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VIRAL VIDEO

'Screw' Those Soviet Hockey Players: Kid

Pint-sized coach
recites Kurt Russell's speech from Miracle

Oct 6, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - What’s more inspiring than watching Kurt Russell speak the words of legendary hockey coach Herb Brooks to the 1980 men’s Olympic team before they played—and beat—the Russians in the film Miracle? Try the same words coming from a 5-year-old. Well, maybe it’s just cuter,... More »

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social networking • Internet • YouTube • film • Soviet Union • hockey • viral video • movies • Kurt Russell • Miracle on Ice • Herb Brooks • Miracle • 1980 Winter Olympics • Lake Placid

(Newser) - This year's NHL Hall of Fame class is a stellar one, TSN reports. All three forwards inducted—Brett Hull, Steve Yzerman, and Luc Robitaille—are among the top 10 scorers in pro hockey history. Brian Leetch, meanwhile, was a two-time winner of the Norris Trophy, awarded to the league’s... More »

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NHL • New Jersey Devils • Lou Lamoriello • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • Hall of Fame • Stanley Cup • Dallas Stars • Luc Robitaille • Brett Hull • Steve Yzerman • Brian Leetch

(Newser) - Pittsburgh celebrated its Stanley Cup-winning Penguins today with a parade that may have drawn upward of 350,000, the Post-Gazette reports. Revelers began arriving at the parade route in center-city at 4:30am, and by 10:15 there were already 185,000 happy fans. At a downtown Starbucks with lines... More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Pennsylvania • hockey • Stanley Cup • victory parade

(AP) - Slide over Super Mario and make room on the Stanley Cup for a new batch of Pittsburgh Penguins. Max Talbot scored two second-period goals, and the Penguins overcame the loss of captain Sidney Crosby and a whole lot of history to beat the defending champion Detroit Red Wings 2-1 tonight... More »

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Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • Stanley Cup

(Newser) - As Detroit reels from the automotive crisis, a much-needed emotional uplift is coming from a dependable source: the Red Wings, currently in the Stanley Cup finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. We “are one of the good stories that are coming out of Detroit right now,” a Red Wings... More »

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Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • recession • Stanley Cup • auto industry

opinion

 NBC Gives NHL Little Love  


May 30, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - NBC is putting the NHL in the penalty box. Unwilling to sacrifice its weeknight programming, particularly Conan’s Tonight Show debut, the network has dictated that games 1 and 2 will be tonight and tomorrow, the first time games have been back-to-back since 1954. Then, it’ll kick games 3... More »

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NBC • Pittsburgh Penguins • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • Stanley Cup • Versus cable

SLIDESHOW

 Masks: a Goalie's Power Play 

Players spend top dollar expressing themselves on gear

May 9, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Unlike their cookie-cutter colleagues in other sports, NHL goalies wear their hearts on their faces, the Washington Post reports in a retrospective celebrating the 50th birthday of a netminder's best friend—the goalie mask. Players take great pride in personalizing them, sometimes spending $1,000 on images of prizefighters, dead... More »

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NHL • athlete • hockey • masks • Jay-ZTV

It's Magic vs. Bird—On Ice

Alex Ovechkin faces
Sidney Crosby in
'nail-biting playoff'...
but no one's watching

May 8, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Capitals-Penguins playoff series, with its two budding superstars, is what the beleaguered NHL has been waiting for, writes Reed Albergotti in the Wall Street Journal. In contrast to the disciplined play of Sidney "Wayne Gretzky" Crosby, Russian phenom Alex Ovechkin is both a firebrand and a goofball. But... More »

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NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Sidney Crosby • hockey • Washington Capitals • Alex Ovechkin • NHL playoffs

(AP) - Martin Brodeur posted his 552nd win tonight and passed childhood idol Patrick Roy for the most career victories by a goalie in NHL history. He made 30 saves in the New Jersey Devils' 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. The victory came in Brodeur's 987th game of a 15-year career... More »

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NHL • New Jersey Devils • Martin Brodeur • hockey

 NHL Cracks Down on Fighting 


Mar 12, 09 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - This has been a banner season for fighting in the NHL, and the league doesn’t like that one bit. It’s trying to crack down on “staged fights,” in which two players agree to duke it out as soon as play starts, the Christian Science Monitor... More »

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NHL • hockey • hockey fight

Hockey Team to Host 'Don't Be Like Mike' Night

Will give away weed wacker, shred fans' 'incriminating' pics

Feb 13, 09 3:39 PM CST
(Newser) - A Milwaukee hockey team will host a “Don’t Be Like Mike” night next week to discourage fans from following Michael Phelps’ dubious example, the Journal Sentinel reports. Graduates of the DARE program—as well anyone named Michael, Phelps, Mary Jane, Cheech, Chong, or Weed—will get a $2... More »

