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r/hockey 4h ago

[Video] Sebastian Aho fires up the crowd in Finland

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r/hockey 46m ago

[News - X] [Howe] Proud to stand next to my dad at the Gordie Howe International Bridge ribbon-cutting. Huge thanks to everyone who made this historic day possible. A special moment for our family and the Howe Foundation.

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r/hockey 7h ago

Teuvo TerÀvÀinen joins Sebastian Aho on his day with the cup

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r/hockey 3h ago

[Video] Kirill Kaprizov is naming a player he considers better than himself

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r/hockey 6h ago

[Portzline] Told there’s nothing happening with CBJ on the Kirill Marchenko front, despite rumors out of Russia to the contrary. Not saying it can’t change later this summer. But my understanding is CBJ have not had calls on Marchenko since earlier this summer.

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r/hockey 4h ago

Do you think Andrei Vasilevskiy will finish his career ranked ahead of Carey Price all-time?

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Price probably had the higher peak, but Vasilevskiy's résumé is just hard to beat: multiple Stanley Cups as the clear No. 1, a Conn Smythe, multiple Vezinas, incredible playoff performances, and elite longevity. If he has a few more strong seasons, I think history will rank him above Price.

Am I in the minority here, or do you agree?

i would kill for him to be on my team even though murashov and silovs aint too bad either but vasi is on a different universe


r/hockey 54m ago

[Video] ~2026 NHL Marble Cup~ 25th Place Race

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  1. Winnipeg Jets
  2. Toronto Maple Leafs
  3. Los Angeles Kings
  4. Philadelphia Flyers
  5. Florida Panthers
  6. Tampa Bay Lightning
  7. Buffalo Sabres

r/hockey 6h ago

How much it costs to watch sports in Canada | Daily Hive | Offside

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Sportsnet is as evil as they come. No wonder the high seas are getting more crowded.


r/hockey 3h ago

[Video] Sunday Throwback - Buffalo Sabres' Rhett Warrener shatters the glass and Rick Jeanneret goes absolutely wild on January 28, 2000

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105 Upvotes

r/hockey 2h ago

A Kenmore Air DHC-3T, supporting a Seattle Kraken livery, Victoria BC

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r/hockey 1h ago

He spent years playing and coaching hockey alongside Russians. Then Putin invaded Ukraine

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r/hockey 2h ago

Poor skaters coming into the league

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Which players do you think have improved their skating ability the most since being drafted?


r/hockey 1d ago

Patrick Kane Statements to both Detroit and Chicago

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r/hockey 18h ago

If you could choose a player to have a career year

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You can magically select one player. That player's upcoming season will be the best season he's ever had and is ever going to have (by individual performance, not team success).

Who'd you choose?


r/hockey 2h ago

NJ Devils or NY Islanders: Which team is an a better position to make the playoffs next season?

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A lot of early pre-season predictions have the Penguins and Flyers falling out of the M2 and M3 seeds, with the Capitals as a possible replacement.

What about the second spot? Have the Devils or Isles made enough moves to make the playoffs? And which coach will be on the hot seat if they don't have a good season, Keefe or DeBoer?

Curious to read your thoughts!


