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Top NHL Playoff Contenders
Hockey's second season, the Stanley Cup playoffs, is upon us, and Onion Sports breaks down the top contenders.
Awesome T-Shirt Cannon Party Interrupted By Nashville Predators Game
NASHVILLE, TN—A rousing T-shirt cannon party at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena was repeatedly marred by men coming out to play hockey Thursday, despite jeers ...
Sidney Crosby's Long Year Off
Sidney Crosby's back and doing very well indeed since a concussion forced him to sit out a year of hockey. We look at how ...
NHL Reluctantly Signs Deal With Hockey To Continue As Their Sport Through 2016
NEW YORK—Despite revenue, attendance figures, and viewing statistics showing it continues to lag behind as the least popular major sports league in the country ...
8 Months In, Dany Heatley Still Unable To Bring Himself To Say Phrase 'I'm A Minnesota Wild'
8 Months In, Dany Heatley Still Unable To Bring Himself To Say Phrase 'I'm A Minnesota Wild'
NHL's New 'Blue Zone' Channel Only Shows Games When The Puck Is Within 3 Feet Of One Of The Blue Lines
NEW YORK—Boasting that fans will now be able to see "every crossing of neutral ice and many of the faceoffs from every game," the ...
Increase In NHL Ankle Injuries Linked To Super-Slick Synthetic Astro-Ice
NEW YORK—The NHL announced Tuesday it would study the possible safety and injury risks of playing hockey on Astro-Ice, an artificial rink-surfacing material used ...
Nashville Predators Promotion Allows First 500 Fans To Feed Players
NASHVILLE, TN—The first 500 visitors to see the Nashville Predators play hockey in their custom-built reinforced glass enclosure at Bridgestone Arena Saturday will actually ...
NHL Accidentally Makes All Three Of Its African-American Players Work On MLK Day
NHL Accidentally Makes All Three Of Its African-American Players Work On MLK Day
NHL Tries To Pass Off Commercial Flight As Flyover For Winter Classic
PHILADELPHIA—NHL officials seized the opportunity given them when a United Airlines 737 passed over Citizen's Park Bank during the opening festivities of Monday ...
NHL's Critics Find No Evidence That Penalty Box Reforms Players
TORONTO—After performing an in-depth 15-year study of professional hockey penalties, penalization practices, and the behavior of penalized players, independent hockey-law reform group JustIce concluded ...
Alex Ovechkin Having Trouble Following Puck On TV
WASHINGTON—Lying on his sofa and flipping through channels Saturday night, Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin settled on a televised hockey game for a few ...
Pathetic NHL Linesman Telling Women In Singles Bar He's NFL Back Judge
Pathetic NHL Linesman Telling Women In Singles Bar He's NFL Back Judge
Popular New DirecTV Package Offers Zero NHL Games
EL SEGUNDO, CA—Satellite broadcast provider DirecTV has been inundated with new subscribers following Monday's introduction of NHL ShutOut, a special new sports entertainment ...
Alex Smith TD Pass Challenged On Grounds It Was Thrown By Alex Smith
The spittle and invectives fly as Doc and Kenny recount Sidney Crosby's travails and the WNBA's plan to horrifically maim their players for ...
NHL Not Quite Sure Why It Has A Preseason
NEW YORK—With the NHL preseason heading toward its conclusion, players, coaches, and managers wondered aloud Monday why they were even bothering with exhibition games.
Stanley Cup Lauded For Work With Developmentally Disabled Trophies
NEW YORK—In recognition of its tremendous leadership and community work, the Stanley Cup was honored Wednesday for its dedication to helping developmentally disabled trophies.
NHL: Toothless Players Gumming On Each Other's Fingers Is Harmless
NEW YORK—In response to critics calling on the NHL to suspend Canucks forward Alex Burrows for biting an opponent’s finger during the Stanley ...
NHL Fines Ozzie Guillen Just To See If He'll Pay
CHICAGO—Following the latest outburst from the much-sanctioned White Sox manager, officials from the National Hockey League fined Ozzie Guillen $25,000 Monday in order ...
