Winter Classic Practice Pics
Some pictures from the team practices for this year’s Winter Classic game at Fenway Park. Also, here’s a time-lapse video of the Fenway setup.
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A picture of Vampire Weekend wearing hockey jerseys. There is also an article, but I didn’t read it.
View ArticleFlames Trades
The Flames made a bunch of trades today, including sending Elisha Cuthbert Dion Phaneuf to Toronto and the guy we were supposed to be so excited about getting less than a year ago to New York.
View ArticleObama/Harper Bet
Their guy owes our guy a case of shitty beer. I feel we could have gotten more out of this deal.
View ArticleCanadians in New York
Canadians in exile rejoice over hockey win. Sounds about right. A full hour before the game, the place was full. Or so I thought. Armies of Canucks kept marching in, somehow squeezing themselves a...
View ArticleOlympic Hockey
How big was the Olympic men’s hockey final? 80% of Canadians watched. And it drew more viewers than last year’s World Series in the US. But is it enough to save pro hockey? The total number of teams...
View Articlehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UEqkKf67Hg The first trailer to NHL 11. If...
The first trailer to NHL 11. If the GM Mode bugs from NHL 10 still exist, I will firebomb EA headquarters.
View ArticleHockey goon Cam Janssen breaks down the recent Reds/Cardinals baseball brawl....
Hockey goon Cam Janssen breaks down the recent Reds/Cardinals baseball brawl. Janssen is 1.) kind of afraid of the scene that went down on Tuesday, with its wild spike-kicking, despite the fact that...
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The list of top twenty goalie masks in the KHL is good. The top entry,...
The list of top twenty goalie masks in the KHL is good. The top entry, featuring kittens, is just aw
View ArticleNHL Game Center is now available on the iPad, Playstation 3, Roki and Boxee,...
NHL Game Center is now available on the iPad, Playstation 3, Roki and Boxee, which doesn’t do my Xbox any good at all. Also, the local blackouts will still do your fucking head in.
View ArticleDeadspin remembers Pelle Lindbergh, who died 25 years ago today....
Deadspin remembers Pelle Lindbergh, who died 25 years ago today. Twelve-year-old me (in a No. 31 jersey) went to the crash site a week or so later. There seemed to be slivers of Porsche still in the...
View ArticleLooking back on the gloriousness that was Blades of Steel. Blades of Steel...
Looking back on the gloriousness that was Blades of Steel. Blades of Steel wasn’t a hockey game as much as it was a theater of everything awesome about the NES. It was a cart that said its name when...
View ArticleIf you’re Canadian, something horrible happened on Wednesday. Our national...
If you’re Canadian, something horrible happened on Wednesday. Our national junior hockey team blew a three goal lead to give up the gold medal in this year’s World Junior Hockey Championship — a...
View ArticleThe Real Life Superhero Registry. I wish Calgary had a superhero.Also, every...
The Real Life Superhero Registry. I wish Calgary had a superhero.Also, every one of these guys is instantly cooler than anything produced by the NHL’s Guardian Project. [via]
View ArticleOn the occasion of his 50th birthday, here are 50 reasons to love Wayne...
On the occasion of his 50th birthday, here are 50 reasons to love Wayne Gretzky. 19. The 894 GoalsAt this point in his career, Alex Ovechkin would have to average over 43 goals per season for the next...
View ArticleUnexpected from Deadspin: I was teenage hockey message board jailbait. I’m...
Unexpected from Deadspin: I was teenage hockey message board jailbait. I’m not sure when I started to lie, but it seemed like no big deal. Upholding a cherished tradition among so many high-school-aged...
View ArticleWhy you should cheer for the Canadiens over the Bruins (from the New Yorker...
Why you should cheer for the Canadiens over the Bruins (from the New Yorker of all places). I am the last person to go to—or, as the current idiom puts it, not your go-to guy—because I tend to see...
View ArticleThe New Yorker on Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard, who was found dead in his...
The New Yorker on Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard, who was found dead in his apartment on Friday at the age of 28. Players able to frighten other players are as difficult to find as players who can...
View ArticleI’ve restarted my blog for Avenue magazine. Because it doesn’t have its own...
I’ve restarted my blog for Avenue magazine. Because it doesn’t have its own RSS feed (yet), I’ll post links to new stuff from here. Sometimes. Part of the blog is a new Friday Five feature, which this...
View Articlen+1 (of all places) has a great piece on Tim Thomas, the butterfly and modern...
n+1 (of all places) has a great piece on Tim Thomas, the butterfly and modern goaltending. Hasek understood his position better than anyone ever had. A hockey goalie isn’t a bystander or an...
View Articlehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1PWACWz1gU Jeremy Roenick reenacts that scene...
Jeremy Roenick reenacts that scene from Swingers.
View ArticleMy new project: Fifty Mission Cap. We are in week three and so far I’ve...
My new project: Fifty Mission Cap. We are in week three and so far I’ve written about Dustin McGowan, Mariano Rivera, tennis (twice) and Glen Hanlon’s crotch.
View Article➜ Hockey and laissez-faire economics
The NHL is an example of failed laissez-faire economics. On the one hand, rich teams offer big contracts to average players, pushing not-so-well-endowed teams to go down the same route and to...
View Article➜ The CBC’s big chance to reboot
Losing hockey gives the CBC a chance to do better. How fantastic would that be? (I’ve recommended it before, but it’s worth repeating: Wade Rowland’s book Saving the CBC is fantastic.) The...
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