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Puck Previews: Reebok hands out reward; Preds vs. Sharks

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski) — Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Preview: Nashville Predators at San Jose Sharks , 10:30 p.m. EST. From a solid write-up on this one from Fear The Fin: "Why have the Predators given the Sharks so much...
  • New: 6 hr 10 min ago

Ryan Kesler, the 'silver bullet' of NHL 2K11 video game

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski) — Making the cover of the next 2K Sports hockey title, after the company limited its release to only Nintendo Wii , probably feels a bit like winning the NIT. Or having the toys for your summer blockbuster end up in kids' meals at Arby's. Or being the NBA all-star with the British Knights endorsement deal. You get the point. The entire series exists in the giant shadow of EA Sports' NHL...
  • New: 8 hr 27 min ago

Fantasy: Steer clear of Boston; sleeping on Purcell

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Dobber) — ( "Sleepers, Keepers , Bench'em or Drop'em" is a weekly fantasy hockey column written by Darryl "Dobber" Dobbs, an honest-to-goodness expert on such matters and founder of DobberHockey.com . His column will run on Puck Daddy every Thursday.) Hockey people called it the Trade Dudline, but fantasy -hockey people -- a completely different breed -- actually found...
  • New: 10 hr 18 min ago

Puck Headlines: Chelios is old; Guerin wants Cooke hit banned

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski) — Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Must-read of the day: Tim Wharnsby's profile of Detroit Red Wings Coach Mike Babcock as a focused, driven and very much blue-collar individual. [ CBC Sports ] • In honor of veteran (and we use that...
  • New: 11 hr 38 min ago

On hockey and national anthem etiquette for fans

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski) — For years at Washington Capitals game, the fans would scream out "OH!" when that word was sung in the Star Spangled Banner, a tradition that carried over from Baltimore Orioles fandom. As the team's "Red The Red" (which has now inspired "Barack The Red" ) campaign has grown, fans now shout out "RED!" at the appropriate times as well. So when...
  • 12 hr 49 min ago

Roundup: Blind-side hit rule reveals hockey’s other headaches

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski) — Now that the NHL GMs' decision to recommend a blindside hit ban has had about 24 hours to settle, the majority opinion seems to be appreciation for the effort but frustration with the vague consequences for those soon-to-be-illegal actions. Heck, even Don Cherry wants something more explicit than the vague punishments recommended by the GMs. From the AP: Speaking after a Paralympic...
  • 14 hr 18 min ago

Look who's scoring! Stamkos could join elite company in coming days

ESPN: NHL ...reminder, perhaps, that less than two years ago, Stamkos was just a Canadian kid and a big NHL fan. He looked up to Sid the Kid. Now, the Tampa Bay Lightning star is chasing down...
  • 14 hr 56 min ago

Video: Minnesota high-school player wipes out in opening intros

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski) — For about 55 years, the Minnesota state prep hockey championships have been the "crown jewel" of local high school sports, with fans and families planning trips months in advance to watch games and local television broadcasting championship rounds live. In other words: There are a lot of eyes on the MSHSL Tourney ... which means plenty of puckheads witnessed...
  • 15 hr 50 min ago

Canadiens proving us wrong as they fight for playoff spot in East

ESPN: NHL ...very good team at other times." Right now, they're darn good, helped in part by the NHL's second-rated power play. Montreal is playing the best hockey among the group fighting for the...
  • 20 hr 7 min ago

In the Crease: Legace heating up late

ESPN: NHL Tim Kavanagh provides his weekly goalie rankings and wonders if fantasy owners can rely on Manny Legace, who's been on a hot streak of late.
  • 20 hr 27 min ago

The nasty history of Matt Cooke

$ESPN: NHL Insider Before I resume my Thursday picks (and I was doing a pretty darn good job with my once-a-week puck prognostications before that Olympic break), I want...
  • 23 hr 29 min ago

Wednesday's Three Stars: Sabres' Myers makes statement

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Video: Andrew Raycroft's blind robbery of Lee Stempniak

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Sean Leahy) — Andrew Raycroft (notes) has been a serviceable backup to Roberto Luongo (notes) for the Vancouver Canucks this season. Appearing in 17 games and starting 11 of them , the 2004 Calder Trophy winner has posted a 7-4-1 record having been mostly used on the road. Only three times this season has Raycroft played in front of the fans at Canada Hockey Place GM Place. That's why it's...
  • 1 day ago

Puck Previews: Sid’s stick located; radio prank awkwardness

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski) — Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. • The timing of stories today got us all turned around, so Puck Headlines will return on Thursday. Expect the Crosby Golden Roar vote to begin on Friday, through the weekend. Any...
  • 1 day 7 hr ago

U.S. Senate candidate on how campaign 'stole' Columbus logo

Yahoo.com: Puck Daddy (Greg Wyshynski) — Marc Delphine was fond of the logo a volunteer had designed for his campaign for a U.S. Senate seat in Oregon: a silver star wrapped in a star-spangled banner that his designer told him evoked the letter 'D' for branding purposes. It certainly was a memorable symbol. In fact, it was already being used by the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets , as Delphine was stunned to discover on Wednesday. ...
  • 1 day 8 hr ago
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