Puck Headlines: ‘Game of the year’ tonight; Wild mustaches

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November 26, 2009

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.

• Turkey Day on Puck Daddy features Three Stars and the next all-decade ranking, and it’s something Bettman bashers will enjoy. Happy Thanksgiving to all; we’re obviously thankful that you give this silly blog your time and attention.

• A video update on the Minnesota Wild "movember" charity mustache growing stunt. Clutterbuck looks like a kid trying to buy beer with a Fake ID. [CBS, via Hockey Wilderness]

• The New York Times sets the scene for tonight’s Chicago Blackhawks/San Jose Sharks smackdown on the left coast, as perhaps the hottest team in hockey is expected to have Marian Hossa (notes) ready to roll. The Sharks, meanwhile, haven’t lost at home in regulation yet. Flip on Center Ice tonight while diagramming your Turkey Day eating game-plans. [Slap Shot]

• Nik Kronwall of the Detroit Red Wings calls Georges Laraque’s (notes) hit on him "more of an accident." Wonder if he had any influence on the NHL’s suspension duration? [Hockey Fights]

• TFP is reporting that the Kostitsyns are on the block for the Montreal Canadiens, and that Edmonton is a possibility with Andrew Cogliano (notes) coming back the other way. Are the Oilers better off looking for another kind of forward for that price? [Copper & Blue]

• Get Drunk on Hockey, Vol. 1: The Tampa Bay Lightning are offering a "$25 Tailgate - Unlimited Food, Beer, Wine and Soda" both pregame and postgame for their game tonight vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs. Oh, and there’s a concert by Danko Jones afterwards, too. RAWK! [Lightning, stick tap DH Speedwagon]

• Miami Herald writer George Richards? Not a fan of the new Florida Panthers third jerseys, in a "who do we blame for this?" sort of way. [On Frozen Pond]

• On Thanksgiving Day, Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Wideman (notes) will personally deliver $1,000 worth of pies to various homeless shelters throughout Boston. Kyle Wellwood (notes) last scene checking Expedia East Coast flight options, looking for Vietnam-era Army jacket at Goodwill. [Bruins]

• Get Drunk on Hockey, Vol. 2: The Texas Stars are offering $2 drafts and $1 hot dogs on college nights this week. [Stars]

• The Nashville Predators have some young assets to move. So if Bobby Ryan (notes) is actually on the block for the Anaheim Ducks, Section 303 wants David Poile on the bat-phone yesterday trying to deal for him. [Section 303]

• Rookie Niclas Bergfors (notes) caught fire and then went cold for the New Jersey Devils, so Jacques Lemaire is rolling him out with Travis Zajac (notes) and Zach Parise (notes) for a kick in the rump. [Star Ledger]

• Blue-chip defenseman and keeper of the Snoop mustache Karl Alzner (notes) is back with the Washington Capitals. [Capitals Insider]

• If he plays, we’re betting dollars to donuts that Steve McIntyre gets into a fight tonight for the Florida Panthers against the New York Rangers. [Panthers]

• Speaking of the Rangers, 5-Hole presents what the Blueshirts are thankful for this holiday week. Sean Avery (notes) is looking into our souls. [5-Hole]

• Paul Kelly gets a new gig with College Hockey Inc., the new marketing arm of NCAA Division, where hopefully the people he represents won’t fire him at 3 a.m. [Boston.com]

• "Martin Bartek of Haie celebrates after scoring his team’s third goal during the Deutsche Eishockey Liga game between Koelner Haie and Frankfurt Lions at Lanxess Arena on November 22, 2009 in Cologne, Germany." Good to see European players are still willing to jump into the glass after the Swedish kid’s mishap. [Getty Images]

• The Dallas Stars will honor Hall of Famer and ambassador of fun Brett Hull before tonight’s game. [Dallas Stars Blog]

• Really interesting history piece by Dan Rusanowsky that gives the history of the "AHL shuttle" and what the great Eddie Shore has to do with it. [NHL]

• This Bloge Salming spoof takes a little while to get going, but once we get into the "$100,000 Pyramid" action with the Toronto Maple Leafs it’s like a slice of fried gold. Ian ‘Effin’" White for the win, Dick. [Bloge Salming]

• In praise of Jeff Deslauriers, and what the Edmonton Oilers need to do to support their young goalie. [THN]

• Scotty Bowman on the potential new arena for the Detroit Red Wings. [Snapshots]

• Eric Staal (notes) is activated off the IR. [Sportsnet]

• After flirting twice for ownership of the Canadiens, Montreal businessman Steve Stotland is now putting together a group to potentially buy the Phoenix Coyotes and keep the team in Glendale: "We’re not in there for one year. We’re committed. But the financial agreements have to be reasonable because the NHL doesn’t want a local group to go through the same thing the last owner did." [Globe & Mail]

• On Frozen Blog with a long, interesting piece on Abe Pollin, the former Caps owner who died yesterday. [OFB]

• The Florida Everblades (ECHL) are holding a snow day on Dec. 5. Three words: Zamboni sleigh rides. [Everblades]

• Finally, Shawn Thronton’s acting debut on this car dealership commercial makes Bruce Boudreau look like Brando. Or Max Talbot (notes) look like Meryl Streep. One of the two. [Hub Hockey]

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