NHL Suspends Cooke For Season

The NHL finally made the right call in suspending trouble making goon Matt Cooke for the season and for the first round of the playoffs. Cooke has been the single biggest factor in the fight against troublemakers in the NHL. It’s players like Cooke who are headhunting and sending

A few days back Cooke made the headlines again with another head shot on an opponent. This time the victim was the Rangers Ryan McDonagh who took a Cooke elbow to the head. McDonagh was alright after the hit but you can watch the replay below to see that Cooke only had one intent and that was to drive an elbow into the head of McDonagh. Pretty clear cut.

The NHL was rather quick to respond and booted Cooke for the remainder of the season and the first round of the playoffs in a new found effort to crack down on head injuries. And good for them. The NHL needs to shut down the cheap hits that sends players off the ice for long periods of time with concussions and other injuries. Oddly enough, it’s the Penguins star player, Sidney Crosby, that is the center of a lot of this debate. Crosby has been out for a few months now with concussion symptoms and it’s doing no good for the NHL to have its best player on the IR. Too bad it took the league a few months to figure that out.

Tampa Bay Dwayne Roloson Makes Awesome Diving Save

The Tampa Bay Lightning have dropped out of first place of the Southeast Division as the surging Washington Capitals have taken the top spot. Tampa’s still in the running for a decent playoff spot but their goaltending will need to come up big for the Lightning to go deep in the playoffs. The Bolts have lost 3 of their last 4 games in OT including this game with the Montreal Canadians.

Despite the loss, Tampa goalie Dwayne Roloson made the highlight reel for his fantastic diving save. It wasn’t enough to notch a win but it was a fantastic save.

Terriers And Stampeders Melee Earn 40-game Suspension

One of the Swan Valley coaches was a tad upset after a cheap hit at the end of the game with the Portage Terriers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in a playoff game on March 12 at Swan River. With three seconds left in the game, Swan Valley Stampeders’ player Jesse Enns slammed Tyler Harland of the Portage Terriers hard into the boards.

The Terriers clinched the series 4-2 with the win but not before a melee broke out after the game started by Stampeders assistant coach Dallas Anderson and Terriers assistant coach Jim Tkachyk, who fought on the bench.

Strict punishment was handed down by MJHL Commissioner Kim Davis who announced on Wednesday both coaches would receive a 22-game suspensions. Ouch. As for Enns, the guy who started all of this, he is the proud new owner of a 40-game suspension for his hit on Harland.

Sweet Goal Knocked In From The Air

During the Battle for New York on Tuesday, the Islanders ended up losing to the Rangers 3-6 as former Former Islanders defenseman Bryan McCabe netted a goal and assist for the Rangers win.

But the highlight of the night belong to the Islanders John Tavares who finished with a goal and 2 assists. This assist on his goal by P.A. Parenteau is fantastic as Tavares floats a pass in front of the Rangers goal where only P.A. can get it.

Clutterbuck’s Check FAIL

Just a few days after being the subject of a cheap hit by Islanders goon Trevor Gillies, Minnesota Wild’s Cal Clutterbuck tried to get back in the spotlight with his own bruising hit.

Down 0-3 in Vancouver, Clutterbuck tries to ramp up his team with a smashing check on Alex Burrows. Too bad he missed. It’s good for us as we get an awesome highlight but bad for Cal as he goes head over tail into the Vancouver bench.

Burrows bravely avoids the oncoming Clutterbuck by simply stepping to the side. Insert a “Three Stooges” Whoop-whoop and the next thing you know Cal’s legs are flopping over the sides of the boards.

Patrick Kane & Jonathan Toews: Firework

BFFs forever! Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews are such a winning combo. That’s what one fan thought at least. A Pittsburgh Penguin fan made up this mix-tape thingy of Kane and Toews set to the tune of Katy Perry’s “Firework.” Nice.

I can see them playing this song on Toews iPod when they do sleepovers.

My friend is a fan of the Chicago Blackhawks so i decided to make this for her. No matter how hard I try i can’t get her to become a Pens fan. I will say though, i was so happy watching Chicago win the Stanley Cup last year, beating the Flyers.

Coming Soon : The Winnipeg Moose?

The Winnipeg Jets started out in 1972 in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and then moved to the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1979. The 90s’ brought mounting financial troubles and an old arena. Pretty soon the owners took a nice payday to move in 1996 to Phoenix, Arizona, United States and became the Phoenix Coyotes.

Fourteen years later and we’re looking at the Phoenix Coyotes facing more financial issues and looking to move. One of the prime targets is their old city back in Winnipeg. It would be a nice justice to see the team that was once uprooted from Winnipeg returning.

While it’s still a big ‘IF’ when talking about the team returning, the team will be rumored to come back with a new name and mascot. Not the Jets or the Coyotes. Instead, TSN’s Bob McKenzie reports the team is wanting to rebrand the team as the Manitoba Moose.

The Manitoba Moose are currently a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League and their owners are the group interested in bringing the Coyotes back to Winnipeg. While it’s too early to say the team will return at all, there’s also no guarantee that they will be called the Moose.

Personally, I say go back to being the Jets.  It’s a nice tribute to the team that shouldn’t have moved in the first place.

Sad. Sabres’ Rick Martin Dies In Car Crash

The Buffalo Sabres received tragic news this weekend as one of their legendary players passed away. Rick Martin helped form the Sabres’ French Connection line with Gilbert Perreault and Rene Rober in the 70s.  Martin was only 59 years old but was involved in a tragic car accident in the Buffalo, New York suburb of Clarence.

The two car crash happened shortly after noon Sunday. A law enforcement official told the Buffalo News, speaking on the condition of anonymity, that Martin appears to have had a heart attack behind the wheel.

As one third of the French Connection, Rick Martin’s career with the Buffalo Sabres stretched from 1971 to 1981.

His legacy will always be part of that line, the greatest in team history. But on his own, Rick Martin was known as a great player, a great friend and as Lindy Ruff described him, “a heck of a guy.”

While Gilbert Perreault was the flashy play maker of the French Connection, Rico was the scorer.

He twice had 50 goal seasons, and his 382 career goals are second in Sabres team history.

Remembering the career of Rick Martin: wivb.com

Looking At The NHL’s Return To Winnipeg

Winnipeg’s own, Scott Oake, looks in to NHL’s return to Winnipeg on this segment that was featured on the CBC. The issue revolves around the future of the Phoenix Coyotes as they struggle for ownership and attendance in the desert. Unless the NHL continues to fund the sad franchise, the Coyotes will be looking for a new home very soon.

Will it be Winnipeg? Or maybe Quebec. Or maybe another U.S. city?

Here’s a look at moving the team to Winnipeg. It’s a compelling piece that focuses on the key points of what Winnipeg used to be and what it is now.

Edmonton Oilers Visit Cancer-Stricken Girl To Feel Better About Themselves

The Edmonton Oilers are going to go down as the worst team of the 2010-11 season and that’s a shame. Poor guys can’t seem to catch a break lately. Even the Onion gets in on the fun with this great satire. The Oilers get a boost from a very sick little girl, March Madness officially kicks off with an email from Greg, and more in this trip Around The Dome.

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