tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32296969834909874572012-01-09T00:09:16.000-05:00Strap on the foil as we chat about past and current enforcers, the new NHL, and, of course, the Washington Capitals. Tune in daily to catch up on the heroes and villans of hockey. Two Minutes for Blogging has a lineup of regular and sporadic contributors that hail from Fried Chicken's hockey fight site.Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.comBlogger3131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-40983514653139814372011-10-31T13:33:00.006-04:002011-11-01T09:41:57.882-04:00

Remember back in the late 80s when players like Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Hull, and Yzerman were racking up points; and Brendan Shanahan was racking up fights and PIMs? My how things have changed. Lemieux, having made his millions after freely roaming the ice for years protected by the likes of Troy Loney, Grant Jennings and Jay Caufield is now an owner. One that is more content bashing

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Game 7 between the Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers is a big game for more than just the two teams involved. If you're a die hard C-A-P-S fan, this game has your attention, and for good reason.It's pretty simple. If the Sabres win, they will meet the Capitals in round two. And while Washington is 3-0-1 against the defensive-minded Sabres this year, think twice before putting your Friday

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Protest time baby... bring your signs. I'm not really sure why or what we're protesting, but let's be heard TONIGHT! Forget the fact that accidental concussions are leading to most concussions in the game, we want these accidents to stop. And we're bringing our signs to show our displeasure about the accidents that occur in this game of hockey, the game that takes place at breakneck speeds.As a

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Statement from the NHL's Mike Murphy:“After a thorough review of the video I can find no basis to impose supplemental discipline. This hit resulted from a play that evolved and then happened very quickly -- with both players skating in the same direction and with Chara attempting to angle his opponent into the boards. I could not find any evidence to suggest that, beyond this being a correct call

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-2615993138800805232011-02-14T20:31:00.002-05:002011-02-14T20:56:03.670-05:00

Connect the dots and you'll find hypocrisy at the end.Matt Cooke --- Widely regarded as the dirtiest player in the NHL, "Cookie" was recently suspended for his upteenth cheap hit of his career, this one against Blue Jacket Fedor Tyutin. That came after his knee to knee hit on Capitals' superstar, Alexander Ovechkin. At that time, the Caps had the game in hand mind you. So Cooke's knee was no

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It's no secret the Caps are a high-octane scoring machine this year. But have the Caps sacrificed defensively and physically as a result? While the prognosticators feel that the Caps should target an established goaltender during the Olympic break, the majority of insiders would tell you the Caps could benefit from a crease clearing defenseman should they wish to progress deep into the playoffs

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-66329165465334235762010-02-15T09:13:00.004-05:002010-02-15T09:19:23.244-05:00

PC - The following is an email interview I conducted with former Washington Capital, Stephen Peat.For information about Stephen’s career, here are a couple good resources:Career Statistics - http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=28833Fight Card - http://www.dropyourgloves.com/Players/Player.aspx?Player=3515PC - I’ll try to keep these questions in chronological order starting with

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-19915716598150503752010-02-12T20:20:00.007-05:002010-02-12T23:09:07.939-05:00

After watching the zebras hand out 5 minute fighting majors to Colton Orr (who got "the package") and Cam Janssen tonight, I am absolutely dumbfounded as to what merits a fighting major these days.Let me give you three examples. Your head will be spinning by the time this is done.Example 1: Owen Nolan -vs- Scott "Fire Pants" Hartnell --- 2 Minutes Each for Roughing.Example 2: Zdeno "No

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-18987555346088469442009-11-11T10:04:00.005-05:002009-11-11T10:10:21.759-05:00

Gotta give credit where credit is due. Hat tip to Down Goes Brown. His NHL Suspension Flow Chart has been making its rounds on the net at a torrid pace. Fantastic. Why? Because most of it it TRUE!!!Enjoy...

