We’re back with another edition of ItB’s Class of 2010-2011 Season Previews, which can only mean one thing: VERSUS is getting ready to roll out another crappy commercial featuring Sidney Crosby, some semblance of an ice rink, and maybe a shot of Chris Simpson’s cougar-cleavage. Today, the Northeast Division goes under the microscope. Now if [...]
It was a scary sight Tuesday night at Montauk Point Lighthouse in Long Island, New York when the entire New York Islanders roster was severely injured in what authorities are calling a “freak lighthouse incident.” The Islanders organization was holding it’s first annual Lighthouse Rally – a festival to help promote owner Charles Wang’s undying [...]
When the Minnesota Wild’s 409-game sellout streak came to and abrupt end last week with a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues, head coach Todd Richards called a team meeting. “Well, it’s over guys. Simply playing mediocre, boring, defensive-minded hockey just isn’t putting asses in the seats anymore. We no longer have Derek Boogaard [...]
Ah yes, welcome to week two of Intent To Blow’s Season Previews for the Class of 2010-2011. Remember the awkward photographs and general embarrassment of your high school yearbook’s Superlatives section? Yeah. That sucked and was probably incredibly embarrassing if you “won” one of those awards. So, because the awkwardness of high school just wasn’t [...]
The Montreal Canadians have contacted the St. Louis Blues, saying “they totally swear” they meant to trade the midwestern NHL team goaltender Carey Price and not Jaroslav Halak. “It’s the damndest thing,” said Canadians General Manager Pierre Gauthier in a letter to the Blues. “We got their numbers mixed up. It’s a simple mistake, kind [...]
The New York Rangers were placed on waivers by their frustrated fanbase this morning, the culmination of several years of disappointing regular seasons, brief playoff appearances and poor managerial decisions. “It’s difficult any time you have to make a decision like this, but we just had to do it,” said Frank Peterson, a lifelong blueshirts [...]
We’re back for round two of our high school superlative previews. In fact, we’ll be posting these every Tuesday/Thursday til the start of the season. So uhh… I hope you like them. Because there’s no going back now. Up today, the southeast division courtesy of the lovely Miss L.M. Ruhland. Southeast Division By L.M. Ruhland [...]
Holy crap, we’re almost there. After a summer that has seemed longer than the two lockouts combined, in just a scant few weeks the NHL will be back in full swing and we will all FINALLY be able to bask in the warming glow of that sport we all love: Curling Hockey. Thank Don Cherry’s [...]
Washington Capitals superstar Alexander Ovechkin did not attend the opening day of training camp and is said to be grieving after learning a D.C.-based hockey fan chose Sidney Crosby and not him with the #1 pick in his fantasy hockey draft. “It’s tough man,” said defenseman Mike Green. “You work and you work and you [...]
The New Jersey Devils announced this morning that they intend to pay a $3 million fine imposed by the NHL by stuffing embattled captain Jamie Langenbrunner in a box and mailing him to NHL headquarters. The Devils – who were fined $3 million and docked two draft picks Monday by the NHL following the summer-long [...]
