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Have the Devils lost their actual minds?
posted on July 20, 2010 at 7:47pm
The 17-year (SEVENTEEN YEAR!) deal they reached with Kovy has to be symbolic, based on his jersey number. No one seriously expects this guy to be playing into his mid-forties. He must have been desparate not to have his bluff called and move to the KH...more
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Hockey - Toe Drag Tricks (video)
posted on July 14, 2010 at 2:14pm
I’m not sure exactly when this happened, but sometime within the last 10 years, the toe drag became the “move to have” when it came to getting around the opposition. I have to admit that I’ve been toe-dragged around more than a few times in my car...more
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Blackhawks and Stanley Cup roll in Chicago pride
posted on June 27, 2010 at 5:58pm
For one day, and for a very good reason, I say “Go Hawks!”
The Stanley Cup and recently traded Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Sopel and his wife appeared in today’s Chicago Pride Parade on the Chicago Gay Hockey Association’s float. The As...more
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#WIN Women make Hockey Hall of Fame
posted on June 23, 2010 at 4:14pm
Hockey players Angela James and Cammi Granato have been voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Let’s also not forget that Angela Ruggiero earned her place in the Hockey Hall of Fame as the first brother-sister duo to play pro hockey together.
In most of ...more
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First women elected to Hockey Hall of Fame
posted on June 23, 2010 at 12:27pm
The Hockey Hall of Fame is no longer just for men.
Hockey pioneers Cammi Granato and Angela James changed that on Tuesday when they became the first women elected to be enshrined in Toronto. Along with former NHL All-Star Dino Ciccarelli, Granato and Ja...more
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Women’s sports: Visibility matters
posted on June 11, 2010 at 8:09am
This winter, the worst thing about Canada defeating the U.S. in the women’s Olympic hockey final was that Angela Ruggiero did not win the gold.
Ruggiero is an amazing athlete and has always struck me as genuine, authentic and outspoken. She’s the ty...more
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Blackhawks win long, strange race to the Stanley Cup
posted on June 10, 2010 at 2:28pm
A guest post by Shannon McKarney.
Finally, it’s done. A bizarre invisible goal from the NHL’s leading douchey frat boy slipped in to the net unnoticed by pretty much everybody (including me, since I was asleep) in the first overtime period, and that...more
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Flyers Beat Bruins, Make History In Threes and Fours
posted on May 16, 2010 at 4:26pm
I have never said “Go Flyers” in my life. It pains me to type it. Last night, I texted those words to a black and orange-bleeding friend of mine who has sent me similar props and sympathies in Caps moments both good and bad.
And it was a magic moment...more
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Out with the old: The Igloo Edition
posted on May 13, 2010 at 5:00pm
Mellon Arena, formerly known as Civic Auditorium and Civic Arena, will close at the conclusion of the Pittsburgh Penguin’s season. When the Penguins win Lord Stanley’s Cup (or, shudder to think, get eliminated), it’s lights out for the arena. The tr...more
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Habs flip the script, face Pens in game seven
posted on May 13, 2010 at 12:01pm
A guest post by Shannon McKarney.
Oh, it’s tough, being a Canadian hockey fan.
Half your teams don’t make it to the playoffs in the first place. Two of your teams ended up, in fact, as the second-worst and the absolute worst in the league. Cause,...more
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It’s a Hockey Playing Weekend
posted on May 9, 2010 at 3:08pm
Me playing hockey
While it is Stanley Cup Playoff time, other people are also playing hockey.
