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Ducks' Mike Brown Levels Jiri Hudler, Faces Suspension

Posted: May 1st 2009 9:50PM by Bruce Ciskie (author feed)
Filed under: Ducks, Red Wings, Western

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There has been a lot of talk about hits to the head in the NHL playoffs so far. Washington's Donald Brashear got a controversial six-game suspension for his shot high on Ranger Blair Betts during Game 6 of their series.

Friday night, Anaheim and Detroit met to open their Western Conference semifinal series. During the first period, the intensity got cranked up big-time on a late and high hit by Anaheim's Mike Brown on Red Wing forward Jiri Hudler in Detroit's 3-2 win.

Lidstrom's Late Goal Breaks Close Game
Detroit leads series, 1-0 | Next Game: Sunday @ DET, 2 PM ET
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Adam Burish Cross-Check's Rene Bourque, Mike Keenan Disappointed

Posted: Apr 21st 2009 12:45PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Blackhawks, Flames, NHL Videos

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On Monday night, the Calgary Flames defeated the Chicago Blackhawks for the first time this season, cutting the deficit in their Western Conference Quarterfinal in half. Late in the third period -- with 13 seconds remaining, to be exact -- Chicago's Adam Burish decided to break his stick in half across Rene Bourque's face.

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New Attitudes Help Turn Around Rangers

Posted: Mar 17th 2009 2:31PM by Kevin Schultz (author feed)
Filed under: Rangers

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It's not very often that I find myself on common ground with Mike Milbury. The fiery, often controversial announcer and former Islanders GM has a tendency to be outspoken -- and other times simply misquoted. Today, he wrote a blog for CBC praising Glen Sather and the Rangers for turning things around since the deadline. And I can do nothing else but wholeheartedly agree.

The Rangers were a soap opera without any identifiable characters for past few months. Their hot start in October was nothing but a faint memory as they slipped down the standings and were frustratingly futile on offense. No one in the locker room really seemed concerned to do anything about it. Not that they didn't care -- I'm sure they did -- it's just that they needed someone to light a fire under them.
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Fighter's Dad Hates Fighting in NHL

Posted: Mar 12th 2009 5:30PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: NHL Fans, NHL Fights

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Andre Roy's role in the NHL is to log roughly three minutes of ice-time per game and use his fists more than his hockey stick. He's one of the league's tough guys. A fighter that's dropped the gloves 122 times in his career, according to his fight card over at hockeyfights.com.

As the debate rages on about the place of fighting in the sport, players like Roy could quickly find themselves out of work if the league takes measures to limit -- or eliminate -- players from dropping the gloves. Having said that, Roy's father, Gilles Roy, has an interesting -- and surprising, considering the role his son plays -- take on hockey pugilism.
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Staying or Going: Jordan Leopold

Posted: Feb 26th 2009 3:00PM by Bruce Ciskie (author feed)
Filed under: Avalanche, Blue Jackets, Bruins, Canadiens, Canucks, NHL Rumors

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The Clash once posed the question: Should I stay or should I go now? We take a look at the big names surrounding the NHL trade deadline and whether they'll be staying in place or going to finish the season in another city.

He may not be a superstar, but a guy like Colorado defenseman Jordan Leopold can help a team. He has some offensive skill, is a very smart player in his own end, and he keeps the bean counters happy by carrying a low salary cap number. Can the Avalanche hold on to him?
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Trade Sidney Crosby? History Says No

Posted: Feb 24th 2009 11:30AM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Penguins, NHL Media Watch

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A couple of weeks ago, TSN hockey analyst Gord Miller came to the conclusion that in order for the Pittsburgh Penguins to remain competitive in the NHL, they would have to deal the league's leading scorer, Evgeni Malkin, for a first-line winger, a No. 2 center, and "hopefully" a pick or a prospect. It was a laughable proposal.

On Sunday night, Rob Rossi, Penguins beat writer for the Tribune-Review, appeared on a weekly Pittsburgh talk show and suggested the team would be wise to put Sidney Crosby on the trade block this offseason. I guess this is what happens when you go from being two wins away from hoisting the Stanley Cup to being the No. 10 team in the Eastern Conference in a matter of one season.
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Rangers Continue Slide in Playoff Race

Posted: Feb 15th 2009 3:00PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Rangers

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Things are getting ugly in New York as the Rangers continued their recent slide with a 5-2 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday afternoon, their seventh loss in the past eight games, putting them in the quagmire that is the bottom of the Eastern Conference playoff picture.

