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Apr 11, 2013 4:13 PM CDT

NHL Takes Step to Welcome Gay Players

Hockey league teams up with 'You Can Play' advocacy group

(Newser) - The NHL has taken the biggest step yet of any major sport to welcome gay players, reports the New York Times and Reuters . The league has teamed up with the You Can Play Project , a year-old advocacy group, to educate teams and players and generally raise awareness about homophobia. A...

For 13th Time Ever,
Goalie Scores Goal

Mar 22, 2013 2:00 AM CDT

For 13th Time Ever, Goalie Scores Goal

Martin Brodeur gets credit as last person to touch the puck

(Newser) - Martin Brodeur achieved a rare NHL feat last night, even if it was by accident. He got credited with a goal because he was the last New Jersey Devil to touch the puck when Carolina scored on itself, reports USA Today . It's only the 13th time in NHL history...

NHL, Union Strike
Tentative Deal

Jan 6, 2013 5:13 AM CST

NHL, Union Strike Tentative Deal

10-year agreement still needs to be ratified by players, would save half season

(Newser) - The NHL and the players' association reached a tentative agreement early today to end a nearly four-month-old lockout that threatened to wipe out the season. A marathon negotiating session that lasted more than 16 hours and stretched from early yesterday afternoon until just before 6am today produced a 10-year deal...

NHL, Union
Make Last Push
to Save Season

Jan 1, 2013 8:17 AM CST

NHL, Union Make Last Push to Save Season

But commissioner says time is running out

(Newser) - 2012 vanished without any deal to finally get the 2012-13 NHL season under way, but fans now have reason to be hopeful, AP reports. The league and the players' association are back on speaking terms and held their first face-to-face meeting since Dec. 13 yesterday. The lockout has caused games...

CTE Rampant
Among Those
With Frequent
Head Trauma

STUDY SAYS

Dec 3, 2012 10:23 AM CST

CTE Rampant Among Those With Frequent Head Trauma

Research points to long-term brain damage

(Newser) - Concern is growing over a link between repeated hits to the head and brain disease—and a new study adds fuel to the fire. Researchers studied donated brain samples from 85 deceased people who'd experienced frequent, mild episodes of traumatic brain injury, and found signs of a certain brain...

Victim of
NHL Lockout:
Coors Light

Nov 8, 2012 8:40 AM CST

Victim of NHL Lockout: Coors Light

Not nearly as many Canadians drinking beer these days

(Newser) - With the NHL lockout still ongoing, Canadians apparently don't have nearly as many excuses to drink beer. Molson Coors Brewing Co. says beer sales are down across Canada thanks to the lockout, the Winnipeg Free Press reports. The CEO of the company, which makes Coors Light and Molson Canadian,...

NHL Cancels
First 2 Weeks
of Season

Oct 4, 2012 1:55 PM CDT

NHL Cancels First 2 Weeks of Season

Games through October 24 are called off amid lockout

(Newser) - Hockey fans often carp that the NHL's regular season is too long, but this is not the fix they had in mind: The league today canceled the first two weeks as its player lockout continues, reports USA Today . All games are called off through October 24, and given the...

NHL Locks Out Players

Sep 16, 2012 12:01 AM CDT

NHL Locks Out Players

Season at risk, again, over contract talks

(Newser) - Another NHL season is in jeopardy: Owners and players couldn't even come close to a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement before their midnight deadline, which means the league has officially locked out its players, reports ESPN . The impasse comes about a month before the regular season was...

Kings Recover Winning Puck

Jun 29, 2012 2:50 AM CDT

Kings Recover Winning Puck

Key part of team history turns up in Devil's bag

(Newser) - Los Angeles Kings fans can rest easy: The case of the missing puck has been solved. The winning puck from the team's first-ever Stanley Cup triumph has turned up in the equipment bag of New Jersey Devil Patrik Elias, who told reporters earlier this week that he was pretty...

Kings Win Stanley Cup

Jun 11, 2012 10:51 PM CDT

Kings Win Stanley Cup

Party time in LA as 6-1 win ends 45-year drought

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Kings won their first Stanley Cup in their 45-year history in style Monday night with a 6-1 victory over the New Jersey Devils on home ice. Captain Dustin Brown, who had a goal and two assists, became only the second American-born captain to lift the cup—in...

Devils Stay Alive in Stanley Cup

Jun 7, 2012 1:00 AM CDT

Devils Stay Alive in Stanley Cup

3-1 win in LA takes series to Game 5

(Newser) - Los Angeles Kings fans went to the Staples Center last night ready to celebrate their team's first Stanley Cup, but the Devils spoiled the party. The New Jersey team beat the Kings 3-1, taking the series to a Game 5 on their home turf. The game was 0-0 at...

