The courts confirmed late Monday evening that Jim Balsille’s US $212.5 million dollar offer to purchase the struggling Phoenix Coyotes franchise had been rejected. After a long and strenuous series of legal rallying, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman once again came out victorious in what can only be speculated as his personal grievance with the co-CEO [...]
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Bettman Crushes Balsille's Dreams Yet Again
Posted: 17th June 2009 by Tieja Maclaughlin in Hockey, Tieja MacComments Off
Ridiculous Goal Calls – Video of the Day
Posted: 13th March 2009 by Blake Murphy in Extra Content, HockeyComments Off
So, this is the Florida Panthers play-by-play guy. Obviously, any announcer who quotes Vince Vaughn or Will Ferrell after most goals is awesome. One who also just yells random stuff unrelated to hockey after every goal is double-awesome. This guy is also on Off the Record today. Thanks to Vin Weasel for the tip, wacka [...]
Ovechkin Commercial – Video of the Day
Posted: 11th March 2009 by Blake Murphy in Extra Content, HockeyComments Off
Hilarious. A Vin Weasel poster for the first person who can accurately transcribe this.
The Definition of a Real Hockey Player
Posted: 9th March 2009 by Tieja Maclaughlin in Hockey, Tieja MacComments Off
Dion Phaneuf, Georges Laraque, Riley Cote, Donald Brashear. What comes to mind when you hear these names? I think of the biggest, meanest, most intimidating, most feared players in the National Hockey League. They are the best enforcers the NHL has to offer – protecting, defending, and ensuring their team is taken care of. Since [...]
Olie the Romantic Goalie – Video of the Day
Posted: 5th March 2009 by Blake Murphy in Extra Content, HockeyComments Off
So, the trade deadline has come and past. I’m disappointed the Leafs only mustered a pair of 2nd round picks for Antropov and Moore, but at least they got this guy:
How I Made the Final Four
Posted: 26th February 2009 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake Murphy, Football, Hockey, NBA Ball, Outside WritingComments Off
Remember how last week I was in the first leg of a sports debating tournament? (A refresher.) Well, devoid of a finished article and the motivation to hammer one out, I decide to copy and paste my debates from that event. I won my region and will participate in the Final Four sometime in the [...]
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Signs of a turnaround for the Ottawa Senators are appearing everywhere; Cory Clouston seems to be finding his groove as the new head coach of the Ottawa Senators. After four games, Clouston has finally found a way to motivate his team enough and coached them out of a three game losing streak. As of late, [...]
Therrien, Others Could Soon Walk Coaching Plank
Posted: 11th February 2009 by Matt Murphy in Hockey, Matt MurphyComments Off
On February 2nd, the Ottawa Senators fired Craig Hartsburg after leading the team to a 17-24-7 record. Hartsburg is one of many coach firings in the NHL so far this year. With the firing of Hartsburg many questions were raised for the Sens, primarily, do you break up the so called ‘Big Three’? Or do [...]
Red Wings Lead All-Star Disappointment
Posted: 6th February 2009 by Tieja Maclaughlin in Hockey, Tieja MacComments Off
The self-proclaimed hockey capital of Canada was busy this weekend playing host to the NHL’s 57th All-Star weekend. Included in this salute-to-the-fans was the Skills competition, the Young Star’s game, the fairly new Crashed Ice competition, and the All-Star game itself. Yes, in terms of self proclamation (and arrogance), I am referring to Montreal as [...]
Goal of the Week? Year? Video of the Day
Posted: 5th February 2009 by Blake Murphy in Extra Content, HockeyComments Off
Don’t get spoiled, there probably won’t be a VoD every day. However, this Hagman goal is worth watching a couple times.