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Playoff Preview 2015: Round 1

Playoff Preview 2015: Round 1

| David M Singer

Jason's put together our annual polls for picking the series winner — with game and fight history. Eastern Conference #1 Rangers vs #WC2 Penguins #1 Canadiens vs #WC1 Senators #2 Capitals vs #3 Islanders #2 Red… Read more

Habs and Nordiques Rivalry Hits Its Apex on Good Friday 1984

Habs and Nordiques Rivalry Hits Its Apex on Good Friday 1984

| Ben Eklund

Happy Good Friday to all you Followers of the Cross and lovers of the right cross. We did a retrospective piece on the brawl-filled game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Ottawa Senators, a game that… Read more

Doan Knocks Letang out of the Game, Downie Responds

Doan Knocks Letang out of the Game, Downie Responds

| Ben Eklund

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang was knocked out of Saturday night's game after taking an awkward spill into the boards. Letang cleared the puck from the Pens' zone, then Arizona Coyotes captain Shane Doan finished… Read more

Conversations From SXSW 2015

Conversations From SXSW 2015

| David M Singer

Over the weekend in Austin, at this year's SXSW Sports 2015, I had the pleasure of joining Greg Wyshynski, Brad May, and Sean Shaprio on a panel about fighting in hockey. We spoke about fighting's… Read more

SXSW: Hockey Fighting at a Crossroads

SXSW: Hockey Fighting at a Crossroads

| David M Singer

Yahoo's Puck Daddy a.k.a. Greg Wyshynski has put together a panel at SXSW: Punch Drunk, Hockey Fighting at a Crossroads. Along with host Wysh, I'll be joined by Brad May and Austin's own Sean Shapiro,… Read more

Revisiting the Mayhem: Flyers and Senators Throw Down in Historic Brawl

Revisiting the Mayhem: Flyers and Senators Throw Down in Historic Brawl

| Ben Eklund

The March 5, 2004 matchup between the Philadelphia Flyers and Ottawa Senators was expected to be a little physical. An incident occurred between these two teams when they met a week earlier. Martin Havlat slashed… Read more

Recapping the 2015 Trade Deadline

Recapping the 2015 Trade Deadline

| Ben Eklund

A total of 43 players were involved in 24 trades among NHL teams trying to dump salary, rebuild, or get serious about a Stanley Cup run this spring. Further down, each trade that took place… Read more

Deadline Day 2015

Deadline Day 2015

| David M Singer

Lots of predictions heading into today, but which trades will actually happen? Fire up five browser windows, flip on your television and please don't fall for the fake Twitter accounts. Where we're following: Player Movement… Read more

The Avs Mix It Up in Saturday Night Loss to Minnesota

The Avs Mix It Up in Saturday Night Loss to Minnesota

| Ben Eklund

Six points separated the Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche in the Western Conference playoff picture going into last night's game. The 7th-place Wild had a hold of a playoff spot by one point, while the… Read more

Line Brawl in Hershey

Line Brawl in Hershey

| Ben Eklund

Tempers flared in Hershey Saturday night, sparked in large part by Bridgeport's Brett Gallant. After a whistle in the Bears' zone, Gallant sparred with Connor Carrick, tossing a couple of uncontested gloved punches Carrick's way.… Read more