I’m outside of Denver battling altitude sickness and playing some hockey with about 25 other women’s teams from around the country. This is what sport is...more
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Canadian skater Rochette talks about her mother
posted on April 26, 2010 at 7:03pm
Just in time for Mother's Day comes this heart-filled piece of news:
One of the most memorable, and inspirational, stories from the recent Winter Olympics involves Canadian figure skating Joannie Rochette who took to the ice in Vancouver only days after ...more
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Pimped out by my derby sisters
posted on April 23, 2010 at 2:55pm
Rocket 95.1FM is my favorite radio station in Huntsville, and I never miss the Go Fish morning show on the way to work every morning.Fish's sidekick, Ken, was just dumped by his girlfriend this past weekend, and they played the breakup on air. So by Wed...more
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Million Dollar Reality in Girls’ Hockey
posted on April 21, 2010 at 2:40pm
Let’s face the truth, - there’s no money in girls’ hockey. No one is going to be signing million dollar, multi-year contracts to play professional women’s hockey any time soon. A few women are able to make a living by playing hockey, but I w...more
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Top Ten Signs You’re a Little Over-Invested in the NHL Playoffs
posted on April 19, 2010 at 6:02pm
1. You would turn off a recently uncovered John Cusack-as-Lloyd-Dobler sex tape to watch hockey, maybe not even a game played by your team of choice. Or you would at least seriously consider it.
2. You remind people without prompting even though they do ...more
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8 Quotes of Confidence For Girls’ Hockey Players
posted on April 17, 2010 at 10:41am
Just as one hockey season ends - the next begins. All week long, girls hockey tryouts have been running all across Ontario. It’s a stressful time for players, parents and coaches alike. So this is a message for all the players who are nervous and ex...more
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NHL: One Game Is One Game
posted on April 16, 2010 at 3:13pm
There should be a moratorium on the word 'stun' in sports headlines in instances where one minute's thought would prove otherwise. The NHL playoffs began on Wednesday night, and Thursday morning the Sports Illustrated headline read "Senators Stun Pengui...more
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Hockey Arena Trivia – Playoffs Edition
posted on April 15, 2010 at 7:02am
Mellon Arena
With the NHL playoffs getting underway, and those of us in Pittsburgh feeling nostalgic about the Penguins’ last season in the Igloo, it occurred to me that all the Eastern Conference playoff teams are in newer arenas. Okay, so all the a...more
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Total Female Hockey Testing Combine in Toronto May 16th
posted on April 6, 2010 at 7:41am
Over the course of the next 8 weeks, there are at 5 BIG opportunities for girls’ hockey players to see how they stack up on the ice here in Toronto.
:: First, the provincial championships are this weekend. Teams of all ages and abilities have the ...more
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Hockey Coach Goes Ape Shit (VIDEO!)
posted on March 30, 2010 at 7:41pm
Jim Playfair, the coach of the Abbotsford Heat (an AHL team) totally lost his shit during a game against the Hamilton Bulldogs after one of his players was kicked out of the game.
I have very little to add, but this is some good television – or interne...more
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WFTDA demographic survey results are in!
posted on March 29, 2010 at 11:56am
Did you respond to the call for responses to the WFTDA demographics survey? Are you interested to know what type of people are skating and what type of people are watching? Well, here are the results straight from WFTDA. What do you think? WFTDA Newsle...more
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No Miracle In Minneapolis
posted on March 22, 2010 at 6:12pm
It's a struggle to know what to write about a hockey game that seemed headed for a fourth overtime before a lucky tip with fifteen seconds to go sent one team sprawling in exaltation and the other sagging in tearful disbelief. It's a struggle to know ho...more
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One boy’s perspective about youth sports
posted on March 20, 2010 at 9:17am
A colleague sent me this video of a young Canadian hockey player describing his “magic hockey helmet”. I thought I’d pass it along…enjoy!
Speaking of helmets…. stay tuned to this blog for upcoming information on the first-ever Mayo Clinic Ice H...more
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These people at Smuckers are just f&*%^ers
posted on March 19, 2010 at 5:52pm
I know that this story is already out there but it deserves more discourse. Plus it allows me to think again about the Olympics which seem so far away now, especially in this very odd 60+ degree pre-spring weather I am experiencing.So the story is that Jo...more
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