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Stars Player Hospitalized After High Stick To The Face
Dallas Stars forward Curtis McKenzie left a trail of blood on the ice after the Bruins’ Kevan Miller high-sticked him in the third period of Thursday’s 2-0 Boston win....
Nate MacKinnon Scored Such A Good Goal It Made Me Briefly Think About The Colorado Avalanche
The Colorado Avalanche still exist and play in the NHL, only because relegation isn’t an option in that league. Continue to ignore them as a team, but feast on this Nate MacKinnon goal in Wednesday’s 5-3 loss to the Capitals....
Golden Knights Owner Wishes Las Vegas Didn't Spend $750 Million On The Raiders
It is very NHL to be pioneers in opening up Las Vegas to pro sports, and then to become second-class citizens in their own market before a puck is dropped. But that’s what happened this week when the NFL approved the Raiders’ relocation to Vegas, where they figure to be the hottest ticket in town. V...
Emergency Backup Goalie Takes Zdeno Chara Slapshot To The Goolies
For all sorts of reasons, NHL teams occasionally dragoon a local, non-professional player into emergency practice goalie duty, just because they need a warm body. For the Bruins this afternoon, that’s Massachusetts State Police trooper Keith Segee, who appears to have played a couple of DIII games m...
Unsealed Docs: Gary Bettman Told NHL GMs How To Discourage Media From Talking About Fighting
A U.S. federal court judge on Tuesday unsealed more documents in the long-running lawsuit over the NHL’s handling of concussions. The NHL had fought the release of these documents, and TSN’s Rick Westhead has the high points....
Tom Wilson Gets His Face Bloodied After Taking Out Zach Parise With A Gnarly High Stick
The Capitals and Wild met tonight in Minnesota and things got feisty pretty quickly. In the first period, Caps winger Tom Wilson caught Zach Parise in the face with a high stick on center ice, earning a four-minute penalty for the reckless stick handling....
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Eddie Lack Stretchered Off Ice After Getting Wrecked While Giving Up OT Goal [Update]
The Carolina Hurricanes lost in dramatic fashion tonight, falling 4-3 to the Red Wings in overtime. Hurricanes goalie Eddie Lack got flattened by Andreas Athanasiou as he scored the winner, and Lack had to be stretchered off the ice....
Logan Couture Ate A Puck And Lost A Tooth
Sharks center Logan Couture could miss some time after taking a deflected puck to the mouth in Saturday’s 7-2 loss to the Predators. ...
Good Dog Plays Fetch On Ice Rink
Here we have video of a very good dog playing fetch on the Washington Capitals’ ice rink, and it’s more entertaining than any hockey game I’ve ever seen:...
Brock Boeser Plays NCAA Game Friday Night, Signs NHL Contract Saturday Morning, Scores Goal Saturday Afternoon
Brock Boeser is only just barely no longer a hockey teen. (He turned 20 last month.) Yesterday, he was playing for the University of North Dakota. This morning, the first-round draft pick signed a contract with the Canucks, and this afternoon, he scored his first goal:...
The NHL's Weird Superhero Project Is Still Finding Ways To Fail
If you have a soft spot for ridiculous comic book concepts, you may remember the NHL’s failed superhero tie-in from a few years ago. (If not, never fear, the full set of team-themed heroes is still available here and includes such glorious taglines as “underworld maverick of the Garden State” for th...
Senators Owner Pissed At Sidney Crosby
Sidney Crosby is at it again, “it” in this case short for “being an irritating asshole.”...
Sidney Crosby Slashed Marc Methot's Fingertip Off
Marc Methot came into tonight’s game against the Penguins with 10 fingers. He left with approximately 9.8 after Sidney Crosby slashed at him in the first period....
Maple Leafs Kill Five-Minute Penalty For Seven Minutes Because Of An Obscure Rule
Maple Leafs defenseman Roman Polak received a five-minute major and game misconduct for boarding in Wednesday’s game against the Blue Jackets. Since Polak was ejected, Toronto would usually have another player serve the penalty in his stead. Head coach Mike Babcock decided to gamble, but it didn’t w...
Sidney Crosby Hits Guy In The Dick, Scores Incredible One-Handed Goal
In the opening minutes of the Pittsburgh Penguins game against the Buffalo Sabres, Sidney Crosby whacked Ryan O’Reilly right in the dick and balls with a casual nonchalance that would make Draymond proud. Seeing how O’Reilly crumpled to the ice, though, this didn’t look like much of a love tap:...
Hockey Players Scuffle, Serve Penalties, Leave Box, Immediately Fight For Real
Kings winger Jarome Iginla and Oilers forward Patrick Maroon finished the first period of Monday’s game with matching minor penalties for roughing, after the two got into a shoving match near the Los Angeles goal. Iginla and Maroon were able to stew over the course of a full intermission, so when th...
Drew Doughty Didn't Appreciate Matthew Tkachuk Elbowing Him In The Face
Late in the first period of yesterday’s game between the Flames and Kings, Calgary rookie forward Matthew Tkachuk threw what appeared to be a deliberate elbow into the face of Kings defenseman Drew Doughty....
Phil Kessel Flips Puck Over The Back Of The Net To Assist Extremely Cool Goal
There are five hockey games that have yet to begin today, but I feel confident in calling this the NHL highlight of the weekend. Behold Phil Kessel flipping the puck over the back of the net for teammate Patric Hornqvist to tap in:...
Hockey Players Fight, Discuss Their Summer Workout Plans
Sharks defenseman Brenden Dillon was wearing a microphone in Saturday’s game against Nashville, and he fought Predators center Austin Watson. The two spent most of their time grunting and jostling; while serving their time in the penalty box, Dillon and Watson realized they had to work out better th...