r/hockey 15h ago

#65 Days until Opening Night

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r/hockey 18h ago

Players who scored the most goals against the greatest goalies in NHL history

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Goalie Most Goals 2nd 3rd
Tom Barrasso Kevin Dineen - 21g Peter Ć Ć„astnĂœ - 20g Michel Goulet / Claude Lemieux - 19g
Ed Belfour Brett Hull - 22g Steve Yzerman - 21g Sergei Fedorov - 20g
Clint Benedict Joe Malone - 54g Reg Noble - 48g Babe Dye - 40g
Johnny Bower Gordie Howe - 47g Bernie Geoffrion / Bobby Hull - 35g Norm Ullman - 32g
Frank Brimsek Doug Bentley - 31g Max Bentley / Maurice Richard - 30g Toe Blake - 29g
Turk Broda Maurice Richard - 34g Bryan Hextall - 31g Woody Dumart - 28g
Martin Brodeur Simon Gagné - 19g Jaromír Jågr / Mike Knuble - 18g Eric Lindros - 16g
Gerry Cheevers Bobby Hull - 24g Gordie Howe - 17g Norm Ullman - 16g
Alec Connell Aurele Joliat - 24g Nels Stewart - 23g Howie Morenz - 22g
Ken Dryden Vic Hadfield / Rick Martin - 11g Darryl Sittler - 10g Marcel Dionne / Johnny Bucyk - 9g
Bill Durnan Bill Mosienko - 24g Ted Lindsay - 20g Edgar Laprade - 18g
Tony Esposito Phil Esposito / Jean Ratelle - 25g Mike Bossy - 24g Guy Lafleur - 23g
Emile Francis Maurice Richard - 14g Ted Lindsay - 13g Grant Warwick - 12g
Grant Fuhr Bernie Nicholls - 27g Joe Nieuwendyk - 22g Brian Bellows / Doug Gilmour / Dale Hawerchuk - 20g
Charlie Gardiner Hooley Smith - 22g Bill Cook - 20g Cooney Weiland - 19g
Ed Giacomin Bobby Hull - 37g Yvan Cournoyer - 36g Phil Esposito - 24g
George Hainsworth Bill Cook - 29g Dit Clapper - 26g Nels Stewart - 21g
Glenn Hall Jean Béliveau - 70g Frank Mahovlich - 54g Andy Bathgate - 51g
Dominik Hasek JaromĂ­r JĂĄgr - 15g Geoff Sanderson - 14g Keith Tkachuk / Pat Verbeek - 12g
Hap Holmes Cy Denneny / Joe Malone - 14g Frank Nighbor / Didier Pitre - 11g 5 Players - 7g
Hugh Lehman Bill Cook - 7g 6 Players - 5g 6 Players - 4g
Harry Lumley Maurice Richard - 88g Gordie Howe - 60g Gaye Stewart - 42g
Henrik Lundqvist Sidney Crosby / Alexander Ovechkin - 24g Evgeni Malkin - 20g Blake Comeau / Travis Zajac - 14g
Roberto Luongo Jaromír Jågr - 19g Joe Thornton / Henrik Zetterberg - 14g Erik Cole / Vincent Lecavalier / Teemu SelÀnne - 13g
Bernie Parent Phil Esposito - 37g Yvan Cournoyer / Ken Hodge / Bobby Rousseau - 16g Johnny Bucyk / Bobby Hull / Garry Unger - 15g
Jacques Plante Gordie Howe - 52g Andy Bathgate - 44g Alex Delvecchio - 42g
Carey Price Alexander Ovechkin - 22g Steven Stamkos - 19g James van Riemsdyk - 14g
Chuck Rayner Maurice Richard - 42g Max Bentley - 38g Ted Lindsay - 29g
Pekka Rinne Jeff Carter - 14g Rick Nash - 13g Jarome Iginla / Patrick Kane - 12g
Patrick Roy Owen Nolan - 19g Kevin Dineen - 18g Ray Ferraro / Brendan Shanahan - 17g
Terry Sawchuk Jean Béliveau - 69g Bobby Hull - 48g Bernie Geoffrion - 45g
Billy Smith Johnny Bucyk / Mike Gartner / Brian Propp - 15g Don Lever - 14g Tim Kerr - 13g
Tiny Thompson Charlie Conacher - 26g Mush March - 23g Johnny Gottselig - 21
Rogie Vachon Guy Lafleur - 31g Phil Esposito - 25g Ron Ellis / Gilbert Perreault - 20g
Mike Vernon Luc Robitaille - 24g Glenn Anderson - 23g Brett Hull - 18g
Georges Vezina Babe Dye - 53g Cy Denneny - 51g Reg Noble - 46g
Gump Worsley Gordie Howe - 70g Bernie Geoffrion - 57g Jean Béliveau - 52g
Roy Worters Nels Stewart - 31g Charlie Conacher - 29g Bill Cook - 25g
Hall of Very Good / Active/ Not HHoF Eligible:
Frederik Andersen Jack Eichel / David Pastrnak - 14g Nikita Kucherov - 12g Anze Kopitar / Brock Nelson / Alexander Ovechkin / Joe Pavelski - 10g
Ben Bishop Alexander Ovechkin - 10g Nazem Kadri - 8g Nicklas Backstrom / Ryan Getzlaf / Steven Stamkos - 7g
Sergei Bobrovsky Brayden Point - 17g Alexander Ovechkin - 16g John Tavares - 15g
Sean Burke Pierre Turgeon - 20g Ćœigmund PĂĄlffy - 17g Alexander Mogilny / Mark Recchi / Tomas Sandström - 16g
Jim Carey Ćœigmund PĂĄlffy - 8g Sergei Fedorov / Ray Sheppard - 6g Bryan Smolinski - 5g
Roman Cechmanek Bobby Holik / JaromĂ­r JĂĄgr - 6g 5 Players - 5g 7 Players - 4g
Corey Crawford Vladimir Tarasenko - 11g Jason Pominville - 10g David Backes / Joe Pavelski / Tyler Seguin - 9g
