I know there’s a lot of obstacles. First off, hockey is probably the most provincial sport we have, and once everyone’s team is out, those fans tend to not give a fuck about whatever happens next. We’ve spent so much time coming up with reasons to hate everyone else it’s impossible to change gears. We […]
At least for one night, I didn’t manage to motherfuck something. The Toronto Maple Leafs and Florida Panthers put on a hockey game dressed as Calvinball last night, with the Cats getting a 7-6 win in OT. It wasn’t even that simple, if a 7-6 game can ever be simple. Read more…
No one does “all over the map” quite like the NHL. And almost all of it is by accident, because there isn’t a guiding light to the league as to what this wants to be, or how it would get there if that did. Stuff just happens every day in this league, most of it […]
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Jimmy Hayes, a Boston-area native and former professional hockey player who spent time with several NHL teams over the last few years, passed away unexpectedly on Monday. He was 31 years old. The cause of death was not immediately known or announced publicly, but according to the Boston Globe, which cited local authorities and first responders in […]