Kings Fans Taunt Devils
With Jersey Shore Heads

Jun 5, 2012 12:31 AM CDT

Kings Fans Taunt Devils With Jersey Shore Heads

4-0 puts Kings one win away from first Stanley Cup

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Kings are now just a game away from the first Stanley Cup in their 45-year history—and Snooki may have helped. Kings fans taunted their rivals by holding up huge cardboard cutouts of Jersey Shore characters directly behind the New Jersey Devils' bench during last night's...

Behind Derek Boogaard's Downfall, Tons of Pills

Jun 4, 2012 10:13 AM CDT

Behind Derek Boogaard's Downfall, Tons of Pills

Team doctors prescribed him huge amount of hydrocodone, oxycodone

(Newser) - As if Derek Boogaard's death at 28 last year wasn't tragic enough, the New York Times today delves into the reality that preceded the NHL enforcer's accidental overdose—and it's a mind-bogglingly pill-filled one. Boogaard's father, a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, gave...

NHL Fan Sues Penguins
for 3 Texts Too Many

May 31, 2012 8:43 AM CDT

NHL Fan Sues Penguins for 3 Texts Too Many

Fred Weiss says he agreed to only 3 a week, got 9 in 2 weeks

(Newser) - Fred Weiss signed up to get text message alerts from the Pittsburgh Penguins, and was assured by the promotional agreement he would only receive up to three texts per week. When he started receiving more than that, rather than simply unsubscribing, he filed a lawsuit. Weiss alleges that the NHL...

Black Player's
Big Goal Brings
Racist Tweets

Apr 26, 2012 5:57 PM CDT

Black Player's Big Goal Brings Racist Tweets

Washington's Joel Ward shrugs it off

(Newser) - Joel Ward of the Washington Capital scored every hockey player's dream goal last night: a Game 7 overtime winner that knocked the defending champ Boston Bruins out of the playoffs. The only hitch is that Ward is a black player in what has long been a white man's...

Panthers Ban Rat Sales

Apr 24, 2012 4:41 AM CDT

Panthers Ban Rat Sales

Rogue rat-chuckers were Devils fans, team says

(Newser) - The Florida Panthers are taking steps to cool down one of the NHL's stranger traditions as their playoff run continues. Plastic rats—which fans have been chucking on the ice by the hundred—will no longer be sold at the team's souvenir shops, reports the Miami Herald . The...

Dear NHL Owners, Do You Know Kids Are Watching?

OPINION

Apr 18, 2012 12:41 PM CDT

Dear NHL Owners, Do You Know Kids Are Watching?

One dad points out there's a difference between tough play and savage play

(Newser) - Dave Banks is thrilled that his 10-year-old son started playing hockey this year, absorbing all the great lessons that team sports can bring to a kid. Too bad the adults playing the game are such lousy role models, he writes for the GeekDad blog at Wired . In an open letter...

Brain of Dead
Hockey Player
Was 'Going
Bad'

Dec 5, 2011 7:11 PM CST

Brain of Dead Hockey Player Was 'Going Bad'

Derek Boogaard likely faced early dementia

(Newser) - Hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard died of a drug and alcohol overdose at age 28—but his future likely wouldn't have been too bright had he lived, because he probably faced midlife dementia. In the last of a three-part series on Boogaard, the New York Times reveals that the multi-millionaire...

NHL Team Signs
51-Year-Old Goalie

Nov 23, 2011 7:50 PM CST

NHL Team Signs 51-Year-Old Goalie

Fortunately, Jim Deutsch did not have to play

(Newser) - The NHL's Minnesota Wild signed an emergency goalie today, which is news only because the guy is 51 years old and owns an embroidery store. As it turns out, Jim Deutsch won't have to suit up for an NHL game, but he came thisclose, reports the Minneapolis Star ...

Flyers Pull On-Ice Stunt
to Send NHL a Message

Nov 10, 2011 11:19 AM CST

Flyers Pull On-Ice Stunt to Send NHL a Message

Philly refuses to move to call out Tampa's boring 'trap' strategy

(Newser) - Bizarro moment in an NHL game last night: The Philadelphia Flyers refused to budge with the puck, and Tampa refused to go after them. It actually happened multiple times, with the Flyers trying to send a message about Tampa’s reviled “trap” system. The trap is a defensive scheme...