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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...

Senators Goalie Disgusts Woman With His Gatorade Drinking
From Reddit comes this moment from last night's Senators-Panthers game, in which we see Craig Anderson spitting Gatorade all over the place and grossing the hell out of this poor woman in the front row. Nice going, Craig....

Kings Defenseman Executes <em>Matrix</em>-esque Dodge
[Los Angeles Kings defenseman Alec Martinez narrowly avoids being scythed just by the hairs on his chinny chin chin. Photo by Chris Carlson/AP]...

Zdeno Chara Fights Brian Boyle, Earns Gordie Howe Hat Trick
Zdeno Chara is listed at six-foot-nine. Brian Boyle is listed at six-foot-seven. It was still a rather one-sided fight involving two of the tallest players in the NHL, though....

Martin St. Louis Honored For 1,000 NHL Games, Scores Goal, Falls Down
Tampa Bay is honoring winger Martin St. Louis tonight on his achievement of playing in 1,000 NHL games (set last week in Los Angeles), and the Lightning captain made it an even more special night for fans by scoring his ninth goal of the season in the first period. Then he celebrated so hard he fel...

Former NHL Players Sue League Over Concussions
Three months after the NFL settled its own suit for $765 million, 10 retired hockey players have filed a class-action lawsuit against the NHL. They claim the league didn't do enough to protect them from brain trauma. This is most likely only the beginning....

This Predators Video Could Not Be More American
Nashville put up a very red-white-and-blue victory over Toronto on Thursday, with Americans notching all four goals and seven of the eight assists. To celebrate, the Predators put together this foot-stomping, air-guitar-shredding, manifest-destiny-realizing highlight video. Today, we are all Predato...

Chart: The Impact Of Home Field Advantage On Officiating, By Sport
It's a familiar complaint: Your team goes on the road for a big game, and gets totally jobbed by the refs. But do away teams really get fewer calls?...

After Losing, Tuukka Rask Fails Miserably At Breaking His Goalie Stick
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask gave up the game-ending shootout goal to Derek Roy for a 3-2 loss, and he was fuming. Of course, Rask tried to break his stick, because that's what one does when they're angry about a loss. "Tried" is the keyword here....

Clarke MacArthur Goes Between His Legs For A Beautiful Assist
The Ottawa winger threaded his own needle—and a pair of Wild players—to set up Kyle Turris's shorthanded goal. Though Minnesota won, and MacArthur didn't get onto the scoresheet beyond this assist, it was pretty enough to get him named the game's second star....

Minimalist NHL Logos Might Be Even Better Than The Real Things
The true test of a sharp, resonant logo is if it can be stripped down to its barest elements and still be recognizable. That's why we'll post just about any minimalist designs we find, including two different sets of NHL logos....


Kari Lehtonen Is Chill; Tyler Seguin's Got This
Stars goalie Kari Lehtonen had no problems resting his feet late in a 7-3 laugher in Calgary. If by some miracle the Flames had made it closer, Jamie Benn would have just set up Tyler Seguin for another goal or two....

Every NHL Team As A <em>Mega Man</em> Sprite
Reddit user adam4283 has created 31 sprites (including the North Stars) from everybody's favorite 8-bit side-scrolling platform shooter. For just a few pixels, it's amazing how instantly recognizable most teams are. That's testament to Adam's work, as well as the clean and distinctive logos and colo...

Steven Stamkos Stretchered Off After Leg Injury
Oh hey there's a gif too DON'T LOOK AT IT....


Joe Thornton Scores Freak Goal On The Luckiest Puck Bounce In History
A little over a minute into last night's Canucks-Sharks game, the puck bounced off the boards on a Joe Thornton dump, rolled up the net, and knocked off Roberto Luongo's shoulder for a goal. It was an ugly moment for Luongo, who could have easily made the save with more strategic water bottle positi...

A Reminder To Always Wear Two Cups
At Capitals practice this morning, netminding duties fell to the team's video coach Brett Leonhardt, a former college goaltender. This is what happened. Try not to think about what nearly happened. [James Heuser]...

Pavel Datsyuk Embarrasses Shawn Horcoff, Wrists Beautiful Goal
Pavel Datsyuk goals are usually gifts. Tonight's gift featured Datsyuk making the Stars' Shawn Horcoff look stupid before flicking a seemingly effortless wrister for a 3-2 Red Wings lead....