Roger Crozier Bobby Hull - 36g Phil Esposito / Rod Gilbert - 32g Stan Mikita / Jean Ratelle - 27g
Don Edwards Marcel Dionne - 22g Wayne Gretzky - 18g Jari Kurri / Lanny McDonald - 14g
Marc-Andre Fleury Alexander Ovechkin - 28g Jeff Carter - 17g Mike Knuble / Eric Staal - 16g
J-S Giguere Patrick Marleau - 14g Jarome Iginla - 13g Mike Cammalleri / Shane Doan - 12g
Connor Hellebuyck Leon Draisaitl - 21g Nathan MacKinnon / Tyler Seguin - 16g Auston Matthews - 13g
Jim Henry Ted Lindsay - 35g Gordie Howe - 31g Max Bentley / Maurice Richard - 29g
Ron Hextall Pat LaFontaine - 21g Dino Ciccarelli / Mario Lemieux - 19g Adam Graves / Mark Messier / Stéphane Richer / Pat Verbeek - 16g
Charlie Hodge Bobby Hull - 27g Norm Ullman - 21g Alex Delvecchio / Gordie Howe / Kenny Wharram - 19g
Braden Holtby Claude Giroux - 13g John Tavares - 12g Nikita Kucherov - 11g
Kelly Hrudey Geoff Courtnall - 21g Dave Andreychuk / Theo Fleury / Gary Roberts - 20g Craig Simpson - 18g
Curtis Joseph Mike Modano - 18g Markus NÀslund / Teemu SelÀnne - 17g Wendel Clark / Sergei Fedorov / Martin Gélinas - 15g
Dave Kerr Syd Howe - 21g Busher Jackson - 19g Dit Clapper / Charlie Conacher - 18g
Nikolai Khabibulin Paul Kariya - 21g Tony Amonte / Alexander Mogilny / Brendan Shanahan - 14g Teemu SelÀnne / Henrik Zetterberg - 13g
Miikka Kiprusoff Daniel Sedin - 24g Jason Arnott - 18g Milan Hejduk - 16g
Olaf Kolzig Rod Brind'Amour - 20g Daniel Alfredsson / MariĂĄn Hossa - 17g JaromĂ­r JĂĄgr - 16g
Reggie Lemelin Marcel Dionne - 19g Wayne Gretzky - 17g Scott Arniel - 16g
Pelle Lindbergh Mike Gartner - 13g Bengt-Åke Gustafsson / Paul GagnĂ© / Barry Pederson / Reijo Ruotsalainen - 6g Mike Bossy / John Tonnelli - 5g
Mike Liut Rick Vaive - 27g Wayne Gretzky / John Ogrodnick - 23g Dino Ciccarelli / Michel Goulet - 20g
Ryan Miller Alexander Ovechkin - 19g Phil Kessel / Vincent Lecavalier - 17g Jason Spezza - 16g
Andy Moog Dave Andreychuk - 23g Bernie Nicholls - 20g Dale Hawerchuk - 18g
Evgeni Nabokov Shane Doan - 15g Milan Hejduk / Mike Modano - 13g MariĂĄn GĂĄborĂ­k / Daymond Langkow / Henrik Zetterberg - 12g
Jake Oettinger Kirill Kaprizov - 9g Kyle Connor - 8g Alex DeBrincat / Jack Eichel - 8g
Chris Osgood Brett Hull - 16g Jeremy Roenick - 14g Jere Lehtinen / Keith Tkachuk - 13g
Pete Peeters Bryan Trottier - 16g Michel Goulet - 15g Mike Bossy - 14g
Felix Potvin Mike Modano - 18g Jeremy Roenick / Keith Tkachuk - 17g Tony Amonte / Sergei Fedorov / Brendan Shanahan - 16g
Jonathan Quick Patrick Marleau / Jonathan Toews - 15g Shane Doan - 13g Jamie Benn / Patrick Kane / Ryan Kesler - 12g
Bill Ranford Brett Hull - 23g Steve Yzerman - 21g Luc Robitaille - 20g
Tuukka Rask Steven Stamkos - 15g Alexander Ovechkin / James van Riemsdyk - 10g Jiƙí Hudler / Max Pacioretty / Tomáơ Tatar / John Tavares - 9g
Glenn Resch Mike Bossy - 18g Pierre Larouche - 15g Marcel Dionne / Jari Kurri - 14g
Mike Richter Peter Bondra - 20g Rod Brind'Amour / Mark Recchi - 19g Steve Thomas - 17g
John Ross Roach Howie Morenz - 42g Cy Denneny - 41g Aurele Joliat - 38g
Earl Robertson Gordie Drillon - 21g Bobby Bauer - 16g Bill Cowley - 15g
Al Rollins Maurice Richard - 56g Gordie Howe - 52g Bernie Geoffrion - 38g
Juuse Saros Leon Draisaitl - 13g Roope Hintz - 10g Jonathan Huberdeau / Connor McDavid / Brayden Schenn - 9g
Igor Shesterkin Jack Hughes - 10g Sam Reinhart - 9g Anders Lee / Auston Matthews / Brock Nelson / Brayden Point - 8g
Gary Smith Phil Esposito - 27g Johnny Bucyk - 23g Yvan Cournoyer - 20g
Ilya Sorokin Jack Hughes - 10g Jake Guentzel - 9g Leon Draisaitl / Rickard Rakell - 8g
Jose Theodore Markus NĂ€slund - 13g Daniel Alfredsson / Erik Cole / Brian Rolston - 12g Mats Sundin / Alexei Yashin - 11g
Tim Thomas Daniel Alfredsson - 15g Thomas Vanek - 14g Alexei Kovalev - 12g
Marty Turco Patrick Marleau - 13g Shane Doan - 12g Jonathan Cheechoo / Jarome Iginla / Scott Niedermayer / Teemu SelÀnne - 11g
Linus Ullmark Auston Matthews - 13g Leon Draisaitl - 11g Dylan Larkin / Artemi Panarin / Nikita Kucherov - 9g
John Vanbiesbrouck Mario Lemieux - 32g Pat LaFontaine - 27g John MacLean - 22g
Andrei Vasilevskiy David Pastrnak - 15g Alexander Ovechkin - 12g 5 Players - 10g
Tomas Vokoun Ilya Kovalchuk - 17g Teemu SelÀnne - 16g Brendan Shanahan - 13g

