the Gloves: Insid...
Mike Keenan, The NHL's Last Great Asshole Coach
Playing for coach Mike Keenan in Chicago was like camping on the side of an active volcano. You had to accept the reality that he erupted regularly and that there was always a danger of being caught in his lava flow. He was a tyrant, a schoolyard bully, an oldschool coach who tried to motivate playe...
Now's Your Chance To Chat With Jeremy Roenick, Nine-Time NHL All-Star And NBC Analyst
Jeremy Roenick scored 513 goals in his 18 NHL seasons with the Blackhawks, Coyotes, Flyers, Kings, and Sharks. (You will recall, since it's not so active at present, the NHL is an occasionally operational professional league in which rich men compensate other men to play hockey.) Roenick retired in ...
Even Hurricane Sandy Looters Wouldn't Steal A Maple Leafs Cap
Reader Colin in Rockaway, Queens, sends along this photo (click to enlarge), and explains:...
Locked-Out Hockey Player Scales Tall Building
Flyers center Max Talbot, 20-story office tower in Philly, etc. [WMMR, via The 700 Level] ...
The Winter Classic Is Canceled
The Winter Classic, scheduled to be played at Michigan's Big House between the Red Wings and Maple Leafs, is not going to happen. Once again, everybody loses....
Sidney Crosby Can't Play In Europe Because He's Uninsurable
European leagues are lousy with NHLers staying in shape and making a buck (here's a reasonably up-to-date map), but there's a certain superstar who's nowhere to be found. It's not that Sidney Crosby has an overriding loyalty to North America, nor that he's super-optimistic about the lockout ending s...
Barry Melrose's Twitter Feed Is A Depressing Barometer Of The NHL Lockout
With the NHL in the middle of another lockout, ESPN analyst/hockey man/mullet person Barry Melrose has been occasionally chronicling his thoughts on Twitter the past several weeks. In that time, we've seen hockey's only voice on the Worldwide Leader slowly lose his hopes for an NHL season. ...
The Islanders Are Leaving Their Crappy Arena For A Crappy Hockey Arena
Yesterday the New York Islanders announced they'd be leaving their soulless, ancient, crumbling box in Uniondale in favor of Brooklyn's new (if rusty) Barclays Center when their lease expires in 2015. Judging by the Nassau Coliseum's Yelp reviews, no one is really going to miss it:...
Canada's Best Hockey Broadcaster Is Building A Lake Cabin With His Bare Hands, Just Waiting For A Call
There's no hockey, as you may have heard. This means NBC's Doc Emrick, one of our favorites, is calling figure skating for the peacock network. But what about Jim Hughson of the CBC? Hughson—whose best Roberto-Luongo-specific calls you can hear above—is another one of our favorites. Unlike Emrick,...
The Islanders' Logo Doesn't Even Have Brooklyn On It
When the Islanders announced their surprise move to the Barclays Center, the obvious questions was whether they would come in for a makeover, à la the Nets. They were quick to reassure their fans that the name and colors would carry over....
The New York Islanders Are Going To Brooklyn
The New York Islanders will be moving to the Barclays Center once their contract with Nassau Coliseum expires in three years. Here's the hot scoop from Yahoo Sports, via AP:...