In the aftermath of both the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals waste-canning their head coaches, the writing was on the wall for Anaheim’s Randy Carlyle and Colorado’s Joe Sacco. Apparently, both of them learned to read. Authorities have confirmed that, in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, both Carlyle and Sacco dove head-first off the [...]
The war of words between the Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers got taken up a notch Monday, after Oilers GM Steve Tambellini blasted his L.A. trade partners for giving them an elderly, overpaid man instead of Ryan Smyth. “I know Ryan Smyth. He played here for years and was incredibly popular,” Tambellini said. “You [...]
SAN JOSE, CA.: The morning after the Detroit Red Wings miracle comeback was stimied by the San Jose Sharks, the team received even more bad news. NHL Disciplinarian Colin Campbell informed Wings GM Ken Holland early this morning that both Jiri Hudler and Dan Cleary have been suspended for the start of the 2011-2012 season, [...]
A Phoenix Coyotes move to Winnipeg appears to be imminent after the team chartered a jet to their playoff matchup against the Detroit Red Wings last night, which apparently is enough evidence to report a sports franchise moving cities. Citing a conversation they had with each other the night before, Sportsnet’s Nick Kypreos and Doug [...]
A venomous cobra missing for days from the Bronx Zoo may have been stolen by an overzealous Phoenix Coyotes fan, the NYPD announced Wednesday evening. “We’ve heard rumors about a group guys who play ice hockey in empty cavernous buildings in the Phoenix, Arizona area,” said Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly during a press conference. “We [...]
Who-i Whatiksson? The NHL held it’s All-Star game in Raleigh Sunday night, featuring the likes of Alexander Ovechkin, the Sedin twins, and some other guys loosely defined as “stars” by NHL standards, with Team Lidstrom defeating Team Staal, 11-10. Loui Eriksson, who apparently plays for the Dallas Stars, netted two goals and added two assists [...]
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Kyle Wellwood held a news conference this morning to say that it was “total crap” that his #kylewellwoodissothin meme, launched last week, never took off. “Twitter is bullshit,” Wellwood said while eating a pint of ice cream. “I’m not fucking fat. I weigh 180 pounds. Just ask this cardboard cutout of a doctor I get [...]
NHL Deputy Commissioner Colin Campbell decides how many game a player committing a head shot or blind side hit will be suspended by asking the victimized player how many fingers he sees Campbell holding up afterwards, ItB has learned. “Yea. We did a lot of research and it works pretty well. By that I mean [...]
Toronto Maple Leafs’ fans, confused by what to do with their newfound positive outlook, swept leading goal scorer Clarke MacArthur into the city mayor’s office last week. But MacArthur spent much of his inaugural weekend in office attempting to pacify throngs of city residents who have been overwhelmed by feelings of joy and hope brought [...]
Phoenix Coyotes winger and avid tweeter Paul Bissonnette was seriously injured in a Twitter accident late Thursday night, when he attempted a to connect three NHL related memes in just 140 characters. The injury occurred when Bissonnette, known as BizNasty2point0 on Twitter, attempted to put together a single tweet utilizing the #DanEllisProblems, #ThrowtheSnake and #NHLStarWars [...]