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Let me spell it out for the Gary protectors and anti-fighting yuppies...From the NHLPA website: P. Kelly – “I don’t think there is any appetite on the part of the GMs to eliminate or reduce fighting in the game. Frankly, those sentiments are echoed by the players. We explained to the GMs that the players believe that fighting plays an important and historic role in the game, and that fighting has

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-54302527404770516692009-03-12T09:01:00.004-04:002009-03-12T11:23:44.644-04:00

The NHL General Managers meeting recent wrapped up and word out of the three-day meeting is the GMs are proposing three changes to the NHL's rule book for next season. Let's take a look in order of probability of the rules actually passing through the Competition Committee and the Board of Governors.1) Add a 10-minute misconduct to "staged" fights that happen off a faceoff.Probability - Very

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-62910566982457370162009-02-15T14:31:00.004-05:002009-02-15T14:58:40.012-05:00

and it STINKS!"The whimpification of the sport." Words straight from Mike Milbury's mouth. Words straight to the ears of a national audience. Words that couldn't have been more accurate, more truthful.This is EMBARRASSING for the NHL. The only major network, besides the outdoor channel, that gives the NHL a national audience just ripped them... just completely mocked the sport. And this from

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It’s been a while since I’ve come through with a blog entry. A new son (in addition to a 22 month old son) quickly eats up your time.That said, I can’t stand this fighting talk nonsense anymore. The yuppie media hasn’t missed a chance to ram the anti-fighting drivel down our throats. Forget what the players have to say. Forget what the fans have to say. The yuppie media wants changes; and by God

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-68842796198728328622008-12-03T20:53:00.002-05:002008-12-03T21:06:45.577-05:00

Versus continued its podcast interviews a few weeks ago, giving a number of bloggers a chance to interview hockey analyst and former NHLer Brian Engblom.Engblom was an absolute pleasure to interview. He took a lot of time providing a thorough answer to each question.2MFB asked Engblom a "different" sort of question. After looking up Engblom's fight card at http://www.dropyourgloves.com, we

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-53346297497856381182008-12-02T18:55:00.002-05:002008-12-02T19:13:20.709-05:00

At least saying it anyways...Hot off the presses, Dallas Stars' superpest Sean Avery has been suspended indefinitely by the NHL for "conduct detrimental to the League or game of hockey."In this case, conduct detrimental to the game of hockey were the words"sloppy seconds." That phrase was used to describe Calgary Flames' defenseman Dion Phaneuf's relationship with actress Elisha Cuthbert,

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Video and box score for your viewing pleasure. Thanks to Kramer at Fried Chicken's Hockey Fight Site for his Youtube efforts. Vancouver fighting - 5 min 0:25, A. Burrows Vancouver roughing - 2 min 0:25, A. Burrows Vancouver fighting - 5 min 0:25, J. Hansen Vancouver game misconduct - 10 min 0:25, J. Hansen Pittsburgh fighting - 5 min 0:25, M. Cooke Pittsburgh game misconduct - 10 min 0:25,

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You be the judge:Audio where our question is presented to Toews. Toews says he ready when the situation presents itself.A few nights later:

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If you have a buddy who is a casual sports fan and you want to get him hooked on hockey, today is the day.A number of NHL matchups today/tonight have the potential to feature some serious battles.Here the skinny (team fights in parenthesis; potential fighters listed by team):Vancouver (21) @ Pittsburgh (10) - 1:00 estVancouver: Hordichuk, M Brown, O Brien, DavisonPittsburgh: GodardHordichuk/

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It's a bit young to be defining or characterizing a 20 year old second year NHL forward.That said, I am going to tell you what Milan Lucic is not.Milan Lucic, the Boston Bruins "excitable" 6'4", 230 lb second year forward is not an NHL enforcer.Photo by Stuart Cahill Lucic took the NHL by storm last year, not with his smooth skating skills or wicked wrist shot, but by crashing and banging

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Just wanted to give a quick update on Jon Mirasty, the centerpiece for a E-Ticket story Patrick Hruby inked last year for ESPN's Page 2. Mirasty continues to see regular ice time for the Syracuse Crunch, the Columbus Blue Jackets's AHL affiliate. Mirasty has skated in all 16 games, registering no points and 84 PIMs. His PIM total are second in the AHL to San Antonio Rampage tough guy, Francis

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A few weeks ago, a number of hockey bloggers were invited to participate in a telecom with Blackhawks sensations Jonathan Toews. While I was a little late to a grab a spot on the conference call, my two questions were asked first. Many thanks to Versus for opening up the doors to a number of great bloggers including Mike Chen and Paul Kukla. I was a boy amongst men!Here are the Toews' podcasts

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I originally posted this over at my blog, Simply Drew. I figured I'd post it here as well since it certainly pertains to TMFB's topic matter.I'm sure some of you have heard of the plight of Brandon Sugden by now.For those who haven't, his story puts yet another bad spotlight on hockey and makes me want to lash out against the NHL even more than I already have.Brandon is a career minor league

