After watching the absolute destruction that took place tonight at Rexall between the Sabres and Oilers, I started to wonder what my worst hockey memory was. Obviously this game was disgusting as the Oilers were blown out 10-2 by the Sabres, but I don't think that it was my worst hockey memory because it is just one of the 82 regular season games. The ones that come to mind are when Gretzky was traded from Edmonton to the LA Kings, and the next one is when Messier was traded to the NY Rangers. Both trades were shocking, and I can remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I h

Apparently a little day dreaming in chemistry class is all it took for Trevor Leahy to come up with this pad design. Leahy, a high school hockey goaltender, and also graphic designer, came up with the idea to make his pads look like the netting behind him in attempt to fool opposing shooters. "When the shooter comes down and only has a split second to shoot the puck, they're looking for net," said Leahy, a senior from Hampton, N.H., who grew up in Byfield. "If you put the net on the pad, they'll shoot at the pad instead of the goal." Pretty smart idea, and kind of surprised that this kinda t

Thanks to everyone who took part in the hockey hottie voting that's been going on over the last two weeks. Round one was basically a free for all that I was even included in, and then round two was a battle of your top five choices. I have to say that it was quite an entertaining process with all kinds of complaints like "How did Ovechkin get in that list? What is he, scarry ugly hot or something?" Anyway, Henrik Lundqvist was the winner with 31% of the vote, followed by Crosby at 28% of the vote. All heil to the King! (or maybe just the females that voted for him ;))

Ok it's been a few days now since there has been any games in the NHL, and I'm starting to feel like this baby. It's a funny feeling when you are used to watching, or at least reading about / tweeting about a few hockey games per night, and then to have it completely cut off like this. I feel like John Muckler would have felt like if Edmonton was a dry town back in the 80's and 90's. Anyway, the next thing we have to look forward to is the All Star Game and the NHL skills competition this weekend... but then again with how those two events have been as of late, I may still feel like this

I still can't imagine how this must have felt for the lucky fan that won a million dollars at the Blackhawks/Wild game last night. According to the Hawks website, they are awarding a cool mil to one lucky fan in attendance if the Hawks score at exactly the 10:00 mark of the second period. Last night this happened when Martin Havlat got one past Backstrom at, you guessed it, 10:00 of the second period. I wonder if the fans even realized what had just happened when the goal was scored? I would have probably forgotten about it, cheered for the goal, and then moments later been like, "heyyyy

This is a two part post, one where I praise the Oilers and Anderson, and one where I complain about the Oilers... First, I'm happy that Glenn Anderson finally got inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame this year, and will also be having his jersey retired tonight at Rexall place in Edmonton. His #9 will be raised to the rafters tonight to join other Oiler greats that you may have heard of. It's great that the Oilers realized that he was a huge part of the 80's team that produced all that magic, and it's fitting that the jersey retirement has been picked for a game against Wayne Gretzky's

Thanks to the 190 people that voted last round, and provided us with our top five of Lundqvist, Crosby, Kane, Ovechkin, and Pyatt. Now its time for the final round of voting, and this time you only get to pick your favourite, not five like last time. Voting starts right now, and will continue until midnight on January 23, 2009, at which time we will crown your favourite. Still trying to think of a worth award for that, so if you have any suggestions, scratch it down in the comments. Now get to it!

Oh man am I ever getting frustrated with Pierre McGuire lately. I don't know if its because TSN is actually showing meaningful or watchable games this year, or if its becaus I got an overdose of this clown during the World Juniors. Either way, I'm sick of him, to the point that I've actually had to flip away from TSN broadcasts in order to prevent my hockey stick to go through the plasma tv, or the couch out the basement window. I was wondering if I was alone in my thinking that he is a MONSTERdouche, but apparently I'm not. While at a boston pizza during the WJHC I ran a little poll with t

Ok ladies, time to start voting. There were an absolute tonne of responses to the call for nominations, and I'm not going to be one to cut that list down on my own, so here are the 29 players in a poll format. Pick your top 5 by Friday at midnight, and then I'll slam out a new poll with the top selections, and ultimately find out who you think the best looking hockey player in the NHL is. Now start voting!

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