Hockey

Riley Sheahan (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images) Riley Sheahan is a top prospect in the Detroit Red Wings organization and he spent two days before Halloween getting "super drunk," according to police. He used a teammate's ID to get into bars and was dressed as Tinky Winky (yeah, the "gay" Teletubby). He had a blood […]

From our friends at Puck Buddys comes a nice little story about Bobby and Jon and their date at a Dallas Stars NHL game. Bobby, 23, is a huge Stars fan and he realized his dating relationship with Jon was going well when he agreed to attend a game. “I was so excited for him […]

Brendan Burke’s family has a long history in hockey and the NHL. He added to it.

Cole Burkhalter has been named the inaugural recipient of the Brendan Burke Internship in the hockey operations department of USA Hockey, the sport’s amateur governing body, based in Colorado Springs, Colo. Burkhalter grew up playing hockey in Knoxville, Tenn., but was forced to shift his attention from player to hockey operations at the age of […]

Despite there being about 80 million more Americans than in 1980, the number of people who watched Canada beat the United States in overtime for the Olympic gold medal on Sunday was 20% below the number who watched the U.S.-Soviet Union semifinal game in Lake Placid, and even 15% below the U.S.-Finland gold-medal game that […]

We're trying out a new feature on Outsports for the U.S.-Canada gold medal hockey game: Chat with other readers! Check back here at 2:30pmET for pregame chatting with other Outsporters, and then watch the game while chatting with them! You can set an email reminder for the chat after the jump. We’re trying out a […]

Congratulations to Team Canada for its stirring, pulsating, dramatic 3-2 overtime win over the U.S. to win the Olympic hockey gold. The game winner was scored by Sidney Crosby, who beat the superb Ryan Miller in goal. It was hockey at its best. I had no real rooting interest, but was glad when the U.S. […]

So, I asked our Canadian correspondent Jimmy D. and Hockey Kid in Minnesota, Mikey, to write a point-counterpoint to the gold medal U.S.-Canada hockey game. Jimmy was game, but Mikey unfortunately was too busy. So then I asked Jimmy to write as if he was interviewing Mikey. He obliged, but I told him what he […]

OK. I’m not the biggest hockey fan, as previously mentioned in article written by Jim, but even I know when someone does something dumb. Canada won the gold medal for the third straight Olympics in women's hockey, beating the U.S., 2-0. That's awesome. But then the women lost all common sense. Members of the team […]

Woe, Canada! In an upset, Team U.S.A. beat Team Canada, 5-3, in men’s hockey in a terrifically exciting and dramatic game. I had no rooting interest but watched all 60 minutes, aided greatly by the fact that there were zero commercials during any of the periods. It was a great sporting event. While the loss […]

I am a huge fan of the blog hockeykidmn, written by Mikey, a gay (but closeted) teenage high school hockey player in Minnesota. His stuff keeps getting better and better, and his eulogy to the late Brendan Burke was very touching. Mikey obviously knows his hockey and I asked him to write a men's Olympics […]

A breath of very good news from the Coors Cup hockey tournament: Despite the economic recession, they’ve been able to retain Coors as a sponsor. The event, which moves between Los Angeles and Denver, is hosted by the Colorado Gay Ice Hockey Association and the Los Angeles Blades hockey club. They even give cash prizes […]

Being fortunate enough to be able to put on a jersey of an NHL team comes with some standard guidelines. One is not using your ex-girlfriend and who she's dating to publicly build excitement for a game. Many say a suspension by commissioner Bettman and the NHL is excessive for the comments Avery made. I […]

The Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins, 3-2, to win Game 6 of their Stanley Cup playoff series and take the Cup for the first time since 2002. Detroit’s winning goal was kind of fluky and basically involved Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury sitting on a loose puck in the net area and then propelling […]

In sort of a "like father, like son" situation, the Philadelphia Phantoms defeated the Albany River Rats in a five-overtime American Hockey League playoff marathon last night. Ryan Potulny scored at 2:58 of the fifth overtime to win it. At 142 minutes, 58 seconds, it's the longest game in AHL history. The Phantoms outshot the […]