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Intern Adam is suing the Preds over a “human hockey puck” stunt gone wrong

Posted by Justin Bourne under Nashville Predators, News-ish on Aug 07, 2012

NHL teams do a lot of stupid stuff during intermissions, from tricycle racing to sumo wrestling in fat suits and beyond. “Beyond” includes human bowling, or in the case of the Nashville Predators the “human hockey puck.”

It was in rehearsal where it happened – Adam Davis, or “Intern Adam” was placed on a sled and whipped at huge bowling pins, which he missed entirely before breaking his ankle on the end boards. He was then transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he had screws put in said ankle.

Ouch.

And now he’s suing them for $25,000 to cover the cost of his medical bills from the incident.

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Toronto’s looking to add a second NHL-sized arena

Posted by Justin Bourne under News-ish, Toronto Maple Leafs on Aug 07, 2012

Jason Kay is the editor of the Hockey News, and is not the kind of guy to tweet something like this without knowing for sure:

There’s likely enough disgruntled Leafs fans that if the city ever did get a second team, they’d be more than willing to jump ship.

Who knows what the intentions are here, but with the population and interest in hockey in that city, I can’t see an NHL-ready building sitting there and being used solely for Bieber concerts.

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Paulina Gretzky might maybe have possibly been born in California

Posted by Justin Bourne under News-ish, Paulina Gretzky on Aug 02, 2012

Paulina Gretzky, from Complex.com

Whatever your opinion is of Wayne Gretzky’s daughter Paulina, there’s no denying that she’s not backing down after getting a good amount of poor press for some (a lot) of racy photos she’s posted online.

The picture above is a from an interview and photoshoot she did for Complex magazine, where she had some interesting things to say about who she is and her lifestyle. There’s a video that accompanies it all on the website which I would love to post here, if she weren’t dumping water and ice all over herself in slow-motion.

Yeah, seriously. /loses all male readers immediately

(Tangent – have you ever seen the SNL skit “The Californians?” It’s at the bottom of the post, for those of you who haven’t. They must owe her royalties for basing the entire skit on her. …Or maybe she owes The Hills royalties? I’m not exactly sure.)

Here’s a few choice quotes from the aspiring singer, which is apparently a thing she is. Read the rest of this entry »

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New York, I love you but you’re bringing me down

Posted by Jake Goldsbie under News-ish on Jul 19, 2012

Nothing about New York really HOOKED Shea Weber. Hah, get it? Hooked? ...I hate myself

I know you’re all desperate for even more Shea Weber news and, by gum, I give the people what they want. The prospect of Weber becoming a Flyer has pretty

much every non-Flyer fan in something of an apoplectic rage (okay, probably not, but we’re not happy about it) but it turns out that this story could have been very different (except totally the same with a different team involved). Check it:

 

So, yeah, that’s a new one. It’s fully Weber’s choice to play where he wants, this just seems like kind of a silly excuse. First of all, there’s no law that mandates you live in Manahttan if you move to New York City and second of all, while Philly’s nowhere near the size of New York, it’s not exactly a small town. In fact, it has a population of over 1.5 million people.

But, hey, I get it, New York can be a scary place. Maybe he saw the Avengers recently and is was like “I’m relatively sure the Chitauri are invading sooner or later, I don’t want to be there when that happens.” Or maybe he wants to run the Rocky steps every day. The point is, we don’t know, so lay off him.

And far be it from me to rag on anyone for not going to play with the Rangers. Although the alternative is the Flyers. Now I’m conflicted.

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Partial rosters for this year’s Winter Classic Alumni Game(s) have been revealed

Posted by Justin Bourne under Interesting, News-ish on Jul 11, 2012

Last year I had the distinct privilege of travelling with theScore to cover the Winter Classic, and without a doubt, the Alumni Game was the biggest surprise of the trip. It was packed, people cared, and cheered with nearly as much vigour as they did for the real game. The chants of “Bernie” for Parent was probably the coolest, loudest moment of the weekend.

Having seen many alumni games in my time, this truly caught me off guard (they’re usually comparable to eating super-dry turkey. Could be worse, still not all that pleasurable). But with this year being two teams with an undying love of their team’s history, I’ll be much better prepared for the energy.

Who will the Leafs trot out? The Red Wings? ANSWERS REVEALED BELOW.

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The Kitchener Rangers are suing a student-newspaper for libel

Posted by Justin Bourne under News-ish, Well sure on Jul 11, 2012

Awhile back, we shared the story of Jacob Trouba, the Kitchener Rangers, and the University of Michigan. He had committed to the latter, but the Rangers allegedly offered him the tidy sum of $200,000 to drop the University deal and come play for them.

This isn’t unheard of, but it’s rare to pin an exact player, team, and dollar amount to the situation.

This was done by Matt Slovin, a student-reporter in Michigan Daily.com.

The parents of Trouba immediately denied they had been offered money, Trouba reiterated that he was going to be going to Michigan, and the Kitchener Rangers got pissed at the bad press.

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Win a chance to go speed dating with Tyler Seguin

Posted by Justin Bourne under News-ish, Really? on Jul 11, 2012

Life’s pretty good for Tyler Seguin these days. He’s a good-looking 20 years old, just coming off a season of leading the Boston Bruins in points, doing okay financially and already has a Stanley Cup on his resume. Oh, and also, he’s single, and from a few pictures and stories we’ve seen, ready to mingle.

The Lowell Spinners are a minor league baseball team in Mass, and have decided to capitalize on his desirability.

Introducing “Speed dating with Tyler Seguin.”

From Joe Haggerty of CSNNE -  Read the rest of this entry »

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