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07044382663551298382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-88452597894172745272008-07-07T10:46:00.009-04:002008-07-07T12:51:00.492-04:00

Obviously this is not set in stone. There are a few guys left to be signed. That could easily move some teams (e.g. Tampa Bay) up or down the list. I think Jason Smith is gone; so I dropped him from the list completely for now. I included a few guys that I think could be re-signed. The list is broken into four tiers. The ordering isn’t dependent on any one thing. I took into

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-56637627255158237872008-07-02T11:22:00.003-04:002008-07-02T11:43:53.332-04:00

A quick recap of where some of the NHL toughest players have landed:Tampa Bay Lightning sign forward David Koci to a one-year, two-way deal worth $525,000 in the NHL, $100,000 in the minorsTampa Bay Lightning sign forward Gary Roberts to a one-year contract.Tampa Bay Lightning sign forward Ryan Malone to seven-year, $31.5 million contract.Whilst Malone and Roberts are sporadic fighters, they both

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By ILB's (aka Rory) at Fried Chicken's Hockey Fight Site.“We had a pretty tough team at the time, but anytime you're facing off against Mick Vukota and Ken Baumgartner you always have to have your head up." Mark Janssens on the infamous linebrawl between the Islanders and Rangers."Rod Dallman: Ken was and wanted to be the heavyweight of the league and he really knew how to go about that also. He

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-7990518533376768612008-06-09T10:59:00.000-04:002008-06-09T11:00:48.018-04:00

Just a couple of questions for John Haisken-DeNew and Matthias Vorell, the researchers that ginned up, “Blood Money: Incentives for Violence in NHL Hockey.”1) Why only use wingers in your research? Enforcers can play defense as well.2) Why use a very subjective source (wins/losses as determined by posters at hockey-fights.com) as an important criterion in your research?3) Why only assists?

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First off, thanks to Drew Pelto. The guy never fails to keep things interesting.To take Drew’s entry a little further, I couldn’t help but chat about two NHL articles/blog entries today, both offering differing views of the health of the NHL.The first comes from Alan Makiof the Globe and Mail. Alan offers the following:In Buffalo, the Sabres business practices are rattling their NHL partners who

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It's been a while since I contributed to TMFB, but here I am with a few numbers to think about in regards to hockey and rough play.Some info on the TV viewers for two events Saturday night: Stanley Cup Finals Game 4 on NBC, and the debut of Elite XC fighting on CBS. For those not in the know, EliteXC isn't even the top of the line of mixed martial arts fighting. The Stanley Cup Finals are

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07044382663551298382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-10788528218044055812008-05-27T08:58:00.003-04:002008-05-27T13:31:19.037-04:00

I’ve long maintained that North American hockey fans are not interested in finesse-style hockey, be it the regular season, the playoffs, or even the Stanley Cup finals. The evidence pours from different media sources like goals flying by MAF glove side.The latest and greatest (from the Canadian Press):A lack of Canadian content in the Stanley Cup final has had a dramatic impact on TV ratings.CBC

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Twominutesforblogging, Fried Chickens Hockey Fight Site, and ESPN Page 2’s Patrick Hruby recently hooked up for an E-Ticket story to give an inside look into the hockey fight fan community. The story has been in the works since last year.At that time, Patrick, a former Washington Times staff writer and current Page 2 heavy hitter (with one of the best jobs in the world says me!), contacted

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While I usually pin most of my blame for the overall lack of fighting on the finesse-like rules implemented following the lockout, the same cannot be said of playoff fights.Fighting in the playoffs has been pretty much non-existent since the Detriot/Avalanche rivalry years in the mid to late 90s. And even then, if you were to take out those series', you'd still probably be looking at fight totals

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-27722303337930321532008-05-14T15:27:00.003-04:002008-05-14T15:43:35.278-04:00

Anyone else bothered by the inconsistency of playoff refereeing? I've been screaming since the lockout that referees are controling the flow of the game with an influx of penalty calls, be them blatant, marginal, or non-existent.And while past playoff years have yielded end-to-end rushes, bone curshing body checks, and passion-filled games, this year's playoffs have been filled with powerplays

