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NHL Tries To Woo Fans By Increasing Scoring With Bigger Nets, 3-Point Line
Hockey officials hope to attract fans and create a higher-scoring, fast-paced game with a new aerodynamic puck and artificial turf instead of ice.
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 ...
Pack Rat Hockey Goalie Keeping Six Dozen Gatorade Bottles On Top Of Net
Pack Rat Hockey Goalie Keeping Six Dozen Gatorade Bottles On Top Of Net
Top NHL Playoff Contenders
Hockey's second season, the Stanley Cup playoffs, is upon us, and Onion Sports breaks down the top contenders.
Arizona Toughens Immigration Laws In Attempt To Rid State Of Phoenix Coyotes
PHOENIX—Arizona governor Jan Brewer signed legislation Thursday designed to finally expel the Phoenix Coyotes and other immigrants blamed for playing hockey in the state.
Report: People Talking About Soccer, But There’s No World Cup This Year So It Must Be Something Else
NEW YORK—According to a report released Friday, which noted a considerable increase in the number of people talking about soccer throughout the United States ...
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 ...
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'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 ...
U.S. Protests Mexi-Canadian Overpass
WASHINGTON, DC—After nearly nine years of construction, the Mexi-Canadian Overpass, the controversial $4.3 trillion highway overpass linking Guadalupe and Winnipeg, was finally completed ...
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'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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Doctors: Sidney Crosby Has Greatly Improved Ability To Hide Concussion Symptoms Lately
PITTSBURGH—A team of specialists helping Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby to recover from multiple concussions announced Thursday that the All-Star has dramatically improved his ...
Special Olympics Investigated For Use Of Performance-Enhancing Hugs
WASHINGTON, DC—Three months after the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, the International Special Olympics Committee has begun to investigate charges that ...
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 ...
