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This Is A Good Hockey Family
Jake Guentzel made his NHL debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight and he got to work immediately, scoring on his very first shot. But that’s not why we’re here. Guentzel’s first goal (he scored both Pittsburgh goals on the evening) was the mere appetizer for his family losing their collective shi...

NHL Announces Plans To Prevent Fun In The Future
The story that most emphatically broke past the hockey world last year was the unlikely ascent of John Scott from anonymous enforcer on the fringes of the NHL to MVP of the NHL All-Star Game. Fans decided to mobilize and elect a nobody as an all-star captain, and he scored a pair of goals in the gam...

Hockey Player's Feat To Eventually Be Used On Facebook As Reason Why LeBron James Is Actually A Baby
Columbus Blue Jackets winger Matt Calvert will likely find his bandaged head in poorly constructed image macros across Facebook after his effort in Friday’s game against the New York Rangers. The hockey player took a puck to the head, got fixed up, and scored the shorthanded game-winner in the team’...

National Women's Hockey League Cuts Player Salaries Mid-Season With No Union Input
The first professional women’s hockey league to pay its players is slashing salaries in half, according to the Buffalo News....

The Coyotes Want Taxpayers To Pay For A New Arena In Tempe
It’s becoming increasingly clear that the Arizona Coyotes are a hockey team that nobody really wants....

Devils Beat Hurricanes In Hockey Game
In what was no doubt a thrill for the 12,179 in attendance in Newark who for nearly three hours had little idea what was transpiring outside, the Devils topped the Carolina Hurricanes in a shootout for a 3-2 win....

Wayne Simmonds Ends Hockey Fight With A Single Punch
Here’s some sports....


Capitals Player Daniel Winnik Lost A Chunk Of His Ear Blocking A Shot
If you don’t want to see a hockey player lose a chunk of his ear, don’t watch this video, because it features a hockey player losing a chunk of his ear. It’s not graphic, but Daniel Winnik does end it with less total ears than he started with....

Canucks Fans Bail Out Anthem Singer After His Mic Cuts Out
Affable old blues man Jim Byrnes was in Vancouver last night to sing “The Star Spangled Banner” and “O Canada” before a game between the Blues and the Canucks, but everything went wrong right as he reached the end of the first song....

Junior League Hockey Player Suspended After Concussing Flyers Prospect
Pascal Laberge was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the second round of this year’s NHL draft, and currently plays for the Victoriaville Tigres in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. During Saturday’s game against the Moncton Wildcats, he took a vicious hit from Zachary Malatesta....

Wojtek Wolski Broke His Neck After Sliding Into The Boards In A KHL Game
Metallurg Magnitogorsk forward Wojtek Wolski injured his neck during Thursday’s KHL game against Barys Astana, and left the ice on a stretcher....

Evander Kane Hospitalized After Violently Slamming Into Boards
Sabres winger Evander Kane left this evening’s game against the Canadiens after he fell onto his back then smashed into the boards while chasing after a dumped puck....

The Florida Panthers Are All Wearing José Fernández Jerseys Tonight
The Florida Panthers paid tribute to José Fernández this evening en masse by all wearing Fernández’s number 16 jersey for their season opener. Here they are taking the ice....

Hockey Idiot On The Field Climbs Onto Ice, Dances Around, Falls On His Ass
The NHL season kicks off tonight, but the most important hockey event of the evening happened in the Ontario Hockey League. During tonight’s game between the Mississauga Steelheads and the Guelph Storm, this climbing enthusiast got his way over the boards and onto the ice. The officials seemed less ...


Canada Wins The World Cup Of Hockey, Whatever
To no one’s surprise, Canada are World Cup champs, besting Team (non-Swedish, non-Russian, non-Finnish, non-Czech) Europe in two straight finals games to lift the...trophy? Ribbon? Decorative gourd? Probably a trophy, right? But it was at least a little tougher than everyone figured....