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Could the matchups for the 2008 NHL playoffs be any worse than they are?Those hoping for a Penguins/Flyers or Wild/Flames/Ducks first round matchups were instead treated to Penguins/Senators and Predators/Wings and Avs/Wild cards. Excuse me while I zonk out for those "doozies."The Penguins throwing their last game of the regular season didn't help things much. Has anyone else seen so many open

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Welcome to the NHL Paul Kelly... your job means squateushe.And while that is not entirely true, that may very well be how some might interpret it after league disciplinarian, Colin Campbell, communicated a new rule interpretation to combat Sean Avery's screen tactics against Marty Brodeur.Is it me or is this why we have a Competition Committee? Is it me or is this why the Board of Governors

Sighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00457375525114770757noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3229696983490987457.post-66362312698429025522008-04-06T19:59:00.002-04:002008-04-06T20:11:50.967-04:00

After completing one of the most improbable comebacks in NHL history, the Washington Capitals have an opponent for Round 1 of the playoffs. The Philadelphia Flyers, victors against the mysteriously absent-minded Penguins today, will take on the Caps in what should be a very physical series between these two rugged teams. The Caps and Flyers played to season split this year:Nov. 2: Flyers 3 at

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James Mirtle recently granted me a few minutes of his time to answer an email I sent him regarding how rules are changed in the NHL. Thanks James!

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Although my blog has more of a pro-enforcers feel to it rather than an affiliation with a team, believe it or not, I am a [Washington Capitals] fan. Last week, I had the pleasure of making it to two Capitals games, the first against the Pens on Sunday, and the second against the Flames on Wednesday.Good story with the Penguins game. For the past year plus, I have been serving as an unofficial

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Chris Pronger 100% INTENTIONALLY STOMPED on Kesler!!!!! When you do NOTHING about this, you are discrediting the NHL. Keep up the good work.New, up-close, YouTube footage:Update - Collie decided to wake up. Eight games for the Anaheim Captain. Not surprising that he took the suspension like a man. While I regularly question Pronger's testosterone levels, Brian Burke probably sat him down

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whinev. whined, whin·ing, whinesv.intr.1. To utter a plaintive, high-pitched, protracted sound, as in pain, fear, supplication, or complaint.2. To complain or protest in a childish fashion.3. To produce a sustained noise of relatively high pitch: jet engines whining.While I can only read the words on the Caps' message boards, they do indeed come off as high-pitched, protracted sounds that are

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Easier said than done. But Adrian certainly has caught my curiousity for tonight's game. Will Lappy, Scott Parker, and the rest of the Avs bring the pain?From All Things Avs: When the bully comes your way and tries to do his thing, you smack him in the mouth. And when he doesn’t like it, you smack him in the mouth again. And when he doesn’t like it still, you smack him in the mouth.What am I

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Paul Kukla will keep you updated on Zednik's condition. My thoughts are with Zednik and his family. What a terrible accident, one that brings Clint Malarchuk's name to mind very quickly. And as Malarchuk did, Zednik, incredibly, was able to will himself to stand up and skate off the ice.Morning Update - Zednik underwent successful surgery last night and is resting comfortably this morning. He is

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Thirty minutes after the skills competition and I am still trying to figure out how Brian Campbell ended up as the East's representative in the fastest skater finals. I think he was the slowest guy out there! How pathetic were some of the attempts on the Breakaway Challenge? Can someone tell Nabakov to back up in his crease and not stop Marty St. Louis before he even gets a chance to start his

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When you consider this just netted Ilya Kovalchuk and grand total of one game...How does this earn anything more?Laraque did not leave his feet as did Kovalchuk. Downie was also bent over and turned toward the boards at the last second. That was not the case with Roszival. By the way, Downie soon returned to the game and got into a fight the very next period. Yeah, he's was really hurt.So I

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Per hockeyfights.com:Jared Boll - 18Amazing fight total right now for the youngster. Boll has taken on all willing middleweights with a side of heavies mixed in.Riley Cote - 15Cote is the hottest fighter in the league right now, with the exception of his fight against Laraque last night. He has scored some good wins over Peters, Rupp, and "the newspaper yapper" McGrattan.David Clarkson - 14Is he

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To my thousands of readers (or internet browsers looking for the latest/greatest hockey fight Youtube clip), I apologize for the recent lapse in posts. Word around my office, however, has it that we are all getting our own personal lap tops and crackberries; so access to the net will be a plenty, including my three hour commutes to and fro work and home. So that time will be used more for

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With Damien Cox loitering the net with repetitive rants about enforcers, the instigator, and, you know, physical hockey, it's pretty easy to miss an actual NHL star involved in yet another cheap play.Case in point... Maxim Afinegenov slew footing Scottie Upshall and attempting to step on him while he was down. Apparently Maxim didn't get word that stepping on your opponent gets you 30 games in

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Crosby is a natural. He gets the lid off, throws three rights, lands two, and bloodies Ference.Youtube (Crosby -vs- Ference):Laraque -vs- Chara:Thanks to Dillon at Fried Chickens for his hard work in getting these clips up!

