NHL Three Stars: Schenn leads Flyers; Caps top Kings No. 1 Star: Brayden Schenn, Philadelphia Flyers The Flyers doubled up the New Jersey Devils 6-3 as Schenn recorded a three-point night with a goal and two assists. Philadelphia scored four times in the third period to help snap New Jersey’s three-game winning streak. Claude Giroux handed out three assists. Shayne Gostisbehere scored his … [Read more...]

Joni Pitkanen scores in first game back in Finnish hometown (Video) Joni Pitkanen scored his first goal in almost three years during a 3-2 Karpat victory over KooKoo in Finland’s Liiga on Tuesday.   It wasn’t the prettiest goal, but it gave Karpat a 1-0 lead early in the first period in Pitkanen’s first game in his hometown in 13 years.  "No one skates like him. How can he play that well?” … [Read more...]

Blues' Jaden Schwartz scores with help from ref's skate (Video) Jaden Schwartz gave the St. Louis Blues an early 1-0 lead over the Dallas Stars Tuesday night thanks to a little help from referee Kelly Sutherland. Colton Parayko dumped the puck into corner of the Stars’ zone. It then deflected off of Sutherland’s skate as Kari Lehtonen was heading behind his own net to await the puck's … [Read more...]

Joseph Blandisi really earned this embellishment penalty (Video) Andrew MacDonald of the Philadelphia Flyers was called for slashing midway through the first period Tuesday night against the New Jersey Devils. It was a good call and one that should have given the Devils a power play.  The player he slashed, however, did his part in making things 4-on-4 for the next two minutes with an … [Read more...]

Rob Scuderi placed on waivers by Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks placed veteran defenseman Rob Scuderi on waivers Tuesday, giving themselves further salary cap relief as the team nears the Feb. 29 trade deadline. Chicago acquired the 37-year-old Scuderi from the Pittsburgh Penguins in a December trade for Trevor Daley. The Penguins paid one-third of Scuderi’s $3.375 million salary cap hit, … [Read more...]

Desjardins' future; Gostisbehere’s Calder shot; Richards and Kings (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected].   🎂 + 🇨🇿 + 6️⃣8️⃣ = 🐐 pic.twitter.com/zoa2ZIsniA— Florida Panthers … [Read more...]

Hockey ref takes beer can to genitals; player’s brother arrested for it Dominic Bedard is a referee in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He was officiating a game between the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Feb. 11 when he doubled over in pain, as someone had thrown a can of beer at his crotch.  Allow us to explain. Bedard had issued a roughing penalty to … [Read more...]

NHL Three Stars: Kane continues MVP campaign with 4-point night No. 1 Star: Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks  The fans chanted “MVP!” for Kane after he tallied a goal and three assists in the Blackhawks’ 7-2 trouncing of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Kane set up goals by Andrew Shaw, Brent Seabrook and Artemi Panarin, and scored his 34th of the season. Kane now has 82 points in 60 games.  No. 2 … [Read more...]

Coyotes emergency goalie got call during baby bath time When the Arizona Coyotes were preparing to face the Montreal Canadiens on Monday, they planned on having Louis Domingue start in goal with Anders Lindback as his backup.  But Lindback suffered some sort of “off-ice” injury prior to the game, leaving the Coyotes with roughly two hours to find an emergency backup. At around 6 p.m., Nathan … [Read more...]

Gaborik on IR; Del Zotto's wrist; Pittsburgh's philosophy (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected].   Cam meets Cam ❤️🐶🐾 pic.twitter.com/wzHpjpgSo1— NHL Blue Jackets … [Read more...]