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Michael Phelps • Milwaukee • hockey • marijuana • weed

Palin Has NHL Goalie Singing the Blues

Player injured on
gov's red carpet gets dumped by team

Feb 7, 09 5:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Not only did Sarah Palin cost John McCain the presidency, some say, she robbed Manny Legace his job. The St. Louis Blues put the goalie on waivers after a string of injuries that started last October, when Legace slipped on a red carpet rolled out on the ice for Palin,... More »

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NHL • hockey • St. Louis Blues • Manny Legace • Sarah Palin

OPINION

San Jose Is 'LePumped' About Lemieux

Unretired hockey star makes solid start to comeback at 43

Jan 21, 09 2:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Four-time Stanley Cup winner Claude Lemieux took to the ice for the San Jose Sharks yesterday after nearly 6 years in retirement, and Mark Purdy of the Mercury News is cautiously optimistic. The 43-year-old, who's been a pro for longer than several of his new teammates have been alive, "... More »

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NHL • hockey • Vancouver Canucks • San Jose Sharks • comeback • Claude Lemieux • Todd McLellan

OPINION

Concussion Means It's Time to Retire, Moron

Roethlisberger risks losing far more than just a football game

Jan 8, 09 1:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger plans to start Sunday’s playoff game despite having sustained a concussion on the final day of the regular season, and he and the people aiding and abetting that foolhardy decision need a wake-up call. “Ben Roethlisberger is not brave,” Charles P. Pierce... More »

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NFL • dementia • Ben Roethlisberger • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • hockey • concussions • Boston Bruins • brain injuries • Alzheimer's Disease • Patrice Bergeron • head injuries

(AP) - Turns out the NHL has a bigger bite than Ottawa's Jarkko Ruutu. The league suspended Ruutu two games without pay for biting the gloved hand of Buffalo's Andrew Peters in a game Tuesday. "It's weird to even think that that goes on in hockey," said Peters, known more... More »

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NHL • Ottawa Senators • Buffalo Sabres • hockey • hockey fight

 Hockey at Wrigley? 
 Wings Beat Blackhawks 

Chicago falls to Detroit on iconic home turf

Jan 1, 09 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Two of the NHL's oldest franchises got together for some old-school outdoors hockey today, with the Detroit Red Wings beating the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4, the Chicago Tribune reports. The league's second annual Winter Classic, staged in a converted Wrigley Field, threw the players plenty of curveballs, from chilly temperatures to... More »

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NHL • Chicago Blackhawks • Detroit Red Wings • hockey • Wrigley Field

Hockey Finds Itself in
a Whole New Brawl Game 

NHL rough stuff has risen every year since the lockout despite rule changes

Dec 25, 08 8:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Fighting has been as much a part of hockey as skating for generations, but the rough stuff has been on the rise in the NHL since the 2004-05 lockout. By one account, fights are up by 15% from last season. With the enforcer's role becoming more vital, the New York ... More »

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NHL • hockey • fight • Shawn Thornton • National Hockey League • hockey fight • Colin Campbell

 Believe It or Not, 
 There's an Art to This 

NHL pugilists follow strict etiquette before the gloves come off

Dec 17, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Fisticuffs may be frowned upon in most pro sports, the Boston Globe reports, but the NHL has a definite, if brutal, code to fighting on the ice that goes back to hockey’s rural Canadian origins. Most fights are mutually agreed upon between players, and brawlers know who not to... More »

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NHL • hockey • fight • Dallas Stars • Boston Bruins • New York Islanders • etiquette • hockey fight • honor code

 Stars Dump Avery, But 
 Can't Touch $15.5M Contract 

'It was a bad marriage and it was time to separate,' coach says

Dec 15, 08 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Sean Avery won’t return to the Dallas Stars after his suspension, the Morning News reports. The team said it can’t continue with the volatile player, who had barely begun a 4-year contract that guarantees him $15.5 million. “It was a bad marriage and it was time... More »

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NHL • hockey • Dallas Stars • free agency • Sean Avery • anger management • guaranteed contract

GLOSSIES

 Jagr Happy, Rich in Siberia 

Former NHL star finds 'real freedom' playing (for big money) in outpost of Omsk

Dec 7, 08 6:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Jaromir Jagr is far from New York, playing hockey in Siberia, yet he tells the Atlantic he’s happy in the outpost of Omsk. Indeed, his $11 million salary helps cushion the blow of not being re-signed by the Rangers. And "in Russia, you have the real freedom, which... More »

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Russia • NHL • Pittsburgh Penguins • Siberia • New York Rangers • hockey • Washington Capitals • Jaromir Jagr

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