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The NHL handed down a swift and severe decision to New York Islander Chris Simon today. The rugged winger will sit for a league record 30 games after stepping on Pittsburg pest, Jarkko Ruutu, with his skate blade last weekend. Simon has also been granted a leave of absence by the Islanders to attend counseling that, according to ESPN, is not related to drugs or alcohol.This marks the eighth

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The Blackhawks and Flyers swapped a rugged pair of players today. Philadelphia sent Ben Eager to Chicago for Jim Vandermeer.Eager, who led the league last year in fighting majors, hasn't been quite so productive this year. The 23 year-old has 0 point and is a -8. Although I think the trade may have had more to do with his inability to generate offense, Eager's fate may have been sealed when the

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When the home team announces "tonight's home attendance is..." why don't they just start saying, "tonight's sold and distributed tickets is..."???Anyone that follows the NHL knows that, on some nights, there is literally 1/3 of the announced attendance actually sitting in a seat.Is it not embarrassing to turn on your favorite sport on a Wednesday night only to see countless empty seats? The

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Brian Burke will love this one. A week after calling an all-hands GM telecon to discuss why GMs were left out of the NHL's decision to tweak the rules and hand out bigger suspensions this year, Collie Campbell and Gary Bettman have warned Philadelphia Flyers GM, Paul Holmgren, that his team was "under watch" and there could be possible team ramifications for another on-ice lapse in judgement by

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You can find both hiding on Versus these days.Some think that the entertainment value of both are declining.And both are led by guys that talk smart, but are from it.Hmm...

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What is that, part 37? It seems like that anyways.So it seems like the instigator appears to be the hot button again with Kuklas Korner and James Mirtle lending some cyber space to the polarizing topic recently. Apparently, Eric Lindros has been visting teams and doing in-game interviews in which he has been bringing up NHLPA topics, most notably (to me anyways) the removal of the instigator.Now

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Ring, ring, ring...Minnesota Wild assistant: Wild locker room. Can I help you?Collie: Yes. This is league disciplinarian, Colin Campbell. May I have a word with Derek Boogaard please?Minnesota Wild assistant: Why sure... one minute please.Third-party voice: [barely audible] Ask him why they call him "the Boogeyman" Collie... I like that nickname. It's scares me. Don't tell anyone I said

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Woke up to stumble on to this gem this morning. Sure, it's only Division III football; but this easily the most exciting play I have ever seen end a sporting event.

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With the NHL turning soft on us (actually fights are up this year, but its the "lesss than heavy" guys that are fighting), let's turn our attention to a league where you are almost guaranteed 2+ fights a night per game... the LNAH. A little about the LNAH for Wiki:The Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey (LNAH) was founded in 2004 and is a low-level professional league based in the Canadian province

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Apparently Koci had his nose broken two nights ago. A solid right by Chara opened it up again and a bloody mess ensued.Youtube...Belak breaking Koci's nose:

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This one from Sports Illustrated's Michael Farber. A couple of quotables:Darryl Bootland, a nondescript New York Islanders winger, and Riley Cote, a fourth liner for the Philadelphia Flyers, were standing beside each other at the face-off circle in the second period on the night of Oct. 13, jostling with their sticks and engaging in repartee that was more Oscar De La Hoya than Oscar Wilde."Why

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Donald Brashear -vs- Georges LaraqueArguably the two best heavyweights in the game today, these two squared off on Saturday night. Laraque looked to catch Brashear early on with a left. Brashear went to a knee twice and Laraque continued to throw while Brashear was getting up, but couldn't put the Cap away. Brashear rights himself and throws two solid lefts, the first hitting helmet and the

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[Yawn...]

