An Olympic qualification game earlier this week resulted in perhaps the most lopsided loss ever in the sport of hockey. The Slovakian women’s team defeated the Bulgarian women’s team 82-0.
Says Yahoo Sports:
Bulgaria conceded a goal every 44 seconds in the Latvian town of Liepaja. They trailed 7-0 after five minutes, 19-0 after ten and 31-0 […]
As expected, the NHL is repeating last year’s experiment of opening the season in Europe. Last year’s contest between the Anaheim Ducks and the Los Angeles Kings was so “successful” that the league has now scheduled two such games: The Pitttsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators will face off in Stockholm and the New York Rangers […]
While Russia was busy winning the World Hockey Chamionship gold medal on Sunday, two criminals in a Russian penitentiary had a plan of their own.
They figured that while all the guards were rivetted to the television watching their team take it to the Canadians in overtime, they would slip out unnoticed.
Says the Russian News Agency:
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Yesteray, at the World Hockey Chamionships, Russia won the gold medal beating Canada 5-4 in overtime. Once the sudden-death victory was sealed, something strange happened. Let’s let the Edmonton Sun describe it:
The Russians threw their gloves and helmets in the air, left their sticks littering the ice and headed to the corner to create a […]
In hockey there are mistakes, then there are MISTAKES.
Check out this video of an amazing shot taken by Swiss forward Philippe Furrer as they battled Team Russia in the World Hockey Championships yesterday. He beats the goalie low with a rocket of a shot… uhmmm… only problem? It’s his own goalie.
Furrer was attempting to clear […]
