NHL expansion, salary cap, rules changes on Board of Governors’ docket MONTEREY, Calif. – The NHL’s Board of Governors is scheduled to convene for their meeting in Pebble Beach with expansion on both the front and back burner.  The NHL is reportedly not expected to decide whether to expand to Las Vegas and Quebec City – both markets that have submitted applications and gone through … [Read more...]

Grand Rapids Griffins perform fly rendition of 'Fresh Prince' theme song (Video) The AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins celebrated “90’s Night” with a 3-1 win over the Chicago Wolves on Friday.  The minor league affiliate of the Detroit Red Wings also celebrated the evening of throwbacks with an ode to the ‘90s hit TV show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, featuring Eric Tangradi (slow down, bud), … [Read more...]

Unique assist for Kane sets Blackhawks record It probably wasn't the way he drew it up in his mind, but Patrick Kane made Chicago Blackhawks history Sunday night when Artemi Panarin scored an empty-net goal with 1:46 remaining in regulation with Kane getting an assist. That assist helped Kane extend his point-scoring streak to 22 games, giving him sole possession of the longest such streak in … [Read more...]

Kane passes Hull for Blackhawks point scoring record (Video) With three minutes left in the Chicago Blackhawks game against the Winnipeg Jets, and Patrick Kane without a point, it was possible the forward would not come off the ice. Lucky for him, the Jets were down 2-1.  Paul Maurice pulled his netminder and Kane had a wide open net to make history. And he did just that by assisting on … [Read more...]

Kyle Turris gets tangled up and injured against Islanders (Video) Ottawa Senators forward Kyle Turris suffered an injury after his legs got tangled up with New York Islanders forward Casey Cizikas. The play came in the third period of Ottawa’s 3-2 overtime win over the Islanders. A video of the play is above. The Senators’ PR staff said Turris didn’t suffer a break and X-Rays were negative. … [Read more...]

Tampa's Ben Bishop takes stick through his mask (Video) Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Ben Bishop took a stick to the face in the third period of Tampa Bay’s Saturday game at the San Jose Sharks and exited immediately. It appeared the stick of Sharks forward Tomas Hertl inadvertently found its way through the wire cage surrounding Bishop’s face. The Tampa goaltender fell to the ice in pain … [Read more...]

Brandon Prust spears Brad Marchand in the groin area (Video) Vancouver Canucks forward Brandon Prust received a 10-minute misconduct for spearing Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand in the groin area in their Saturday night game at Rogers Arena. Above is the video of the play, which occurred in the final two minutes of the Bruins’ 4-0 win over the Canucks.    The spear was a precursor to … [Read more...]

Canucks' Prust spears B's Marchand in groin The Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins don't play all that often, but ever since their Stanley Cup Final meeting back in 2011 their games always seem to find a way to turn a little nasty. It happened again on Saturday night during the Bruins' 4-0 win. It all started just two minutes into the game when Derek Dorsett and Zac Rinaldo took part in … [Read more...]

Women's national team kept out of Winter Classic game (or USA Hockey's ridiculous decision) Saturday night was a great night for all champions of women's hockey with the announcement of the NWHL's Boston Pride playing against the CWHL's Les Canadiennes de Montreal at the Winter Classic site in Boston. Then USA Hockey went and ruined it. Kate Cimini of Today's Slapshot tweeted out the … [Read more...]

Shea Weber becomes first defenseman in Predators history to record hat trick (Video) Nashville Predators defenseman Shea Weber blasted his way into the team record book with a hat trick Saturday. Weber became the first Predators blueliner in team history to score three goals in one game. Above is video of Weber’s hatty. His third goal put Nashville up 4-2 in the third period against the … [Read more...]