You can look at Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas’ decision to snub a White House visit one of two ways: a profound American statement of freedom of speech, or a show of selfishness for making a team event about himself.
Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, the bearded breakout star of last year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, has enjoyed the afterglow of his team’s championship.
Vancouver Canucks fans’ anxious anticipation prior to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Rogers Arena took an early hit. Then it fully withered away.
It all started with an overturned car. Then some fire. And then more overturned cars and more fires. Oh, and don’t forget all the looting and fighting either.
Policing a feisty crowd surging in excess of 100,000 can be daunting, so government officials have done what any rational person would do: take away the alcohol.
We all knew Canadians went crazy for hockey, but how about spandex? And full-body green spandex at that.
For two teams with little history together, the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins sure looked like bitter rivals Wednesday in Game 1 of the NHL’s Stanley Cup Finals. They had the pushing, shoving and biting—yeah, grown men still bite each other—to prove it.
NewsFeed thought we already knew hockey was a violent sport. Apparently Air Canada just found that out.
