If Don Cherry’s desk were a piano, this is what his broadcasts would sound like.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, even in professional hockey. For the NHL’s Minnesota Wild, that means signing a middle-aged shop owner as a goaltender.
The ‘Kid’ shows fans that he was worth the wait.
A chartered plane carrying players and staff from one of Russia’s elite hockey clubs crashed north of Moscow on Wednesday, wiping out virtually the entire team.
The drama, with a twist, came at halftime raffle shot during a charity game between Shattuck and The World in Faribault, Minn.
“I heard him say he doesn’t know how to play, but he seems like he has a natural talent if he practices more.” — CALVIN LOMEN of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, on saving the first two ball-hockey shots from Prince William (the third sailed wide) during the Royal Tour (via Vancouver Sun)
NewsFeed is still over the moon about yesterday’s epic lunar eclipse, so today’s links highlight the awe and power of Mother Nature, including an ode to Whole Foods and some sick recycled art.
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.
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.
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.
