Scott Gomez placed on unconditional waivers by Blues The St. Louis Blues have placed forward Scott Gomez on unconditional waivers in order to grant the center his release from the team. The 36-year-old Gomez entered St. Louis training camp on a PTO and earned a roster spot with a one-year, two-way contract. This came after forward Patrik Berglund was placed on long term injured reserve … [Read more...]

Two-Minute Minor: Malkin for Weber? Rookie of the year? Kylo Ren of hockey? (Video) How would you fix the Pittsburgh Penguins? Would you move Evgeni Malkin for Shea Weber?  Who wins the Calder Trophy this year? Is the Chicago Blackhawks' veteran top line slumping or regressing? And is there a hockey Twitter version of Kylo Ren? These are the questions that Puck Daddy editor Greg Wyshynski … [Read more...]

Jagr, Barkov lift first-place Panthers over Habs The Florida Panthers enjoyed their stay in first place in the Atlantic Division for about 24 hours before the Montreal Canadiens took it back with a shootout win Monday night over the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Panthers weren't about to let the Habs leave Florida as the top dog in the division when the two met at the BB&T Center on Tuesday night, … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Hayes has hometown hat trick; Panthers roll over struggling Habs No. 1 Star: Jimmy Hayes, Boston Bruins The 26-year-old Boston native fired the first hat trick of his NHL career in a 7-3 drubbing of the Ottawa Senators. Hayes is the second Massachusetts-born player to record a hat trick for the Bruins in the last 11 days. Frank Vatrano did so on Dec. 18 at Pittsburgh. The … [Read more...]

Bruins and Senators wrap up physical game with brawl (Video) Tempers flared at the end of the Boston Bruins’ 7-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators.  In the last minute, both teams engaged in a brawl with multiple players dropping gloves and squaring off. This finished off one of the more rough n’ tumble games of the 2015-16 season. The Senators finished the game with 58 penalty minutes and … [Read more...]

Zdeno Chara tosses Mark Borowiecki to ice in attempted fight (Video) Ottawa Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki had quite the crazy game against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday. In the first period he was flipped by Bruins agitating forward Brad Marchand. In the second period he decided to try to fight 6-foot-9, 250-pound Boston captain Zdeno Chara. The decision did not go so well for the … [Read more...]

Brad Marchand flips Mark Borowiecki with low hit (Video) Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand flipped Ottawa Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki with a low check in their Tuesday game at TD Garden in Boston. A video of the play is above. Marchand was not penalized on the first period play and Borowiecki did not miss any time, returning soon after, though reportedly stretching his left leg. … [Read more...]

Is this the worst hockey video game ever made? (Video) Last week, we looked at some of the best and worst hockey toys of all-time. The video game category was mostly “the best,” spanning from the Nintendo “Ice Hockey” through the EA Sports’ classics of the last 22 years.  But this got us thinking: What was the worst hockey video game of all-time? COED.com submitted that it’s anything with … [Read more...]

New York Rangers vs. the snowball effect The New York Rangers (44 points) are in a 4-10-2 plummet after Monday night’s loss to the Nashville Predators.  If they squint hard enough, they can see the Washington Capitals waving goodbye as they run away with the Metropolitan Division. Over their collective shoulders are the New York Islanders (43 points) in third place, with the New Jersey … [Read more...]

EIHL player tries to attack opponent in penalty box, claims he was bitten (Video) Devin DiDiomete of the EIHL’s Manchester Storm was sent to the penalty box in the first period of Sunday’s game for a check to the head of Fife Flyers forward and associate coach Danny Stewart. Stewart joined him going off the ice, but DiDiomete was only there briefly before being told he was ejected. As … [Read more...]