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VIDEO: Martin Brodeur Gets Career Hat-Trick with Goal On Hurricanes

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 22, 2013

New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur made history when he scored an odd goal on the Carolina Hurricanes Thursday night. This would be Brodeur’s third career goal, only one of thirteen goals ever scored by a goalie in NHL history/ Brodeur now sits in the top position for goals scored by a goaltender, beating out...

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Bobby Orr, One of Hockey's All-Time Greats, Turns 65

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: March 21, 2013

He’s a household name where-ever skates are laced, pucks are dropped and the great game is played. He was name-checked by the late Stompin’ Tom Connors in The Hockey Song. He’s one of Don Cherry’s all time favorites, a man who changed the very way the game is played and what can expected from a...

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Jets' Come-From-Behind Win Reflects Winnipeg's Rebound

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 20, 2013

After two periods, they were down 1-0 and outshot 19-16 by the visiting Boston Bruins. Then halfway through the third, Jets winger Blake Wheeler struck on a power play to tie the game; less than a minute later, the NHL’s shots leader, Evander Kane, would score the game-winner. Wheeler’s second of the game into an...

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Windsor Spitfire Ben Johnson Released on Bail in Sexual Assault Case

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

New Jersey Devils prospect, Ben Johnson, has been released on a $30,000 bail after the Windsor Spitfire was charged with two counts of sexual assault. The alleged assaults involved a 16-year-old and a 20-year-old, in two separate incidents. Johnson’s parents were not in attendance Tuesday for his court appearance. Johnson was seen walking out of...

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Canucks Sign Swedish Blomstrand, Recall Schroeder and Ballard

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: October 4, 2017

In Chicago, the Vancouver Canucks continue to throw young prospects to the Chicago Wolves – Vancouver’s American Hockey League farm team. The newest member to join the pack is Swedish forward, Ludwig Blomstrand. Standing at 6″1 and weighing in at 198 pounds, 20-year-old Blomstrand ranked third in goals this season playing 44 games in Sweden’s...

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NHL Saturday Give and Go: Jets Set to Fly Into Playoffs?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 15, 2013

HNIC Odds, Preview and Predictions Last season, the Winnipeg Jets could have lost 82 games and their diehard fans would still be happy just to have them back on the ice. This season is different. This year the club expects to be in the playoffs and midway through the season, there’s no reason to think...

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Blueliners Are Leading Canadiens' Revival

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 12, 2013

P.K. Subban started off the shortened season unsigned. Now he is tied for fourth place among NHL defencemen with 18 points in 20 games and a plus-4 rating. Meanwhile, the Canadiens are atop the Eastern Conference with 38 points in 26 games, and they appear to have firmly put the debacle of last season behind...

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NHL Saturday Give and Go: Bruins to Beat up on Flyers

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 8, 2013

HNIC NHL Odds, Preview and Predictions Like it or not, the Boston Bruins are the team to beat in the Eastern Conference almost halfway through this shortened NHL season. Habs fans, sit down. Leafs supporters, let’s be serious. Pittsburgh, get a goaltender already. Most days, I’d rather go through a Jersey Shore marathon than subject...

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Talk Increasing of Maple Leafs As a ‘Legit’ Playoff Team

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 7, 2013

They haven’t seen post-season action since 2004, or held a Stanley Cup since 1967. But the Toronto Maple Leafs are earning more accolades, and observers inside and outside of the NHL are saying the Blue and White are definite playoff contenders. Take Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien. He knows how to cajole a Cup-winning...

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Farewell Stompin’ Tom ‘The Hockey Song’ Connors

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: March 7, 2013

The man who coined Canada’s alternate national anthem passed away on Wednesday at 77. Al Dannity pays tribute to Stompin’ Tom Connors, the voice and mind behind The Hockey Song. Sometimes it takes a long time for a song to really get going. Do you know Stand By Me? Of course you do but you...

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Gruesome Eye Injury Revives Visor Debate in NHL

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: March 6, 2013

It was a horrible sight for anyone watching. New York Rangers defenseman Marc Staal dropped to the ice to block an incoming shot. The slapper deflected off a stick and struck Staal in the region of his right orbital bone. As soon as it happened, Staal writhed in pain on the ice, legs flailing as...

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NHL Saturday Give and Go: Questioning the Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 1, 2013

Saturday’s NHL Preview, Odds and Picks Since we’re closing in on the midway point of the NHL season, we figured it was high time we get a weekly column together. Frank will check in on a handful of Saturday’s games, giving his picks. What you go do with those picks are entirely up to you....

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Three years on, Crosby’s goal is still golden

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: February 28, 2013

Al Dannity remembers a moment when all of Canada came together, first in tension and then in jubilation, as Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in the Olympic Hockey Final and looks ahead to the challenge in Sochi. In this gig you watch a lot of Hockey games. Most are a blur, some jump out...

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Pro Hockey Realignment Proposal Means New Rivalries

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: February 25, 2013

The drum beats began anew last Saturday with a series of tweets by Hockey Night In Canada analyst Elliotte Friedman in which he revealed the latest proposal for National Hockey League realignment. It’s not confirmed at this point — the plan needs ratification by the owners and players — but this could be what the...

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Coach Randy Carlyle Warns Leafs After Sabres Fire Lindy Ruff

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 21, 2013

Sabres Visit Toronto With New Coach Buffalo Sabres management sent its players a major message yesterday by firing Lindy Ruff and Toronto Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle has his players on notice. The Sabres visit the Maple Leafs tonight with Ron Rolston taking over behind the bench on an interim basis. Rolston was in his...

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Scrivens Superb in Leafs’ Net with Back-to-Back Shutouts

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: February 19, 2013

Anyone out there who might have been worried about whether Ben Scrivens could carry the load as the main goaltender of the Toronto Maple Leafs can rest easy. The 26-year-old registered his second consecutive scoreless performance Monday night in a 3-0 whitewashing of the Panthers in Florida. Scrivens hasn’t let a puck hit the back...

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Unwanted in Montreal, Scott Gomez Signs with San Jose

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: January 24, 2013

The pride of Anchorage, Alaska has landed on his skates again. Centre Scott Gomez — labelled a bust with the Montreal Canadiens, who have bought him out of his ludicrously large contract — has been picked up by the San Jose Sharks. Terms of the one-year agreement were not disclosed publicly by the club, but...

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Southeast Division Preview: Capitals Ready for Revival

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: January 18, 2013

As the Pacific Division was once an afterthought in the Western Conference, the Southeast Division has long been regarded as the weak link in the East. A couple of teams have made moves to improve, and that should hold them in good stead. NHL props NHL futures Carolina Hurricanes Jim Rutherford was a busy general...

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NHL Preview: Sleepers, Schedules and Best Bets

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 18, 2013

NHL Fantasy, Team Betting Targets, NHL Schedule Conflicts As the NHL runs out apologies all across the league, fantasy freaks, bettors, and traditional fans are all scrambling to get ready for Saturday’s opening day. There are a lot of variables to consider this season. Firstly, we’re obviously dealing with a 48-game shortened schedule that will...

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Central Division Preview: Blues Predicted to Repeat

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: January 17, 2013

Four of the five teams in the Central Division tallied at least 100 points last season, and their quality means that they all have a good shot of making the playoffs again. Other than St. Louis, though, all of these teams have some significant questions to answer. NHL props NHL futures Chicago Blackhawks They broke...