Jason Demers gets misconduct for elbowing Nick Bonino (Video) Did Dallas Stars defenseman Jason Demers commit a supplementary discipline worthy play on Pittsburgh Penguins forward Nick Bonino? Bonino went into hit Demers in the above video and Demers gave Bonino an elbow to the head.  [Play Yahoo Daily Fantasy and get a 100% deposit bonus with your first deposit] Demers was given a … [Read more...]

Eddie Lack on tacos, Torts and Roberto Luongo love (Puck Daddy Interview) EL SEGUNDO, Calif – In some ways, Eddie Lack is a starting goaltender in a backup netminder’s role. After a January knee injury to starter Ryan Miller last season, Lack backstopped the Vancouver Canucks into an unexpected postseason berth with a 2.45 goal-against average and .921 save percentage. He didn’t play that … [Read more...]

Stephen Gionta gets major penalty for spearing Mark Borowiecki (Video) New Jersey Devils forward Stephen Gionta committed a major, and seemingly painful, penalty Thursday night when he speared Ottawa Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki.  Check out the above video of the play where Gionta puts his stick into Borowiecki’s mid-section. Gionta was given a five-minute major for spearing and a … [Read more...]

Flames dress as The Avengers in Alberta Children's Hospital visit (Photos) Halloween is one of the best times for hockey players to make charitable appearances while wearing creative looking costumes.  Last year we saw the Boston Bruins dress as characters from the movie “Frozen” in a trip to the Boston Children’s Hospital. There was Zdeno Chara as a giant pink rabbit on a similar voyage a … [Read more...]

Keith Yandle scores against Coyotes friends, survives Doan puck pranks NEW YORK – Keith Yandle stood on the ice for his pregame television interview, talking about his first battle against the Arizona Coyotes since last season’s trade that made him a New York Ranger. One puck flew by him. Then another. Then another and another, courtesy of his old teammates, warming up across the ice.  “A … [Read more...]

Tyler Toffoli tucks in beautiful goal past Martin Jones (Video) An offensive explosion occurred for the Los Angeles Kings in San Jose on Thursday night. For the first time all season the Kings scored more than two goals to blast the Sharks 4-1.  The goal that got the Kings on the board first in this game was the above beautiful score by Los Angeles forward Tyler Toffoli. [Play Yahoo Daily … [Read more...]

Rick Nash scores first goal of season rather unusually NEW YORK – For the amount of grief Rick Nash of the New York Rangers gets for his goal droughts, there’s something weirdly appropriate that his first goal in eight games to start the season was scored without a shot attempted. Or against a goalie, for that matter. “The way things were going, yeah, it felt pretty standard,” said Nash … [Read more...]

Jackets lose Tortorella's debut, stumble to 0-8 New coach, same result for the Columbus Blue Jackets as their historically bad start to the season officially became the worst start for any team in the post-expansion era with a 3-2 regulation loss to the Minnesota Wild. Only the 1943-44 New York Rangers started their season worse than these Jackets, who have now lost eight consecutive games in … [Read more...]

Arizona Coyotes scrum to keep Rangers puck from crossing goal line (Video) The New York Rangers thought they scored a goal in the first period of their game against the Arizona Coyotes. Derek Stepan appeared to celebrate the score off a scrum. Except there was no goal. The referee blew the play dead and the above replay showed the Coyotes teamed up to keep the puck from crossing the goal … [Read more...]

Patrice Bergeron welcomes son, scores goal for him on same day (Video) Get ready to awwwwwwww… Patrice Bergeron’s wife Stephanie gave birth to their son Zack on Wednesday morning. And since Bergeron is the type of guy who plays Stanley Cup Final games with a broken rib and a separated shoulder, of course he was going to appear for the Boston Bruins against the Philadelphia Flyers that … [Read more...]