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Ratfuck Scores Hat Trick
Brad Marchand, Bruins forward and the definition of the word “pest,” is now tied with Sidney Crosby for second in the NHL in points (74) and first in goals (35). ...
The Best Of This Year's Minnesota High School Hockey Hair
This may come as a surprise, but Mahtomedi High School’s (Minn.) Dallas Duckson, the kid with a flow brighter than romaine lettuce, wasn’t even in the top five of the 2017 All Hockey Hair Team. John King, the judge of this roster, appears to prize the natural over the chemically enhanced....
Minnesota HS Hockey Team Prematurely Celebrates OT Championship Winner
The Hermantown (Minn.) bench spilled onto the ice after Tyler Watkins appeared to break a 3-3 tie in double overtime of Saturday’s Class A boys state championship hockey game, and the team threw off their gear in joy. But that gear tossing turned out to be a waste....
"Fuck Him Up," Spectators Cheer As Two High School Hockey Teams Brawl
Philadelphia-area high schools Central Bucks West and Ridley met last night in the Class 2A quarterfinal of the Flyers Cup, a high school tournament put on by the Flyers every year. Central Bucks West was up 7-1 in the third period when the game was called, on account of an out-of-control brawl invo...
NHL Concussion Lawsuit Could Go To Trial This Year
The federal judge presiding over NHL’s concussion litigation would like to see the lawsuit go to trial this year, according to a hearing transcript obtained by TSN....
The NHL Should Retire No. 66 In Honor Of Josh Ho-Sang<em></em>
Josh Ho-Sang needed four games to earn his first NHL goal, but it was worth it. The 21-year-old scored with a hard slap shot in the Islanders’ 4-1 win over the Oilers Tuesday. He probably imagined Mario Lemieux’s face on the puck when he smacked that one....
Marc Bergevin Is A Master Of Disguise
Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin pulled off a gag with a potted plant at Monday’s session of the NHL GM meetings. He must have enjoyed that brief moment of time in which he didn’t have to field any questions about P.K. Subban....
Junior Hockey Player Climbs Over Glass To Brawl With Fans During Game, Loses Shirt
In what might be the most Canadian sentence written this year, a New Brunswick Junior Hockey League game Saturday at Lord Beaverbrook Rink between the Southern Sting and Grand Lake Moose featured a brawl in the stands after one of the players hopped over the glass to fight with fans....
Chris Stewart Punches Teammate, Corrects Situation By Punching Opponent
Hockey scrums can be a chaotic mess of limbs, so it’s understandable that the Wild’s Chris Stewart would accidentally biff teammate Zach Parise in the face during Sunday’s game. What’s better is that Stewart tried to play it off by smacking someone else....
Adam McQuaid Gets 25 Stitches After Skate Slashes Neck, Cleared To Play Tomorrow
Time for another entry in the seemingly endless litany of stories proving the true toughness of hockey players, folks. Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid has been cleared to play tomorrow after taking a teammate’s skate right to the neck yesterday, which required something in the neighborhood of 25 stit...
Montreal Still Loves P.K. Subban And The Feeling Is Apparently Mutual
Before P.K. Subban’s first game back in Montreal after the Canadiens traded him to the Nashville Predators last year, the Habs paid tribute to their former defenseman....
Where Does The NWHL Go From Here?<em></em>
The inaugural season of the National Women’s Hockey League was touted by the press as a rousing success. It provided an outlet for North America’s talented female hockey players to continue on with the game post-grad and in between Olympic years, and the salaries, although low, made professional ath...
Former NHL Player Suspended For His Role In Youth Hockey Fight
Andrew Peters, who had seven points and 650 penalty minutes in six NHL seasons, has been suspended from his youth hockey head coaching duties after he jumped into the mix during a fight involving players Saturday....
Junior College Hockey Player Charged With Assault After Leaving Penalty Box To Attack Ref
Brandon Day, a freshman defenseman for Erie Community College, was arrested and charged with assault last night after he stormed out of the penalty box to tackle a referee, leading officials to call off the rest of the NCJAA title game....
The Ben Bishop Trade Is Startlingly Smart
The first reactions to Sunday’s Ben Bishop trade were naturally along the lines of What the hell? Bishop, probably the best goalie in Tampa Bay Lightning history, is headed to a Kings team that only the day before got back its own franchise goalie, Jonathan Quick, after a four-month injury rehab. Bu...
Five Vancouver Canucks Players Have Been Quarantined With Mumps Symptoms
Five Vancouver Canucks are out of tonight’s lineup with suspected cases of mumps....
Anthony Beauvillier Gets Pranked, Scores, Makes Father Weep With Joy<em></em>
Islanders rookie Anthony Beauvillier returned to Quebec for the first time in his young NHL career and had a real roller coaster of a night. His teammates lovingly pranked him right before warm ups and he took the ice alone. Beauvillier then followed up the lil’ prank by scoring in the first period....
Carey Price Staved Off Defeat With A Last-Second Diving Save
The Montreal Canadiens escaped Madison Square Garden tonight with a shootout victory over the New York Rangers. The end of overtime was extra wild, as Montreal’s Tomas Plekanec dinged a potential winner off the crossbar with 12 seconds left. The Rangers then vaulted off to a 2-on-1 with the clock ap...
Mike Ilitch Was No Saint<em></em>
If you only went by what you read in the Detroit papers this week, you’d think Mike Ilitch—the pizza baron and owner of the Detroit Red Wings and Tigers who died last week at the age of 87—was a god incarnate. And for the last three decades, if you’d asked anyone in Michigan, you’d have gotten the s...