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NHL 'tough guys' are always cheapshot artists; The cause of increased scoring revealedFor a sport that really loves to tout how tough its players are, hockey players don’t seem to have much tolerance for anything that makes them feel bad in the slightest. At least on the ice. Morgan Rielly of Toronto was just the latest to wet himself when an opponent reminded him just a little too m...

This week in the NHL: Edmonton's red hot under their new coach; Avs like to make things difficult for themselves;That dull roar you hear in the distance would be the momentum of the Edmonton Oilers. They’re kind of out there, admittedly, which is why your house isn’t shaking. Only so much a team can do from the hinterlands of Alberta. - Sam Fels Read More...

Someone farted during Andrei Vasilevskiy's post-game interviewSome hockey players never smile, laugh, or joke around with the media. ...

There's a pretty good chance of Lightning crashing this season in Tampa

Whatever happens to the Tampa Bay Lightning this upcoming season, it’ll all have been worth it. ...

Tampa Bay Lightning’s Ian Cole accused of sexually abusing minor

Another banner day for hockey, as Tampa Bay’s Ian Cole was accused of grooming a minor and sexual assault by an anonymous person on Twitter. The Lightning have suspended Cole pending their own investigation and one conducted by the NHL....

If the goal to all but clinch the Stanley Cup is scored and no one sees it, did it really happen?

There was no goal horn. No point to the net from the closest official. No audible cheer from the Avalanche faithful in attendance at Tampa’s Amalie Arena. All for the decisive shot and score from Nazem Kadri that essentially won the Colorado Avalanche the Stanley Cup....

The Florida Panthers are apparently done being good or interesting

We’re still very much in a time where teams in any sport are going to overreact to playoff results. They have 82 or 162 games of sample size where they play everyone and aren’t confined to one matchup with one team at one time with one status of health, but whatever happens in four to seven games st...

That’s the difference between the goalies

Hockey — as weird, random, and boorish as it can get — is a pretty simple game at times. The storylines coming out of Game 3 were that the Tampa Bay Lightning authored some market correction to get back into the Stanley Cup Final after a 6-2 win to get the series to 2-1. And with no team having won ...