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Chicago Loves Its Blackhawks
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Jonathan Bernier Might Leave Toronto, If You Believe His Baby's Onesie
The NHL offseason just started, but a dumb/fun conspiracy has already bloomed: Does Jonathan Bernier’s baby’s onesie hint at him leaving the Maple Leafs?...
Shirtless Johnny Oduya Is As Shiny As The Stanley Cup
Johnny Oduya was glistening at the club after Game 6. The Blackhawks defenseman went shirtless at The Mid, and everyone around him basked in the glow. Oduya was as polished as the trophy his team had just won....
Kimmo Timonen Goes Out With His First Stanley Cup
Kimmo Timonen was along for the ride. The 40-year-old didn’t receive a lot of ice time due to the Blackhawks’ overwhelming reliance on four defensemen, though it’s not like Timonen was doing anything productive in his scant minutes. But it’s fun to finish on top, and as Chicago closed out Game 6 for...
Ben Bishop Played Through A Torn Groin
It turns out that Ben Bishop did not have to poop. In the traditional post-playoff reveal of injuries, the Lightning announced that their goaltender’s mysterious ailment, which kept him off the ice for a full game and parts of another, was a partially torn groin muscle....
The Blackhawks' Run Is More Impressive Than A Dynasty
The surest sign there are no true dynasties in the NHL’s salary-cap era is that the second a contender for the title emerges, it has to be broken up. The Chicago Blackhawks’ third championship in six seasons is an unbelievable accomplishment, not just for the seven players who have been here for all...
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Let's Go Live To Drunk Blackhawks Fans [UPDATE: There's More!]
You knew this was coming: live shots of reporters in Chicago being overwhelmed by drunks. But wait! There’s more—including the line of the night, “They got black people lovin’ hockey!”...
Watch <i>Hockey Night In Canada</i>'s NHL Season-Ending Montage
While CBC has ceded control of Canada’s hockey broadcast world to Rogers, the traditional sensational season-ending montage has remained a part of Hockey Night in Canada. Here’s tonight’s NHL season highlight reel, set to Alistair Griffin’s “Always No. 1.”...
Chicago Blackhawks Win The Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup Finals didn’t see either team hold so much as a two-goal lead at any point ... until the final five minutes of the deciding Game 6. The Blackhawks got the insurance goal they needed, and stoned the Lightning for the rest of the way to win the Stanley Cup. ...
The Stanley Cup Made It Through Airport Security
With the Blackhawks a win away from a championship, the Stanley Cup is making the trip from Toronto to Chicago. And just like any piece of carry-on luggage, it is subject to security checks....
Ben Bishop Boner Gives Blackhawks 1-0 Lead
That’s suboptimal goaltending....
This Fan Wants To Spend Other People's Money On Her Dumb Hockey Team
Sports’ very existence relies solely on appeal to emotion. So it’s hard to be too critical of the passionate Coyotes fan who tore into elected officials as the city council voted to cancel the Yotes’ arena deal. But it really was a terrible argument on her part....
Andrei Vasilevskiy Is Not Quite Good Enough As Blackhawks Even Series
In Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Lightning goalie Ben Bishop went in and out of the game in the third period, possibly because he had the runs. In Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Bishop was obviously hobbled yet still good enough to stone the Blackhawks. Finally, in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup F...
Glendale To Vote On Canceling Coyotes' Arena Deal
Last week, before Game 1 of the NHL Final, commissioner Gary Bettman declared of the Arizona Coyotes that “the club is not going anywhere.” Tonight, during a special session that should begin right around the first intermission of Game 4, the Glendale City Council will vote on whether to kill its co...
NBC Sports Chairman Has Pushed NHL Players To Shave Their Playoff Beards
NBC appears to “get” hockey in a way that ESPN never wanted to. That’s apparently mostly thanks to middle management, because the head of NBC Sports thinks one of hockey’s most venerated traditions is just getting in the way of marketing....
A Hobbled Ben Bishop Is Good Enough
You could make the argument and not be laughed out of the room that Ben Bishop at 100 percent is not preferable to Andrei Vasilevskiy, let alone Ben Bishop with whatever knee/groin/mysterious lower body ailment had him looking like an old man every time he struggled to regain his skates or go to his...
P.K. Subban Stops By Street Hockey Game, Punks Little Goalie
Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban crashed a street hockey game in Montreal Sunday and took a few shots. Overlook the fact that Subban’s wearing sandals with jeans, and instead focus on him playing against an overmatched kid in pads....
If Ben Bishop Had To Poop, The Lightning Just Need To Say So
The Tampa Bay Lightning squeaked by the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3 to win Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals on Saturday night, tying the series at one game apiece. Jason Garrison scored a power play goal nearly nine minutes into the third period, and it proved to be the game-winner for Tampa Bay. ...