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New York - Gary Bettman, Commissioner of the new NHL, has proposed more radical changes to all NHL uniforms. Citing aesthetic preferences, Bettman has sent marketing DVDs to team owners in hopes that they will approve the changes at the upcoming Board of Governors meeting.At his press conference, Bettman, who would not go into exact details about the modifications, said:"This is not a

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Me and a couple of guys over at Fried Chickens put our noggins together to come up with a list of tough guys for each team. We also included "in the system" minor league guys that can be called up to fill holes if need be.We even sorted by weight class, which more so is based on fighting ability and who guys have danced with in the past. The designations are:HW = Heavyweight CW = Cruiserweight MW

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Sean Avery is hurt... again. Guess he won't be making the Islanders game, you know the one he wanted to play in sooo bad because he is sooo good at policing the ice.But nope, Chris Neil walloped Avery with a clean open ice hit the other night, sending Avery to the locker room and sidelining him for four weeks with a separated shoulder. Of course the hit resulted in an elbowing call for Neil.

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I openly admit that my blog lacks focus. Really I just use this space to write what is on my mind (which can get cluttered - I have self-diagnosed a touch of ADD). That could be that Gary Bettman is running what was once a great sport into the ground (I almost lost my dinner last night when he popped up on the Caps game). That could mean providing some updates about the Capitals (I am a hockey

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And I rounded down...To all those that say that hockey is a family friendly sport, I point you to the Team Marketing Report.Some quick hits from their Fan Cost survey, now going on its 15th year:The most expensive team to see play is the Montreal Canadians at a whopping $332.The Phoenix Coyotes are in last (just like in the standings) at $181.If I have one more kid, that will give me four in my

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Looks as though Gary and his crownies on Sixth Avenue are having a tough time generating revenues for the league when their counterparts in other major sports don't have near the difficult pulling their own weight.So what does Gary do? He wants the NHL office to take over all team websites to pull revenue into his office to justify his existence. As a matter of fact, Gary has suid the New York

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Steve Downie can't say the same. But that is the hypocrisy of the NHL. Lots of Senators on this reel. Feel free to leave a comment if you want more added.Chris Neil - 0 gamesCam Janssen - 3 gamesChris Pronger - 1 lousy game. Have a nice trip to the hospital Dean!Scott Neidermayer - 10 gamesPronger and Neidermayer - 1 gameKyle McLaren - 3 gamesDerian Hatcher - 7 gamesColby Armstrong - 0 games!

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Steve Downie gets 20 games? Are you kidding me? I was thinking between 3 - 5. Sure the kid has a record in the OHL. But not in the NHL.And sure he concussed Dean McAmmond; but who hasn't? The guy skates around staring at his feet half the game. This isn't the first time McAmmond has laid on the ice staring at the rafters.The hit in question:Seriously. Was it THAT late? Is it me or did he leave

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I think its been covered enough. So I'll just post the best video I could find. This cuts everything down to about 7 minutes.

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Scott Morrison, from CBC, doesn't like the fact that Chris Simon was allowed to play against the Islanders last night. Simon, of course, has five regular season games left to service on his 25 game suspension for whacking Ryan Hollweg in the kisser with his stick.So yes, according to Morrison, he should be allowed to play in the preseason. But no, not against the Islanders. According to Morrison:

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Forget that more injuries will occur as a result of the new, tight-fitting (they conform), Reebok jerseys the NHL has made every NHL team switch to. What about the sweat? After all, that is one of the reasons the NHL apparentely made the switch, right?This from the Calgary Sun:Traditionalists still call a hockey uniform a sweater. Having now sampled the new, high-tech togs unveiled by all 30

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Thank you Milton Bradley for brightening my day yesterday. Now I don't like to see athletes get hurt; but if it is going to happen, it might as well happen to Bradley. And yes, it certainly did look like he was egged on by the umpire. That is not shocking to me in the least.But even if egged on, you can read between the lines and see that this guy is a first-class idiot. According to the Canadian

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Campbell's Cuts... read it, digest it, then osmose this garbage right out of your system.Ken Campbell is another hockey wimp that saw an opportunity and jumped on it. Sure Kenny, a couple of fighters have gotten hurt this year. The insight is appreciated by all. It's hockey Kenny. Not the ice capades (well, I'm not so sure about in the new NHL). Players are going to get hurt. After all,

