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Report: Canucks Fire Head Coach Alain Vigneault After Seven Seasons
Just two years ago, Alain Vigneault and the Canucks were just one win from winning the first Stanley Cup in franchise history. Now the Canucks are undergoing an overhaul that will apparently start with Vigneault losing his job.
TVA Sports’ Louis Jean reports via Twitter that the Canucks have fired Vigneault after seven seasons as the club’s head coach. Additionally, assistant...
TOTAL WRECK
Flyers winger's car destroyed in accident
Philadelphia Flyers winger Jakub Voracek was in a car crash this morning that left his Ferrari totaled. It happened near his hometown of Klando, Czech Republic. According to the site, sport.cz, he was not injured. The pictures posted come from the same site. Another site, The700Level provided the following translation of the text from [...Photos]
Flyers Forward Jakub Voracek ‘Fine’ After Wrecking Ferrari in Nasty-Looking Crash (Photo)
Jakub Voracek got really, really lucky on Wednesday in the Czech Republic. Take one look at what his car looks like, and you’ll know he’s fortunate to even be alive, let alone fine after a nasty car crash.
The Flyers forward wrecked his Ferrari in a one-car crash in his native country Wednesday, but according to reports, the winger is OK after the accident. Voracek is “all...
Flyers forward Jakub Voracek uninjured after totaling Ferrari (photos)
Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek, back home in his native Czech Republic for the off-season, amazingly was able to walk away from a horrific-looking accident in which he totaled his Ferrari. The accident occurred on Wednesday morning near his hometown of Kladn and given the state of his Ferrari, the fact he came away unscathed [...]The post Flyers forward Jakub Voracek uninjured...
WEIRD STUFF
Bruins, Rangers team up for double high sticks
Boston Bruins forward Tyler Seguin was bringing the puck into the zone when he went to put a shot on net. As he shot, New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider put his stick out to poke check, and Seguin’s follow through ended up riding all the way up Kreider’s stick and Kreider was hit in the face. At the same time Rangers defenseman Steve Eminger was trying to impede Seguin...
Henrik Lundqvist’s Game 3 Performance Makes Rangers’ Loss Even More Demoralizing
The Rangers had the most convenient excuse in the world following the club’s 5-2 loss to the Bruins in Game 2. Not only did they play a poor defensive game with a ton of mistakes, Henrik Lundqvist had one of the worst games of his career.
Surely Lundqvist would bounce back in Game 3 with a much better effort, perhaps a sterling showing that would steal New York a win and get them...
THE GREAT ONE
Wayne Gretzky appears to be enjoying himself
The Great One looks like he may have had a few drinks (MAY HAVE) following partcipitating in the BMW Charity Pro-Am golf tournament last week. The result were two photos posted to Twitter by a couple fans in which Wayne looks very tired. Paulina would be proud. [Shot of Ginn] Article found on: Next Impulse Sports
Bruins-Rangers: Tuukka Rask Gives DEATH STARE & Drops F Bomb During Interview (VIDEO)
Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask is having a Tim Thomas-esque post-season thus far (check the numbers it’s true), so give the man a little respect. Don’t touch the technology. Toucher and Rich said that someone holding a 98.5 the Sports Hub was fiddling with Rask’s Ipod dock by increasing the music volume.
He then RE-TORTED…..”Are You F*cking serious?!?”.
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Double high-stick in Rangers-Bruins Game 3, with no penalty called (Video)
A weird play took place in the third period of Tuesday night's Game 3 between the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins when two high sticks occurred simultaneously, but neither one of them was called a penalty.
Rangers defenseman Steve Eminger lost control of his stick as he tried to tap it away from Bruins center Tyler Seguin as he skated into the Rangers zone. At the...
Penguins: An Emotional Loss Sparks Questions
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators were in a scoreless tie of their game three match-up for almost two full periods of play. With 1:07 left to play in the second period, Penguins forward Tyler Kennedy buried the puck in to the back of the net past Senators goaltender Craig Anderson. This came after a [...]
Ericsson helps fill big holes on Wings' defense
DETROIT -- It seems like just yesterday when Jonathan Ericsson was the young defenseman arriving on the scene and making an impact for the Detroit Red Wings.
In the Wings' 2009 playoff run, Ericsson stunned everyone with his four goals and four assists in the 22 games, and by playing three days after an emergency appendectomy. He had played just 19 regular-season games.
Now...
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Ice version of air hockey table created
Unfortunately the Reddit user that posted this photo didn’t provide many details about the table, but that doesn’t make this Ice version of an Air Hockey Table any less impressive. The detail on the rink is amazing and the only flaws are the lack of a red line and the crease is an International style crease. Playing on this table would be an awesome experience, but some questions...
Sports Illustrated Writer Rips ‘Garbage Move’ by Joel Quenneville in Game 3
It’s hardly breaking news that the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks dislike each other, so it came as little surprise to see the end of Detroit’s Game 3 win devolve late into after-the-whistle scrums and extra shots.
But Sports Illustrated’s Allan Muir took exception to the strategy of Chicago coach Joel Quenneville in the waning moments.
• Garbage move by Quenneville...
The 15 best fights from the NHL regular season
The wait is over. PDL is proud to present our countdown of the best hockey fights from the 2013 regular season. It took quite some time to compile this list as we combed through our Hockey Fights of the Week series, hunting for the most brutal and most entertaining bouts from the season that was. Did your favorite fight make our list? Let us know in the comments if we missed...
What do the Blues need to do between now and next season?
ST. LOUIS Those who yearned for the St. Louis Blues to reach a new milestone in the Stanley Cup Playoffs became convinced: Maybe this could be the year.
Such optimism was snuffed by the same Los Angeles Kings that booted the Blues last year. This time, the defending Stanley Cup champion beat St. Louis 4-2 in the best-of-seven conference quarterfinals.
In the wake, Blues fans have...
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Hit ticks off Wings; Blackhawks fume over disallowed goal
DETROIT -- In the Chicago Blackhawks' minds, it was the turning point of Game 3.
For the Detroit Red Wings, it was only fair.
With the Wings leading 2-0 in the third period Monday night, Chicago defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson knocked Johan Franzen down along the boards in the Blackhawks' end.
While Franzen lay crumpled to the ice, the Blackhawks were headed the other way...
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Domi makes amazing between-the-legs pass
During the round robin portion of the 2013 Memorial Cup, the London Knights squared off against the Portland Winterhawks. The Winterhawks would go on to win the game, but not before Knights forward Max Domi delivered one of the most amazing passes of the year. Domi received the puck in the offensive zone and was running out of room, so he threw a saucer pass to his teammate Bo...
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