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The Onion Does Hockey
2008-05-05 00:00:00 Funny NHL Star Called Up To Big Leagues To Play For NFL Team More About: Hockey , The Onion , Onion
Playoff Pool Picks & 10 Facts About Jason Spezza
2008-04-06 00:00:00 (Apologies for the hiatus -- new job, family stuff...) Due to a variety of travel commitments five buddies and I had no option but to do our 2008 NHL playoff pool last night. This added an element of risk to the selections since several playoff spots are still up for... More About: Facts , Pool , Jason , Jason Spezza
Miss Dewey
2007-11-28 00:00:00 Check out Miss Dewey, she likes hockey. Mediocre search engine, fun interface.
Wayne's Wine
2007-11-28 00:00:00 I recently uncorked a bottle of Wayne Gretzky Estates 2006 Merlot. This is not the Wayne Gretzky of wine. Its more like a useful 3rd line winger - the oenophilic equivalent of the journeyman winger - well prepared, professional, responsible but not flashy, and at $15.95 a reasonable Cap hit.... More About: Wine
THN Proposes Fisher for Sundin Deal
2007-11-07 00:00:00 Hockey News Columnist Ken Campbell has proposed that the Ottawa Senators trade Mike Fisher for Mats Sundin from the team down the highway. Campbell argues that with reports that Peter Forsberg's comeback has suffered a setback, Ottawa GM Brian Murray needs to make a "bold" move to get the Senators... More About: Deal , Prop
Building the NHL Hall of Shame
2007-10-08 00:00:00 While the NHL badly trails the NFL, NBA and MLB when it comes to producing and harboring disreputable characters, the passing of Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz is a reminder that the NHL has had and its share of crooks. Anyone unfamiliar with the Wirtz story might want to get their... More About: Building , Hall , Sham , Shame
Ken Danby
2007-09-29 00:00:00 Ken Danby, the artist who created "At The Crease" - arguably the worl'd greatest piece of hockey-related art - has died. Danby suffered a heart attack while canoeing in Algonquin Park, north of Toronto.
Senators Unveil New Look
2007-08-24 00:00:00 The Senat or s unveiled their new Reebok jerseys before 6,500 fans last night. Uniwatch likes them. Apart from removing the swooping stripe from the middle of the jersey, the Centurion that forms the logo has been updated. The old guy had a soft, paint-by-numbers frown whereas the new one has a... More About: Veil , New Look
Lightning Sold
2007-08-10 00:00:00 The Lightning have been sold to a group that includes former Columbus GM Doug McLean, Florida real estate developer Jeff Sherrin and a guy named Oren Koules. Oren Koules who played some minor pro hockey in the early 80s the co-founder of Evolution Entertainment - the production company that brought... More About: Sold
Active NHL Players Headed for the Hall of Fame
2007-08-10 00:00:00 Reading this got me thinking about the active NHL players skating toward a spot in the Hockey Hall of Fame . Here's Hockeydirt's list of the player's destined for a place beside Howe, Gretzky Orr in the Hall. This is followed by a list of those who could earn a spot... More About: Players , Active
About Eklund
2007-08-03 00:00:00 Eklund is the most famous/infamous hockey blogger - check out this great article on him from the NHL Fanhouse: Unmasked and Anonymous... More About: Lund
Muckler Out, Murray Moves Up
2007-06-22 00:00:00 The Ottawa Senators have dumped John Muckler, replacing him with the team's coach, Bryan Murray . Muckler's firing underscores how tough the hockey business can be. By most measures Muckler did a stellar job as GM. Since taking over the job in the summer of 2002 the Senators have compiled a... More About: Moves
Islanders "Blog Box"
2007-06-15 00:00:00 As reported over at Off Wing Opinion, the Islanders have announced a new policy that will give bloggers access to the press box, sorta. The team is setting up something it calls the NYI Blog Box.We will provide you with a media pass for a few games next season and... More About: Lander
Final Thoughts
2007-06-09 00:00:00 This is tough. As a fan of the Ottawa Senators it is difficult to write after watching the team lose in the Stanley Cup Fina l s. Some of the sting is relieved by the fact that the Anaheim Ducks were clearly the better team and a very classy bunch. It is... More About: Thoughts
Bringing Yashin Back to Ottawa
2007-06-09 00:00:00 The decision by the New York Islanders to spend $17.63 million to buy out the remaining 4 years on Alexei Yashin's contract leaves the Russian star without a home. Ottawa Sun columnist Bruce Garrioch reports that Mark Gandler, Yashin's agent, thinks a return to Ottawa might be a good fit.... More About: Back , Shin
Chris Pronger's Mission to Unite Canada
2007-06-07 00:00:00 For a variety of reasons relating to politics and economics, relations between Eastern and Western Canadian have long been testy. After a particularly despised energy policy was adopted by the (Ottawa-based) federal government, many Albertan's sported Let the Eastern bastards freeze in the dark bumper stickers to express their anger... More About: Canada , Chris , Sion , Mission , Pron
Western Conference Interference
2007-06-07 00:00:00 Lost in the suspension debate surrounding Chris Pronger's head shot on Dean McAmmond is the fact that Pronger was attempting to obstruct McAmmond on the play and slow down the Ottawa forecheck. The Ducks play a throw-back style of hockey with elements that were supposed to disappear in the new... More About: Western Conference , Western , Este , Ferenc , Conference
Defending Alfredsson
2007-06-07 00:00:00 People are jumping all over Daniel Alfred sson for allegedly shooting the puck at Scott Niedermayer in the dying seconds of the 2nd period of Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals. Sadly, people are seeing what they want to see, not what really happened. Watch the overhead footage from the...
