Alex Ovechkin Wins Breakaway Challenge for Third Straight Year
Ovi swings with the knob of his stick during the Breakaway Challenge. (Photo credit: Kevin C. Cox) Alex Ovechkin won his third straight Breakaway Challenge title tonight at the 2010-11 NHL SuperSkills...
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins Pregame: Time Machines, Cough Syrup, and Yet Another Staal
A time machine. Doug Johnson of Puck Buddys writes for Russian Machine. Tweet at them anon. We had too much to dream last night. Blame the cough syrup. Either that or this stuff really did happen....
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins Pregame: The Epicenter of Suck
Heeeeeere’s Doug Johnson of PuckBuddys fame. Tweet his face. The Pre-Game: I think it was Benjamin Disraeli who said “Sometimes cities just suck.” Or maybe it was Don Rickles. We’re getting our...
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins Pregame: #renamePittsburgh
It’s time for your Puck Buddys pregame! Follow @PuckBuddys and adopt a dog. The Pregame: Cartoonist Bill Griffith, who just this week turned 68, sees the overlooked and forgotten corners of America...
View ArticleConcussions, Collisions, and More: Our NHL Head-Injury All-Stars
Special thanks to Gary Bettman for letting the guys out of the Quiet Room long enough for us to snap this pic. Enlarge. (Photo illustration by Ian Oland) The stars of the All-Star Game were a little...
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins Pregame: Time Machines, Cough Syrup, and Yet Another Staal
A time machine. Doug Johnson of Puck Buddys writes for Russian Machine. Tweet at them anon. We had too much to dream last night. Blame the cough syrup. Either that or this stuff really did happen....
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins Pregame: The Epicenter of Suck
Heeeeeere’s Doug Johnson of PuckBuddys fame. Tweet his face. The Pre-Game: I think it was Benjamin Disraeli who said “Sometimes cities just suck.” Or maybe it was Don Rickles. We’re getting our...
View ArticlePittsburgh Penguins Pregame: #renamePittsburgh
It’s time for your Puck Buddys pregame! Follow @PuckBuddys and adopt a dog. The Pregame: Cartoonist Bill Griffith, who just this week turned 68, sees the overlooked and forgotten corners of America...
View ArticleConcussions, Collisions, and More: Our NHL Head-Injury All-Stars
Special thanks to Gary Bettman for letting the guys out of the Quiet Room long enough for us to snap this pic. Enlarge. (Photo illustration by Ian Oland) The stars of the All-Star Game were a little...
View ArticleBraden Holtby’s Just Chillin’ in the Background of This PK Subban Selfie
Photo: @subbanator The Montreal Canadiens’ PK Subban just took a selfie during the Skills Competition. I see Patrice Bergeron, Kris Letang, Cory Schneider, Sophia Jurksztowicz playing with her hair,...
View ArticleKris Letang’s Headshot on Marcus Johansson
The first period of Game Three was bad, but worse than the scoreboard was the image of Marcus Johansson collapsed on the ice after suffering a late headshot by Kris Letang. Johansson gained the zone...
View ArticleWhy Mike Milbury Makes Caps Fans Feel Like The Fix Is In
Monday morning, Barry Trotz put on a figurative tinfoil hat and said one of the most wacky things he’s ever said as Caps coach. Frustrated by the length of Brooks Orpik’s three-game suspension, Trotz...
View ArticleKris Letang Suspended One Game For Head Shot on Marcus Johansson
Tuesday afternoon, the NHL announced a one-game suspension for Penguins defenseman Kris Letang. The linchpin of Pittsburgh’s blueline delivered a head shot to Capitals forward Marcus Johansson in...
View ArticleAlex Ovechkin’s sore ‘somewhere on his body’ after being tripped by Kris Letang
In the second period, Washington Capitals captain Alex Ovechkin left the game after being tripped to the ice by Penguins defenseman Kris Letang. The injury was the only buzzkill of the evening in which...
View ArticleKris Letang will miss the playoffs after surgery for herniated disc
The reigning Stanley Cup champions received some terrible news Wednesday. The Pittsburgh Penguins’ best defenseman, Kris Letang, will undergo surgery for a herniated disc in his neck and will be out...
View ArticleLars Eller shadows former NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens during drill, gets...
Lars Eller is taking his offseason workouts to the next level. Wednesday at Montreal’s Adrenaline Performance Center, Eller shadowed one of the greatest NFL wide receivers of all time, Terrell Owens,...
View ArticleTJ Oshie fined $5,000 for cross-checking Kris Letang
Saturday morning, the NHL announced it had fined Capitals forward TJ Oshie for an incident he had with Kris Letang during the Caps’ 7-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins Friday night. According to the...
View ArticleTJ Oshie and Kris Letang had an angry fight after Jake Guentzel’s empty-net goal
The nastiness in the Caps-Pens series boiled over late in the third period. After Jake Guentzel scored an empty-net goal to put the Penguins up 3-1, TJ Oshie and Kris Letang dropped the gloves and...
View ArticleConcussions, Collisions, and More: Our NHL Head-Injury All-Stars
Special thanks to Gary Bettman for letting the guys out of the Quiet Room long enough for us to snap this pic. Enlarge. (Photo illustration by Ian Oland) The stars of the All-Star Game were a little...
View ArticleBraden Holtby’s Just Chillin’ in the Background of This PK Subban Selfie
Photo: @subbanator The Montreal Canadiens’ PK Subban just took a selfie during the Skills Competition. I see Patrice Bergeron, Kris Letang, Cory Schneider, Sophia Jurksztowicz playing with her hair,...
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