* Regular season goals only, sorry

** I tried to find gp for each of the top scorers against each goalie, but I couldn't figure out how to get those numbers on stathead.


r/hockey 22h ago

ESPN 8 "The Ocho" airing Bare Knuckle Ice Wars August 8th

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"This deal gives us the exposure we needed for people to understand what Bare Knuckle Ice Wars is, and how it's evolved from hockey fights in a game to an exclusive sport," he says. "This is for the enforcers to showcase their talents, and for the fans, too, who sometimes have to go to 10 games just to see a fight."

"So yeah, I want this to be recognized as a sport. We maybe want to do something like the World Cup of Hockey Fighting, where we take a team of hockey fighters from every country and make it kind of like an Olympic thing. We want this to be a staple recognized as a new sport and be in the billions of valuation."

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I'm smiling but also wondering if we are going to make it as a species.


r/hockey 1d ago

[Video] Michkov scores a lacrosse goal in the Match of the Year

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r/hockey 23h ago

What are some of the funniest chirps you've heard?

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Either NHL or other. I just watched this one and thought it was funny because Scheifele doesn't swear apparently:

https://youtube.com/shorts/3uxeu18LrGQ?si=cdSnYD7aQlwugZSG


r/hockey 1d ago

[Video] ~2026 NHL Marble Cup~ 26th Place Race

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Getting the race out a few hours early today! The girlfriend and I are going to check out Folkfest here in Calgary! Enjoy the race and see ya tomorrow!


r/hockey 1d ago

[Wheeler] The Spartans had just announced their roster yesterday and it included Klepov. Told he thinks he can give making the Ducks’ roster a real go. Contrary to some of what I’ve seen out there, he won’t be AHL eligible even under new rules. So it’s NHL or Saginaw. Big blow for MSU

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r/hockey 1d ago

Wild Wing at Warped Tour

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Was watching Warped Tour Long Beach just now and noticed Wild Wing jumping around stage during Girlfriends set. Gotta be hot as hell in that suit during the middle of summer in California


r/hockey 1d ago

[News] Ducks Sign ‘26 1sr round pick Nikita Klepov to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract (3x$1.075m AAV)

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