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Sean Avery ‘sucker punch’ ignites brawl

Sean Avery found his way back into the limelight again yesterday evening after dropping Edmonton Oilers defenseman Ladislav Smid with one punch during a fight during the Rangers/Oilers match up. But with nearly 24 hours to cool off, Oilers players…

Carter signs long-term deal with Flyers

Coming on the heels of a major three-year extension for right wing Claude Giroux, the Philadelphia Flyers steamrolled along and locked up another key piece of their organization by signing center Jeff Carter to an 11-year, $58 million contract extension.…

NHL All-Star Game ballot released

With voting set to begin this coming Monday, Nov. 15, for the upcoming 2011 NHL All-Star Game, the NHL released the ballot of the 100 candidates available for fans to vote into the game. Per the new format for this…

Latendresse makes amazing stick save

The save of the game  during last night’s battle between the Minnesota Wild and Los Angeles Kings wasn’t a result of sprawling acrobatics from either of the respective goaltenders in the contest. In fact, it was Minnesota Wild forward Guillaume…

NHL/KHL Agree to Respect Contracts

Monday evening, the National Hockey League and Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League signed a formal agree to respect each other’s contracts. The agreement will only allow free agents to jump from one league to the other. The agreement will put to an end…

NHL will open 2010-2011 Season Overseas

The Phoenix Coyotes and Boston Bruins will travel oversees for the beginning of the 2010-2011 season playing at O2 Arena Prague, Czech Republic. Phoenix and Boston will play their two first games against each other on Saturday, October 9th and…

Comrie signs with Pittsburgh

Just a quick update to the Pittsburgh Penguins Season Preview posted earlier today, the team announced this afternoon that center Mike Comrie has signed a one-year, $500,000 deal with the club. This is a substantially lower figure than the $1.25…