Aside from getting booed much of the afternoon (the only emotion the Madison Square Garden faithful showed) the Rangers were also getting crushed by NBC analysts Pierre McGuire and Mike Milbury for their lack of effort and intensity.
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Olli Jokinen's Consecutive Games Played Streak Comes to an End

Posted: Nov 30th 2008 10:55AM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: Coyotes, NHL Injuries

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Last night when the Phoenix Coyotes dropped a 3-2 decision to the San Jose Sharks, they did so without the services of center Olli Jokinen. It was only the second game Jokinen has missed since the 2002-03 season (the first one was Friday night's game in Colorado), snapping a streak of 397 consecutive games played. While it will never be confused with Cal Ripken Jr.'s ironman streak, it's still an impressive accomplishment to play in every NHL game for five consecutive seasons.

Jokinen, 29, will be sidelined for two weeks with a shoulder injury suffered against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday.

Originally a No. 3 overall pick of the Los Angeles Kings, Jokinen was eventually shipped to the New York Islanders where he played one season before then-general manager Mike Milbury made, in my opinion, one of the worst trades in NHL history. Just prior to the 2000 NHL entry draft, Milbury sent Jokinen, along with goaltender Roberto Luongo, to the Florida Panthers in exchange for forwards Oleg Kvasha and Mark Parrish.

After toiling in anonymity for four years in Florida, developing into a consistent 35-goal scorer, Jokinen was again part of a draft day trade this past offseason, when the Panthers shipped him to Phoenix for Keith Ballard, Nick Boynton and a second-round draft pick.

So far this season Jokinen has 18 points (7 goals, 11 assists) in 21 games for the Coyotes.

Milbury to Join Hockey Night in Canada

Posted: Jul 21st 2008 6:35PM by Eric McErlain (author feed)
Filed under: Capitals, NHL Media Watch, NHL Videos

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When I first read the news that Hockey Night in Canada had decided to add Mike Milbury to its on-air lineup, I have to admit that the announcement gave me a bit of pause. As I outlined this past season at The Sporting News, I wasn't exactly a fan of Milbury's work at NBC, and the thought of him joining the sport's flagship program on the CBC didn't exactly strike me as a gamebreaker.

Then again, after thinking about it a little more, I'm going to reserve judgment, and wait to see just how Milbury performs as a "regular contributor" on the broadcast's Satellite Hotstove segment. For those who aren't familiar with it, click here for a closer look.

So, why bother giving Milbury a chance after bashing him so hard? In this case, I think that Milbury was more or less a prisoner of an NBC broadcast that had to cater to the casual hockey fan, a fact of life that I think contributed directly to what I called an "embarrassing" interview with Washington Capitals winger, and soon to be league MVP, Alexander Ovechkin. Now that he's more or less freed from that role, I think we can expect to see more of the Milbury that appeared pretty regularly last year on TSN and NESN -- brash for sure, but insightful.

Mike Milbury Calls Tiger Woods a 'Wuss' and a 'Meat Head'

Posted: Jun 5th 2008 11:27AM by Eric McErlain (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, General NHL, Penguins, Wings, NHL Media Watch, Stanley Cup

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The shot Tiger Woods took at the sport of hockey during a PGA conference call on Monday keeps reverberating around the league. On TSN in Canada on Tuesday, hockey loudmouth Mike Milbury -- who I raked over the coals recently at The Sporting News -- decided it was time to shoot back at Woods:
"You know what? I'm gonna change the name now. It's gonna be Tiger Wuss. Here's a guy that took about three months to get over a simple arthroscopic surgery. You look at [Pens forward] Ryan Malone. His face exploded with a slap shot last night - he's back out in 10 minutes!

"Keep your yap shut, Tiger, or I'll send a couple of wingers down there - [Pens forward] Gary Roberts - to tidy you up a little bit, meat head."
Milbury's words were more or less reinforced by his colleagues at TSN, including the level headed Bon McKenzie, who was happy to paint Woods as just another ignorant American who didn't care enough to give Canada's favorite sport the time of day: "Unfortunately, [Woods] epitomizes what a lot of Americans feel about hockey: They don't give it a chance, they don't get it, they're not wired correctly - and to those Americans that do get it, Mike Milbury, thank you very much."

Something tells me that Woods -- a man who has an operation that's pretty sensitive to the way he's portrayed in the press -- won't be talking about hockey again anytime soon.

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