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Now Blogging For NHL.com ...
Off Wing Opinion beat us to this, because they're really into hockey and we can't even wear skates without falling down. Apparently taking a cue from MLB Blogs, NHL.com has added a new blog section to its site. But those who run hockey have a much better idea of what works online; whereas the sig...
Fun With Sparky, The Ice Girls ... And Satan!
We're not saying that the NHL is pulling out all stops to try to bring fans back, but ... well, we'll just let a reader explain what they found in their mailbox the other day....
Trouble Brewing With The NHLPA?
A reader tips us off us off to some potential subterfuge brewing within the NHL Players Association:...
Hockey Didn't Land On Plymouth Rock; Plymouth Rock Landed On Hockey
Fantastic find from The Mighty MJD: AOL's Black Voices has a sports section that tracks black players in the NHL. According to the site, there are 12, many with Afrocentric names like "Bryce Salvador," "Fred Braithwaite," "Sean McMorrow" and "George Laraque."...
Just In: Canadians Like Hockey More Than Americans
The first batch of ratings for the NHL's return have come out, and whether the news is good or not depends on, well, how you pronounced the word "about." If you're Canadian, man, did you watch yourself some hockey; 2.1 million Canadians watched Ottawa's win over Toronto, good enough for the third-...
Hey, Hockey's Back!
We used to work for a sports magazine, and one of our favorite people there was an older guy named Ray. Ray was the biggest hockey fan we knew; just being around him made you want to grow a mullet. Every year, when the hockey playoffs were about to start, he would call everyone into a conference r...
Two Minutes For Blog Roughing
It only seems natural that when you have two prominent hockey bloggers, a fight would break out. McErlain at Off Wing Opinion, a site we've been a fan of for a long time, has called out anonymous fellow hockey blogger Eklund's Hockey Buzz for being a complete and total fraud. Eklund's old site was...
Blogdome: Ripping Favre
• So, hey, now that we think about it ... Brett Favre was kind of a dick to Javon Walker. [Sports Frog] • Hot new hockey site launching later today, by tapped-in anonymous blogger. Hey, it's a growth industry; hockey can't get any less popular. [HockeyBuzz] • Ryan Howard is the Dontrelle Willis of h...
Blogdome: Stay Angry, San Diego
• Has a first place team ever been more unhappy and less fun to watch then the San Diego Padres? [Gas Lamp Ball] • A rare black umpire died. Did anyone notice? [BlackAthlete] • It might comes as a surprise to people outside of New York — or even, we'll admit, us — but Mark Messier wasn't nearly as p...
Au Revoir, Mark
Here's to Mark Messier, who retired today after 25 years in the NHL. Thanks to you, there was a brief, tiny, singular moment where people could actually stand Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins. Happy trails, dude....
Fun With Goofy Hockey Names
Anyone who has ever dated anyone named "Fuji" — and you know you're out there! — is going to buy this jersey by the bushel....
Nothing But Hockey Fights
With just a month and a half until the NHL season begins, a site pops up that reminds us what we love about hockey in the first place: The fights, and only the fights. It's a whole site devoted to hockey fights, including pictures and (best part) video. Great way to ruin your afternoon....
Blogdom's Best: The Last Great Hockey Blogger
· Complete rundown of NHL TV deal from the last man who cares. [Off Wing Opinion · Some offseason news on the New Jersey Nets. Wee! [Can't Stop The Bleeding] · Yankees bloggers now turning on Joe Torre. [Pinstripe Alley] · People would hate the Padres for winning the World Series. [Gaslamp Ball]...
Hockey Hides On Channel 122
Currently on The Outdoor Life Network: WHATA CATCH: Yucatan Fiesta. Nope, we don't know what that means either. Coming up later today: Fishing With Rowland Martin, The Swedish Match Tour, AMA Motocross (actually held indoors, but whatever) and a shitload of "Survivor" reruns....
About Last Night ...
What you missed due to your late-night experiments to re-animate the dead ... · Left Coast Chronicles: Guerrero's slam vaults Angels past A's. · "I regret nothinnnnnngggggggggggg!" ... Fan jumps from upper deck, into netting at Yankee Stadium. · After a year off, now they're signing every peice of p...