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Raffi Torres is Innocent
People are freakin weird. Case in point is this guy on the Sharks named Raffi Torres. Raffi bumped into Jarrett Stoll of the Kings and all of a sudden Torres is Public Enemy Number One with most people. Those would be the unenlightened ones. The people I call sheep. For the record, I previously wrote that the Sharks are ...Full Article
IIHF Chooses Paris and Cologne as Host Cities for 2017 World Championships
HOCKEYTALK NEWS — MAY 17, 2013 — STOCKHOLM — In Sweden´s capital Stockholm the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) decided that the World Championship 2017 will take place in ...Full Article
Bernie Parent Vibes? Quick Dominates
MAY 15, 2013 — LOS ANGELES — The way the Sharks outshot the Kings last night, 35-20, makes HT remember a time, way back in the 1970s, when a ...Full Article
Choking the Duck
The other day I was sitting in the parking lot at my local rink watching the hockey moms as they dropped off their kids at practice. A rather attractive ...Full Article
A Semi-Apology to the Islanders
The other day I went off on the New York Islanders and said I fully expected them to get their butts whipped in the playoffs. I also made comparisons ...Full Article
Shanahan Dropped the Ball On Gryba Hit
MAY 6, 2013 — When Lars Eller received a pass skating through the middle of the ice in his own zone he had to of known there was going ...Full Article
Stop Bitching About Gary Bettman, Part Deux
MAY 5, 2013 — LOS ANGELES — Last year at this time, I reminded Hockeytalk readers that there never was a time, not even during the “good old days,” ...Full Article
IIHF World Championship 2013: Scores and Updates
STOCKHOLM and HELSKINKI, Saturday, May 4, 2013 – The 77th IIHF World Championship started in Stockholm and Helsinki Friday night with some surprising results. Both hosts start the tournament as ...Full Article
Welcome Back Islanders
What’s more shocking? Is it that the New York Islanders actually qualified for the post-season or is it that they got taken out behind the wood shed and had ...Full Article
Far East: KHL Expected to Expand to 2 New Cities
MAY 2, 2013 — In the coming hockey season the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) is expected to expand from 26 to 28 teams. A former Austrian Erste Bank Liga ...Full Article
Don Cherry and Controversy: A lover’s quarrel
APRIL 29, 2013 — For Hockey Night in Canada’s Don Cherry, controversy is something he’s never shied away from. Whether it’s calling out Europeans for wearing visors, to his ...Full Article
Further Proof that Hits are Hockey’s Most Overrated Stat
Consider this on this fine sunny Sunday morning, hockey freaks: As if the career of Nicklas Lidstrom wasn’t enough, the 2012-13 Chicago Blackhawks offer more further evidence that hits ...Full Article
Time for Jets to Part Ways with Some Veterans
APRIL 28, 2013 — WINNIPEG – Another year, another disappointing end to a Winnipeg Jets season. They’ve only been back in the NHL for two seasons, but have missed ...Full Article
Keith’s Comments Much Ado About Nothing
APRIL 23, 2013 — Trending on twitter is Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith. It wasn’t for a great goal. It’s not because he made a great defensive play that ...Full Article
Toews for MVP
APRIL 22, 2013 — Couches, Loveseats, Recliners, and just about anything around a TV, beware. There’s just a couple games left before the NHL’s second season gets going and ...Full Article
Dynasty: Berlin Polarbears Win 7th DEL Title
APRIL 21, 2013 — COLOGNE GERMANY — the Polarbears won their seventh DEL championship in the last nine seasons – they are a true dynasty, enjoying a long reign ...Full Article
Leafs Back in Playoffs
Nobody knew it at the time, but when Philadelphia Flyer forward Jeremy Roenick beat Ed Belfour over the glove in game six of the Eastern Conference semi finals in ...Full Article
Unsung Players Big Part Of Jets Season
APRIL 18, 2013 — WINNIPEG — At the beginning of the season, if you would have said the Winnipeg Jets would be right in the playoff hunt as the ...Full Article
Dynamo Moscow Wins Gagarin Cup: KHL Championship Final Score Updates
Championship final: Dynamo Moscow Wins Gagarin Cup Dynamo Moscow (3. East) VS Traktor Chelyabinsk (3. West) Russian Champ 2013 It´s the fifth Gagarin-Cup which was won by Dynamo Moscow ...Full Article
New York is a Tough Town
APRIL 16, 2013 — Let’s hope the New York Rangers can hang on long enough to make it into the post season. No other coach in the NHL can ...Full Article
