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Five Teams Off To Surprising Starts

With the NHL roughly two weeks into its schedule, lets take a five teams that are off to a surprising start in 2010-11. Toronto Maple Leafs (4-0-1; 9 pts) – Lead by Phil Kessel and Jean-Sebastien Giguere, the Maple Leafs…

Developing Story: Rick Rypien Attacks Fan

In a bizarre turn of events in tonight’s game between Minnesota and Vancouver, Canucks enforcer Rick Rypien took his enforcing off the ice when video showed him grabbing and pushing a fan who was applauding the fact that Rypien was…

Demitra to Russia

Speedy forward Pavol Demitra will be hopping ponds this year to play with Yaroslavl of Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League. Demitra had shoulder surgery that took him our for the majority of the season last year with the Vancouver Canucks. In…

Daniel Sedin Between the Legs Goal

Just in case there is anyone out there who doesn’t understand how great the Sedin twins are, we have the following clip. Last night, in Vancouver’s 7-3 victory over the Calgary Flames, Daniel Sedin notched this beauty to complete the…

Most Valuable Players Thus Far

With every team having played at least 50 games, I think we’re approaching a good time to start talking about the league’s most valuable players this season. I’ve separated my choices into three different categories to make things easier, the…

Turning Things Around

With six players currently on the IR list, winning three games in a row is not a regular occurrence for most teams. Lately the Canucks have beaten the Black Hawks, Maple Leafs and most recently the Oilers. Things appear to…

Minnesota Wild

The Minnesota Wild, who finished only one spot out of the playoffs last season, looks to take the ice with a drasticly different team this year. Head coach Jacques Lemaire announced he will not return to coach the Wild on…

Vancouver Canucks

May 11th 2009 – although most wont remember the actual date, many Canucks fans will know what happened on this fateful day. This was when the Vancouver Canucks’ juggernaut hit a brick wall with a crushing loss to the Chicago…