Sports Business News says Bettman Is Doing a Good Job
2007-05-30 00:00:00 Howard Bloom's Sports Business News says NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman deserves a pat on the back for a job well done. The comments Bettman offered Monday night in his ?state of the league? were honest and straightforward. Leaders admit what?s wrong and look for solutions, and in reaching out to... More About: Good , Ness
Media Coverage & the NHL
2007-05-29 00:00:00 More on the NHL and media credentials. The NHL: They're just not that into you... More About: Media , Vera , Coverage
Knob Hockey
2007-05-26 00:00:00 Check out the Knob Hockey view of the Senators Ducks. (Thanks to Off Wing Opinion for the pointer.)...
Bloggers in the Press Box
2007-05-25 00:00:00 Eric McErlain from Offwing Opinion has a good story about the ongoing debate over giving bloggers access to the press box, including a pointer to a Sports Media Journal poll on the issue. Earlier this season, Hockeydirt contacted Phil Legault, the VP of Communications for the Ottawa Senators about the... More About: Press , Bloggers , The Press , Logger , Blogg
A "Stern" Commissioner Would Suspend Pronger
2007-05-18 00:00:00 With the game between the San Antonio Spurs Phoenix Suns out of reach, San Antonio's Robert Horry body-checks Sun star Steve Nash into the scorer's table. The NBA Comm issioner David Stern suspends Horry for 2 games. With the game between the anaheim Ducks Detroit red Wings out of reach, Anaheim's... More About: Sion , Mission , Would
Ottawa Routs Buffalo 1-0
2007-05-16 00:00:00 Following last night's 1-0 Senators win over the Sabres, Senator's play-by-play announcer Dean Brown said he never thought he'd describe a 1-0 game as a rout, but the label fits game 3 of the Eastern Conference Final. In every department except the scoreboard, the Senator's dominated the Sabres. How often... More About: Buffalo , Buff , Ottawa
Please Sell the Bruins
2007-05-10 00:00:00 Some disgruntled Bruin fans have put up a Please Sell the Bruins Website. From the site: BRUINS OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT HAS COMBINED FOR JUST ONE PLAYOFF ROUND VICTORY IN THE PAST 14 YEARS...... More About: Ruin , Lease , Ease
Songs for Ray
2007-05-10 00:00:00 The 2007 NHL playoffs have been Ray Emery's coming out party. Emery's sense of style has been noticed around Ottawa for a while, but now it seems others are taking notice. Toronto musician Lester McLean has put together Fashion Plate, a song celebrating Emery's stylings. McLean isn't the only musician... More About: Songs
Roadtrip to Jersey - The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
2007-05-10 00:00:00 The Good - The Fans. The easy availability of Devil's tickets, and the lure of a road trip to NYC, and the prospect of watching the Senators advance to the Conference final meant that a lot of Sens fans made the journey. On the bus ride to the game close... More About: Trip , Road , Ugly , Jersey
Devils-Senators: Game 4
2007-05-04 00:00:00 Quick takes from from last night's Devil s-Senator s game, viewed from Section 315 of ScotiaBank Place. Ottawa fans are feeling it. In the first period the crowd broke into a spontaneous Al-fie, Al-fie, Al-fie chant. Ten seconds later Daniel Alfredsson rewarded the faithful with a goal to give Ottawa an early... More About: Game , Evil , Nato
Give the Adams to Lindy
2007-05-04 00:00:00 Lindy Ruff after a Sabres win....I'm hoping he wins the Jack Adam s and uses his acceptance speech as an opportunity to rip into Commissioner Bettman the members of the National Hockey League Broadcasters' Association who voted for him.... More About: Give , Indy , Lindy
HockeyDirt's Second Round Picks
More articles from this author:2007-04-27 00:00:00 We were 4-4 with our round one picks - mediocre, not good enough to make the playoffs. Wild? Thrashers? Uh, not close. Here we go again. Rangers vs Sabres: The Sabres won the season series 4-0 finished 19 points ahead of the Rangers so this one's a no-brainer, right? Wrong.... More About: Second , Dirt , Pick , Econ , Round 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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