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Shawn Thornton Fined For Spraying P.K. Subban With Water During Game
When Corey Perry filled Jeff Carter's glove with water during a break last week, it was cute. Shawn Thornton's spraying of Montreal's P.K. Subban last night was more dickish than cheeky, and he paid for it....

The Habs Gave Away The Series In The Name Of Toughness
This was a game the Canadiens 100 percent needed to win, so of course they handed major and crucial minutes to the league's single worst defenseman—all in the pursuit of toughness, naturally—and watched as he gave the game away....

Bruins Condemn Fans Who Tweeted Racist Crap At P.K. Subban
From team president Cam Neely:...

Bruins Unimpressed By Carey Price's 48-Save Night
Normally, if you allow Boston to score three goals, you're not going to win. They feature the single best defensive forward, blueliner, and netminder in the league, with everyone else taking their cues from a style designed to strangle and frustrate. That style worked just as it was supposed to last...

Ron MacLean Drags Hockey's "French Referee Problem" Into The Open
Any time you say something so dumb that P.J. Stock gets uncomfortable, you really stepped in it....

Man Swoops In To Try And Take Max Pacioretty's Hockey Stick From Kid
Max Pacioretty was trying to give his hockey stick to a little Habs fan after tonight's game when in comes this jabroni to gank it. But judging from everyone around the guy strongly suggesting that he hand the stick to its intended owner, the heist seemed to have been foiled....

Hockey Fan Pounding On Glass Sent Flying From Check Into The Boards
This is from the Canadiens and Blue Jackets game in Montreal Thursday night. A fan, pounding on the glass, is absolutely hammered back into the seats when a Blue Jacket and Canadien collide in the exact same spot she was hitting. Amazing....

Canadiens Forward Dale Weise Took A Skate To The Face
Montreal Canadiens forward Dale Weise was sliced in the face by Maple Leafs forward Nazem Kadri's skate yesterday. Fortunately, the skate didn't hit anything vital, but the cut still isn't pretty....

Max Pacioretty Misses Two Penalty Shots, Scores Hat Trick Anyway
Canadiens winger Max Pacioretty became the first player in NHL history to miss two penalty shots in one game. While I can't find the specific record, I'm pretty confident in adding that he's the first player in NHL history to miss two penalty shots in one game while scoring three goals....

Alex Ovechkin Scores Juggling Goal From Impressive Angle
Alex Ovechkin returned yesterday after missing two games due to injury and scored his 36th goal of the season with excellent precision. Ovechkin was perpendicular to the goal opening, yet reeled in the puck before flicking it in off of Canadiens goalie Carey Price's back for a 1-0 lead....

Bat Roams Around Senators-Canadiens Game
A bat made an appearance at the Bell Centre at the beginning of Saturday night's Senators-Canadiens game. It was just flapping around, without a care in the world, probably disoriented. You know how bats are....

After A Career Of Eating Headshots, Gino Odjick Is Not Doing Well
Newspapers in Canada this week have been reporting that Gino Odjick — the former left-winger for the Canucks, Islanders, Flyers and Canadiens — spent the past several days in the psychiatric unit of a hospital in Quebec. He's apparently well enough to retweet well-wishers' regards ("Sending love to ...

This Leafs-Habs Montage Will Almost Make You Care About Hockey
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens have played one another 790 times since 1917, the oldest rivalry in the NHL and one of the most prolific. Between them they've won 37 Stanley Cups (including six against one another) and represent the largest fan bases of Anglophone and Francophone Cana...

Canucks Score Shorthanded Goal On Themselves
The Vancouver Canucks accomplished quite a feat Saturday night, not only scoring an own goal, but scoring a shorthanded own goal. It was so stupid....

Somehow, A Puck Shattered Glass Inside The Bell Centre Penalty Box
Miraculous timing led to broken glass and surprised Habs fans as Canadiens defenseman Josh Gorges fired a shot through the Flyers' open penalty box door and into a pane of non-shatter-proof glass....

Fighting In Hockey Will Die When A Player Does
Fighting's going to be banned from hockey; that's a given. It's just the way society and our understanding of sport are evolving. It might not happen for a long time, but I know how it'll go down: it'll be reactionary, in the immediate wake of a player's on-ice death. And it'll look a lot like what...

George Parros Injured After Falling Face-First Onto Ice During Fight
Canadiens winger George Parros was taken off of the ice on a stretcher after falling on his face while fighting Colton Orr of the Maple Leafs. While falling, Orr held onto Parros, who was dragged down and had no way to protect himself as his face collided with the ice....

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 ...