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Different groups of players are handling the NHL lockout in different ways. Some players are holding informal practices while others have taken their talents abroad, skating in Europe. Then there's ...

Some observers of the NHL Lockout have been waiting for a sign. Not a sign that the thing is finally over -- no, that would be too easy. Instead, they're looking for signs that neither ...

If you've ever watched a Canadian broadcast of a hockey game, you have seen national anthem presentations done right. National pride, everyone singing along, people passing a huge Canadian ...

The Teddy Bear Toss is easily one of the best traditions in minor league hockey. The concept is a simple one. Bring a stuffed animal (it doesn't have to be a teddy bear) to the game that has ...

Team Sweden - 2012 With the continued NHL lockout, the eyes of the world turn to Ufa, Russia as the IIHF’s World Junior Championships are set to take place between December 26th and January ...

After the retirement of Nicklas Lidstrom at the end of the 2011-2012 season, many hockey fans assumed that the next captain of the Detroit Red Wings would be one of two people: Henrik Zetterberg ...

The new NHL season is right around the corner. At this time of the year, fans of all 30 NHL teams carry new expectations, new hopes and new dreams. Everyone is a contender. The Cup is ...

The NHL has finally released the official 2013 schedule. The arrival of the schedule means that we can finally, after a bitter and agonizing past several months, close the door on the lockout.  ...

If you were to ask people who they felt would be the first two amnesty buyouts under the NHL's new CBA, they probably would have said Wade Redden and Scott Gomez. Apparently lots of folks ...

As mentioned yesterday, both Wade Redden and Scott Gomez are widely expected to be bought out at the end of this season. Both players are being told to go home, sit, and get paid for it -- the ...

The Red Wings suffered a huge blow with the retirement of Nicklas Lidstrom. Many fans of the Red Wings can't remember a time where he wasn't dominating their blue line, and ...

Henrik Lundqvist might have just found his new best friend around the ESPN offices. Everyone's favorite chef from The Muppets, Swedish Chef, has joined the ESPN ranks and is dishing out culinary ...

One or two games does not make a season -- not even when your season's been truncated to 48 games. All fans and teams have heard about since the lockout ended is that it's important ...

It's getting to the point where we could run a regular column on all of the graphical errors we've seen so far this NHL season. Seriously. They're everywhere. It'd be more surprising ...

The year is young, yet it already has been an ugly season for NHL officiating. Across the league fans are complaining about the inconsistent and extremely ticky-tacky calls officials are making. ...

Tomas Plekanec probably wishes you didn't see that. In on a breakaway against Tuukka Rask, Plekanec failed to get a shot off, instead mishandling the puck and sending it straight to the corner ...

We've looked at Siri's affinity for hockey here before at Puck Drunk Love. When Hurricane Sandy was bearing down upon the Northeast, Siri thought that she was leading the Southeast ...

There have been more than a few questionable calls so far this season that have potentially cost teams a point or two in the standings. The latest victim? The Nashville Predators, who were scored ...

This is the first of a four-part series by the Puck Drunk Love staff examining the league's most overrated and underrated players. To come to these conclusions, the staff put their heads together ...

The head equipment manager of the Minnesota Wild isn't a fan of the Edmonton Oilers. In fact, he's not a fan of the city of Edmonton in general. How do we know this? Well, Styleswild on ...