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DRIVE FOR 5 COMPLETE! CANADA BEATS SWEDEN FOR GOLD 5-1!
thepuckdrop.com — Lots of videos are coming! The Markstrom dives, the awful bite by Andersson, the awesome goals, the celebration, and of course a text summary. YEAHHHHH!More… (Hockey)
Miracle in Ottawa - Canada Ties With 5.4s Left, Win In SO!
tsn.ca — Russia leads Canada 5-4 in the third period of their semifinal game in Kanata...then enter Jordan Eberle.More… (Hockey)
From 3-0 to 7-4 - Tavares and Canada beat United States
tsn.ca — Thirty-three years to the day after the Montreal Canadiens and Central Red Army took part in the greatest hockey game ever played, Canada and the United States put together a New Year's Eve classic of their own - a 7-4 Canadian win at the World Junior Hokcey Championship.More… (Hockey)
Dead New York Rangers prospect Cherepanov was "blood doping"
sports.espn.go.com — Alexei Cherepanov, who died after losing consciousness during a Russian Superleague game two months ago, had been taking banned substances, government investigators said on Monday.More… (Hockey)
Canada Uses Kazakh's As Target Practice, Win 15-0
tsn.ca — Team Canada continued on with the punishment that the Germans handed out the night before, scoring eight power play goals en route to a 15-0 victory over Kazakhstan at the World Junior Hockey Championship. Less than 24 hours after a 9-0 drubbing by Germany, the Kazakhs were victimized again - this time by the host team.More… (Hockey)
Despite Rule Changes, Fighting in the N.H.L. Is on the Rise
nytimes.com — Dropping the gloves, an accepted part of hockey for generations, has increased in the National Hockey League by 75 percent over the last three years. With few exceptions, every team has at least one player who can fight. Two enforcers battle, often briefly, to defuse the emotion generated by a tight, physical game, or to create some emotion.More… (Hockey)
Crosby Breaks 9 Game Scoring Slump w/ Disputed OT Winner
sports.espn.go.com — With one deflection, Sidney Crosby ended a personal goal-scoring drought and helped the Pittsburgh Penguins make up for a poor performance. Crosby scored 43 seconds into overtime, snapping a career-high nine-game scoreless streak, and lifting the Penguins to a 4-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night.More… (Hockey)
Etiquette of NHL Fights. There are rules in this fight game!
boston.com — The civility of fighting traces its DNA to hockey's roots: hardscrabble Canadian farm boys who would try everything to beat - and beat up - their friends and brothers, but do so with a sense of honor. As fighting has evolved amid its detractors' insistence that it remains hockey's Neanderthal corner, The Code has stood true to offer its puffy-knuckMore… (Hockey)
Even Though He's Gone, Dallas is Still Blaming Sean Avery
sports.espn.go.com — By the end -- with Sean Avery wearing his earphones in the dressing room, texting and e-mailing in the hallway outside the dressing room between periods, and refusing to take part in team functions -- the distance between Avery and the rest of the Dallas Stars organization had grown vast. But as much as the Stars' mantra is about moving forward...More… (Hockey)
NHL Commish Gary Bettman: Sean Avery Remarks Disgusting!
sports.espn.go.com — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman harshly criticized Sean Avery on Tuesday, calling the combative forward's crude remark about ex-girlfriends dating other hockey players offensive and disgusting.More… (Hockey)
Avery to continue counseling, won't rejoin Stars
tsn.ca — Even with his six-game suspension being over, troubled Stars forward Sean Avery will not be returning to Dallas. The Stars said on Sunday that representatives for both Avery and the team said they would continue to work together in support of Avery during "this critical time" for the player.More… (Hockey)
Capitals' Web Site Cameraman Suited up as Emergency Goalie
sports.espn.go.com — The tall guy holding the camera in the Washington Capitals' locker room works for the team's Web site. Two and a half hours earlier, the same guy was sitting on the Capitals' bench serving as an emergency backup goalie.More… (Hockey)
Freak snowblower accident to sideline Sakic three months
denverpost.com — Avalanche captain Joe Sakic will be sidelined at least three months, the team said this morning, after he suffered three broken fingers and tendon damage following an accident at his home involving a snowblower. More… (Hockey)
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