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James Mirtle has the story over at the Globe.While the new garb was tested for water resistance, aerodynamics and, ahem, marketing potential, I'm guessing the pointy heads never thought to try it out in a scrap or two.In all seriousness, I am glad to see James stating the obvious. Folks, these jerseys were made for one reason... to make money. What other pro sports league has overhauled every

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Want to get in to watch FOUR NHL preseason games tonight? This is the link you want to use.So this is my first shot at NHL t.v. And with a few bumps and bruises I was able to get in. The link from the Flyers site was dead for a while. So I scooted over to hfboards where I was tipped to this link. Lineups to come. Actually this is the best I could up with. Toughness lineups are:Senators - Bois,

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Although I wouldn't let his clothing line touch my worst enemy's wrinkled skin, I can't help but think that Marc Ecko is a genuius for what he is doing with Barry Bonds' #756 homerun ball. According to ESPN.com:The fate of Barry Bonds' record-breaking home-run ball is now in the public's hands after its buyer announced Monday he was taking votes on whether to give the ball to the Hall of Fame,

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I'll be over at Kettler for my first look at the new practice facility and the second day of Caps training camp this Saturday.If you want to catch me, I'll be the guy briskly walking past the table where the new Caps' jerseys will be on sale for a cool $115 (unpersonalized). In all seriousness, training camps, at least the Caps' training camps anyways, provide for an intimate atmosphere for

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Slash to the back of the leg to Kuklas Korner for noting this enforcer transaction:NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas (September 12)- The Texas Brahmas of the Central Hockey League (CHL) announced Wednesday the signing of playmaker and enforcer, Robin Big Snake."Big Snake is going to make a huge impact for the Brahmas team and organization. There is a lot of excitement built around this signing. I have

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I'm a home town guy; so I stick with my teams through thick and thin. And while I want to become a Nats fan, I'll wait for them to get that farm system rolling and get a couple wins under their belt before I transfer over.In the mean time, the Orioles are, unfortunately, my baseball team. Folks... it is embarrassing.The Orioles problems start at the top with a one Mr. Peter Angelos. That being

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Now I'm not much for patting myself on the back and this one really isn't even worth bending my knuckles to type it out; but the sports journalist in me (this is to not so cleverly point out that journalists would cut off their green pinky toe for a good negative story any day) can't help but point you to an old post of mine in which I named 50 MLB players that may have did "that stuff."And

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ARLINGTON, Va., – A total of 68 players will be on the ice at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in the upcoming weeks for the 2007 Washington Capitals rookie camp and training camp, vice president and general manager George McPhee announced today.Thirty rookies will participate in rookie camp, which begins this Saturday, Sept. 8, and runs through Wednesday, Sept. 12, when the rookies travel to

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How can you not love "the Stache"??? (for the record, I'll never put a question mark inside my quotes. It looks ridiculous).From the Observer-Reporter:On this hot, summer night, the Stanley Cup was on display near a smoldering pig.The National Hockey League's most precious and unique trophy was one of about 300 guests at Chuck Wonsettler's farm Friday evening, courtesy of nephew George Parros,

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Now I do not speak Russian, but apparently so. Thank you to my bud Humpzilla for finding this:In second part of this russian sport newspaper article says that Alexander Ovechkin fought Gennadiy Ushakov, Malkin agent. Some days ago after nightclub party Ovechkin had heated dispute with Ushakov. Ushakov insulted the Caps forward and they started to fight. As a result Ovechkin injured Ushakov's

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Two Minutes for Blogging was recently linked as a Caps' fan friendly blog (that's right, no cursing on this site... although sometimes I want to!). So I think some love is in order for my red, white, and blue.The Caps announced the following information about practices, rookie camp, fan fest, and the much-anticipated training camp (will there be enough ice for all the defenseman???):ARLINGTON, Va

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So I was listening to my morning sports radio show, the Junkies, on the way in today. I so wanted to call in and go off on some of the callers; ah but I ride a commuter bus and 90% of the riders are asleep on my trek in to DC; so no dice.But IF I were a caller, this is what I would have said.First, I am sick of tired of people trying to justify Michael Vick's actions by comparing dog fighting to

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If you picked Edgerrin James in 2006, chances are your fantasy team didn't make the playoffs. On the other hand, if you were lucky enough to snatch up Maurice Jones-Drew, there is a good chance some fantasy bucks came your way at the end of the year!So how can you tell who is going to be a stud and who is going to be a bust? You can't! A best guess is all we have.And that is why I am going to

