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Dallas Stars Daily Links: Wild Respond After Ott-Powe Fight While Stars Remain Flat
Just after Philip Larsen had scored to give the Dallas Stars a 2-1 lead over the Minnesota Wild, Steve Ott and Darroll Powe both stepped out of the penalty box with some unfinished business. The two had tangled about two minutes before, but there weren't enough punches thrown to land either a...
Better Know An Opponent: Iowa State Cyclones
The off-season is a long and tiresome trudge, so how can we best get through it? By looking ahead to next year, of course. So, in the spirit of forward thinking, we present a team-by-team look at Iowa's 2011 football opponents (with looks at Ohio State, Wisconsin, and Illinois thrown in for good...
Danny Briere, Yet Another Dirty Flyer?
If you ask Anaheim's James Wisniewski to list dirty players on the Flyers' roster, you'd be surprised to hear that forward Danny Briere might make the cut. Wisniewski injured his shoulder in the third period in Philadelphia on Saturday night, and he blames everybody's favorite number 48. From the...
The Phaneuf-Okposo hit: Split-second of dirty
Was Dion Phaneuf's hit on Kyle Okposo dirty? Ultimately, yes. He led with his elbow. End of story. (Seriously. Watch it again. Which part of Phaenuf makes contact with Okposo's face? Watch Phaneuf the whole way. It's hard to skate up to and hit someone without getting your arm up; but that's what...
Naughty! Naughty! **smack of the wrist**
TSN.ca - NHL - Canada's Sports Leader TORONTO (CP) - Payback cost Mark Messier a two-game suspension Monday. The league handed the Rangers captain the ban Monday, one day after Messier was ejected for spearing defenceman Martin Strbak in front of the Pittsburgh net during a New York power...
Jack Edwards is an idiot, part two
From an interview he gave to Puck The Media, discussing his idiocy. Okay, first of all, everybody has a right to his opinion, and I enjoy strong opinions. What I don’t respect is people who call names and throw mud and don’t actually follow through and consider what the story really...
Sidney Crosby throws a cheapshot, punches guy in the ass
Gloves on. Third man in. Blindside. From behind. Kidney shot. Nut shot. Etc. Way to fight like a man, Sid. If this were any other player, especially a Flyer, he'd be suspended. The hypocrites running the NHL continue their reign.
Scottie gets a call to the principals' office
From the Delaware County Times today: Scottie Upshall didn’t think he was going to be penalized for his check on Tampa Bay’s Evgeni Artyukhin, but the morning after being slapped with a major penalty and a game misconduct, Upshall found himself talking to NHL discipline boss Colin...
It's About Accountability
"It’s because we’re the Flyers," Gagne said. "I don’t want to start anything, but us doing a hit like that, it’s at least a two-minute [penalty]." Let's look at some history. Last season, five different Flyers were suspended for various hits. It all started with Steve Downie's hit on Dean...
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