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Two seconds into the Rangers' 2013 home opener against the Penguins, New York's Arron Asham and Pittsburgh's Tanner Glass dropped their gloves and squared off, much to the delight of the Madison Square Garden crowd. Asham and Glass -- who'd fought each other last season while playing for different teams -- exchanged punches for nearly a minute before tiring out, at which point they were separated by the linesmen and directed to their respective penalty boxes as the arena roared its approval.
Scenes like this, in which players dropped their gloves mere seconds after the opening faceoff, played out several times during the first week of the NHL season. Detroit's Jordin Tootoo vs. Columbus's Jared Boll, for...
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One look around the NHL and it seems like every team has a few 25-and-under star players, from Steven Stamkos in Tampa Bay to Patrick Kane in Chicago, from Taylor Hall in Edmonton to John Tavares with the New York Islanders. But... more »
I know it's not a controversial statement to say that staged fights have no place in hockey. The pacifists among hockey's relatively small fanbase have gotten a bit louder over the years, and had their opinions that fighting in... more »
Patrick Marleau is making his always-out-there critics eat their words. A new book by former Sharks teammate Jeremy Roenick ripped him during the lockout. A Calgary radio station mocked him before the team's season opener... more »
It felt almost like October – almost like April, even. The sun was shining. The fans were tailgating. The building buzzed as the bowl filled with orange and the air filled with chants, long before Sidney Crosby and... more »
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