The timing of the Jets' announcement Friday that Evander Kane is undergoing season-endingsurgery
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Craig Anderson appeared to be OKit's worth getting that out of the way first.Still, the Ottawa Senators goalie had a
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Quez Watkins Jersey The NHL suspended Lightning forwardNikita Kucherov for one game for boarding Blue Jackets defensemanMarkus Nutivaara at the end of Friday's game in Tampa, the league's Department of Player Safety .Kucherov first tripped Nutivaara and then slammed the defensele s Nutivaara's head against the boards from behind.The Lightning finished the regular season with an NHL record-tying 62 victories andwere expected to dominate the eighth-seeded Blue Jackets in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoff series.
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Marc-Andre Fleury reached another milestone Sunday as the Golden Knights rallied for a 4-3 road victory over the Capitals, their fifth win in the past seven games.The 33-year-old Vegas goaltender
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Nail Yakupov is talking about the importance of defense and ordering bad-for-you food in front of his health-nut coach.So, by those highly scientificstandards, things are going well for the Oilers
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Nikita Zadorov has more of a reputation for his
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Another day, another profe sional athlete going off on a reporter whose coverage he doesn't like.This time it was veteran NHLdefenseman Dan Boyle cursing outNew York Post reporter/columnist Larry Brooks after Boyle's Rangerslost theirfirst-round Stanley Cup playoffsseries four games to one to the
San Francisco 49Ers Jersey Penguins.During cleaning-out day at the Rangers' practice facility in Tarrytown, N.Y.., a pouting Boyle imperiously declaredhe wasn't going to talk to reporters until Brooks left the area. Here's video ofBoyle angrily telling Brooks to "get the fout" of the room.MORE: | Brooks is off-camera during the confrontation, but you can hear him standing his ground. The look on the face of the unnamed reporter to Boyle's right is pricele s:And here's a transcript of the heated back-and-forth between Boyle and Brooks:I dont want him here, said Boyle.What? Brooks said. You know, the feelings mutual, man.Nobody likes you. Nobody respects you. Just so you know, said Boyle.OK, said Brooks.At least Im leaving here with the respect of my teammates, said Boyle. "Instead of expletive someone like you, who tries to bury somebody. That's all you do. . .
Trey Sermon Jersey . It's not a critique. I'm telling you I don't want you here.I have no respect for you. I want you to get the expletive out.I dont care what you think, said Brooks.I can tell you to get the expletive out if I want to! said Boyle, his voice now raised.You can, but I dont have to listen to you, said Brooks.Yeah, ya do! said Boyle. I want him out. And that other expletive clown, Brett, or whatever the expletive his name is. Where's he at? Everyone else is fine. I want him out. Its my right."Rangers staff stepped in to calm the scene down, and suggested Boyle not speak to the media at that time."Can they not all stay here? I have tons of respect for some
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The Capitals thought they had won the game with a late goal in the third period
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The hits just keep coming for the Blue Jackets.Already down Boone Jenner (hand), Nathan Horton (back) and Ryan Murray (knee) Columbus is now also without center Brandon Dubinsky after he underwent abdominal surgery on Wednesday.MORE: | |
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The New
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