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Raffi Torres was suspended for 25 games on Saturday for his hit against Marian Hossa of the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 3, a ban widely lauded as an appropriate step against a repeat offender. But Phoenix Coyotes fans still showed up for Game 5 against the ‘Hawks touting Torres-supporting masks that were caught on camera, [...]

No. 1 Star: David Legwand, Nashville Predators

The 13-year veteran Predator set up Alex Radulov’s first-period goal with an aggressive forecheck and then scored the game-winner 13 seconds into the third period to lead Nashville to a 2-1 victory and a Game 5 elimination of the Detroit Red Wings. He was a plus-2 [...]

The NHL decided on Tuesday that the match penalty for Nicklas Backstrom of the Washington Capitals should stand, suspending him for Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Boston Bruins for this cross-check to the face of Rich Peverley:

On Wednesday, [...]

Boston Bruins goalie/White House trip skipper Tim Thomas will lead the Bruins into Washington D.C. tonight to face the Capitals for game 3 of their playoff series. And since this trip to D.C. is one that Thomas won’t be able to skip, Capitals blog Russian Machine Never Breaks invites Capitals fans to greet Thomas with cutout masks of President Obama.[...]

The genesis for Sidney Crosby’s fight with Claude Giroux in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal was when the Pittsburgh Penguins captain pushed away Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek’s glove as he was trying to retrieve it. Crosby and Giroux then wrestled for a bit, both earning 5-minute majors. The two spoke about the [...]

As a Carolina Hurricane fan I have come to be apprehensive around the NHL free agency period rolls around, and for good reason.

On July 1st, 2010, the Carolina Hurricanes were forced to let Ray “the Wizard” Whitney go into the free agent market, because the budget conscious team couldn’t justify paying him what he could (and would) get on the open market[...]

Evgeni Malkin entered the series at the consensus regular-season MVP. Sidney Crosby entered the series still leading the conversation for best player in the world. In Game 2 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinal, after a quiet performance in their Game 1 victory, Claude Giroux of the Philadelphia Flyers made his statement: Six points, a new [...]

Alex Ovechkin has played in six Stanley Cup Playoffs series during his NHL career, but Thursday night’s game against the Boston Bruins marks the first time he’ll appear in a Game 1 on the road. The Washington Capitals’ string of four consecutive Southeast Division titles was snipped in this tumultuous regular season, as they conceded [...]

From May 4th – 20th the IIHF will hold its annual Ice Hockey World Championships. 16 teams (Countries) will be divided into two groups using the IIHF World Ranking for seeding. Each team then plays seven preliminary round games, with the top four rounds in both groups advancing to the quarterfinals. These preliminary round games[...]

On Tuesday, March, 10th 2012, the NHL will hold its annual Draft Lottery to determine the order of the first 14 (the teams who failed to qualify for the playoffs) draft picks of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. The Draft Lottery will be broadcast live on TSN at 8pm et/ 5pm pt.

For those of you who are unaware, every non-playoff NHL team will have a chance[...]