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The fantasy football draft accounts for 60% of the success/failure you will have during the year. So draft wisely! The other 40% comes from trades, lineup strategy, and just dumb luck... I actually won the Superbowl of one of my leagues last year by a tie break!To prep for a draft I like to read and partake in mock drafts. Last night was my first and here are the results. I was Team B. Feel free

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Are you ready for some (fantasy) football!!!???I am. Actually I haven't been studying near as much as I should have. It seems like every year around this time, I start googling up free sites that offer player rankings and mock drafts. From there, if I feel up for it, I start diving into depth charts, bye weeks, and even strength of schedule. By the time it is all said and done, I have a trsuty

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Well slides... http://extras.connpost.com/offerman/ But it is the best replay of the incident around.

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Accoring to published reports, Yankees slugger Jason Giambi will not be punished for doing "that stuff." ESPN.com reports that:The New York Yankees slugger has cooperated in former Sen. George Mitchell's investigation into steroid use in baseball and met with Mitchell and his team last month to answer questions about his experiences using banned substances. He agreed to speak with Mitchell after

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A couple of thoughts:Kevin Harvick is a loser and one day he is going to shove the wrong guy and get his skinny rear end popped.I'm giving Montoya the win in this slugfest. One of those pushes landed flush to Harvick's helmet sending the Bean Pole backwards.Take off the helmets! Maybe they do that in the Busch series ala minor leaguers shedding the lids more so than the NHLers. Either way,

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Mike Ricci announced his retirement today from the NHL. The last of the great mugs is gone. A few pics will speak volumes:And some YouTube for a class veteran. Congrats Mike and best wishes for your retirement.

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A couple of notes about the new "Homerun King."Seriously folks... don't get your panties in a bunch. Alex Rodriguez will surpass Barry Bonds in another eight years or so and Barry will be a name of the past.I like what Costas said, Barry is the homerun king of his generation. Hank was the kind of his. And the Babe was the king of his.Did anyone see the ESPN poll about who the best homerun hitter

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Remember this tune?Of course you do. "You Get What You Give" was written by the New Radicals' fontman Gregg Alexander.Alexander and the New Radicals produced a whopping one album. And if you haven't checked it out, you don't know what you're missing. Youtube is your source from some of the other hits on the CD:So what ever happened to Gregg Alexander? According to Wikipedia:Since disbanding the

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Sorry Stars fans... only Kevin Hatcher in the red, white, and blue in these clips. Hatcher was actually my brother's favorite fighter growing up. He used to always bring up that Hatcher took boxing lessons when younger. Well, that is confirmed in this first clip...

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Jason LaCanfora delivered long-time Washington Times Caps' writer Dave Fay's eulogy on Saturday. Fay gave way to a long-time battle with cancer last week. Fay, as LaCanfora put it, was an institution in the Caps' community, covering the teawm since 1982.Even if you didn't get to read Fay's coverage of the Caps, LaConfora's eulogy is still a good read.And as the Caps' blogging community has grown

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Enough is enough... I really do think that Gary Bettman hates Canada. Jim Balsillie wants to buy the Nashville Predators for an astronomic $238 million and what does Gary Bettman do?According to Rodier, when Bettman found out they were on the verge of signing a letter of intent, he angrily called [current Nashville owner Craig] Leipold and told him to back off.Your guess is as good as mine as to

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Okay... so I play a little bit of online poker at Full Tilt. This morning I logged on and saw Gus Hanson sitting at a heads up $200/$400 NL table with pr1nnyraid. The minimum buy in is $800, but word is Gus started with close to $100K.I sat and watched for a while and watched as Gus' stack dwindled. There were some absolutely sick hands. And as Gus said as he left the table, he was favored in

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With Michael Vick and Barry Bonds, two class acts, dominating the sports world these days, I've found myself venturing into some articles on sports blogging and press credentials.Here are a couple articles worthy of a read:Blogs offer instant, irreverent analysis of the sports world:"I'm just some guy in West Virginia with a computer, but we've got the premier NFL blog out there," said Florio,

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Could be according to Paul Kukla...I am hearing a little rumbling today that David Aebischer will be a signing a 1yr deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. More information as it becomes available. I should do these rumor things all the time, drawing millions of hits!!! lol While this news wouldn't usually make my blog, I wanted to see if the rumor hits thing was true. So click away!I'll also add that it

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