Dane Byers has been suspended and John Tortorella fined coming out of Byers' fight late in the Rangers' 4-1 loss to the Canucks on Tuesday. The penalties are automatic - per NHL rules, when a player receives an instigator penalty in the last five minutes of regulation or at any time in OT, it's a one-game ban for the player and $10,000 out of the coach's pocket. So with Byers out for tomorrow's game...
from Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province, Shane O’Brien has received a one-game suspension for sticking it to Sean Avery on Tuesday at GM Place. The Vancouver Canucks defenceman, who had been benched after taking a double-minor penalty late in the second period, stormed the length of the players’ bench early in the third period to challenge the agitating Avery and stuck his stick into the...
(the phrase, “have another doughnut, you fat pig”, is of course, trademarked by Jim Schoenfeld) Did NHLPA interim executive director Ian Penny jump or was he pushed? Who gives a fuck when we’ve got another sensational item involving hockey pariah Sean Avery? The fashionista / loose cannon’s former AHL coach, current Capitals boss Lou [...]
Quintin Laing is being treated for the H1N1 "swine flu" bug. While it is no laughing matter, we decided it was, well, a laughing matter (laughter being the best medicine and all that crap)... Alex Ovechkin walks into a clinic. He says, I'm here for my shot. The nurse says, "Mr. Ovechkin, you've already taken six shots. We can't give you another." ***** Bruce Boudreau walks into...
You hear me, Steve Ott ? You're dead. Blues News: AP recap As for Ott's hit on Carlo, our man Colaiacovo calls it dirty. Read on in the P-D recap. And while we're at it, how 'bout a big GT round of applesauce for Alex Pietrangelo recording his first goal last night ?! Defending Big D has the good sense to at least call SOME of Ott's action's into question. I thought this team got rid of Sean Avery...
Penguins -How will Sergei Gonchar's potential contract negotiations be impacted by his wrist injury ? -Maxime Talbot things Marc-Andre Fleury ( above ) deserves to be on Canada's Olympic roster . -Sidney Crosby has apparently taken an active role in the NHLPA's issues . -Golf Digest ranks Mario Lemieux as the 16th best athlete golfer . -Defenseman Ben Lovejoy has apparently been taken off injured...
( click ad ) I love ice hockey and I hate business packages. So combining the two leaves me feeling absolutely nothing. (ad by BBDO Toronto, image via ). Previously in hockey-related advertising : Tie Domi's pink Leafs jersey . Sean Avery dons a Gap sweater . Calgary Flames playoff ads come back to burn them .
The following is written by David Kamoe, a life-long sports fan whose sister is a close friend. David is an avid A's fan, wen to to high school with Drew Gooden and can't believe that Giants commentator Mike Krukow used to refer to the right-centerfield expanse at Pac Bell Park as "Finley Alley," referring to Steve Finley who remarkably wore a Giants uniform for a season. David will likely...
Defenseman Dan Girardi and Sean Avery both scored two goals and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-2 on Monday night for their fifth consecutive victory.
Defenseman Dan Girardi and Sean Avery both scored two goals and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-2 on Monday night for their fifth consecutive victory.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Defenseman Dan Girardi and Sean Avery both scored two goals and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight victory.
Defenseman Dan Girardi and Sean Avery both scored two goals and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 7-2 on Monday night for their fifth straight victory.
from Mike Zeisberger of the Toronto Sun, Let’s face it. If Vesa Toskala continues this sub-par play much longer, maybe he’ll soon be hearing those same jeers from the Marlies fans at Ricoh Coliseum, where many frustrated observers feel he belongs. In any event, if Toskala and his teammates feel their moribund offence, struggling defence and leaky netminding will suddenly turn around tonight...
Ales Kotalik's power-play goal snapped a third-period tie in the New York Rangers' fourth straight victory, 3-0 over the visiting Ducks on Sunday. Sean Avery made his season debut following a knee injury during camp. He goaded Ducks defenseman Ryan Whitney...
While Canadiens coach Jacques Martin was audibly cursing on the bench last night, he must have been silently wondering if injured, star blueliner Andrei Markov could have made any difference in Vancouver's 7-1 drubbing of Montreal. In another Province, Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson found a blessing in disguise. He no longer has to practice his "I don't make goaltending decisions to please the...