You know what's even better than a good boxing match? A great boxing match on skates! Just like this one, between Calgary’s Eric Nystrom and Colorado's Ian LaPerriere. After all, hockey fights are often like boxing matches...

Mike Ribeiro is one of the more masterful possessors of the puck in the National Hockey League, a skill he showed in full flow during a shootout against the Kings. Not only did he score the goal of the night, he had the...

The NHL season barely started a month ago, but Toronto's Mike Van Ryn has got to be ready to throw in the towel. Just weeks after being obliterated against a shattering board in Boston, Van Ryn was again the unwitting victim...

Hurricanes winger Brandon Sutter entered the season as one of the brightest rookie prospects in the NHL. Less than a month into the season, he found himself dazed on the ice after one of the hardest hits you will ever see....

What you're about to see is easily the most canny, cut-throated and brilliant hockey move to be used in a shootout since, well, the invention of the shootout. Trying to sneak a shot by Devils goaltender and future Hall of...

Sure, it'll be hard to beat a full season's worth of brutal open ice hockey hits in front of us, but this knock between long time "Original Six" rivals Boston and Toronto has to be a serious contender for hit of the year....

Ray Borque is arguably the best defenseman in the history of the NHL. When he played for the Bruins and, for a season, the Avalanche, he set the standard for physical play within the lines, all while distinguishing himself as...

Since every professional sports league now feels the need to host some opening night celebration full of tomfoolery and a half-glamorous, half-has been band, the NHL kicked off last week with Def Leppard in Detroit. And if...

The NHL got started back in the U.S. over the weekend and, more importantly, it brought with it the return of hockey brawls! Of the early contenders, the best by far is a scrap between the Islanders and Sabres, seen here from...

It may seem like an odd time to start a professional sports season, and that's because it is, what with the NFL and MLB raging and college football in full swing as well. Still, the NHL got rolling on Thursday, with Canadian...

He's a budding NHL superstar in a market not-so-friendly to hockey, but Alex Ovechkin hails from hockey-mad Russia. So, when the reigning NHL MVP headed back to his fatherland, a reality TV show was all-too-excited to host a...

In case you've foregone watching TV to try and save electricity and cut down on summer bills, here's the best political ad you've missed so far as candidates ramp up campaigns for the fall election. It features everything you...

There's two quick ways to tell that this incredibly heartfelt scene is staged: 1) It co-stars Mike Myers, and 2) It shows Kanye West screaming "I love hockey!" Quite frankly, factor No. 2 is significantly more convincing,...

You can't sneak much by the watchful eye of Stephen Colbert and his crack staf of researchers. Case in point: When the CBC -- that's the Canadian Broadcasting Company -- started preliminary discussions about shelving its long-...

Let's see, heroic rallies? Check. Multiple goals waved off? Check. A team facing elimination on the road? Check. More than one sudden death overtime? Check. Referees getting knocked over by players fighting to get ahead?...