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The NHL is trying to crackdown on unnecessary blows to the head.
The NHL's Senior Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell, had the following memo, obtained by TSN, posted in every NHL dressing room on Friday.
"Recently, we have had two (2) supplemental discipline incidents involving direct elbow blows to the head. This is a play that we have been trying to remove from our game for a number of years. In one case there was no injury and in the other incident the elbowed Player received a concus
TORONTO - It's impossible to fault John Mitchell for seeming a little out of breath in the wake of another comeback victory for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
He wasn't the only one left gasping for air on this night.
The New York Rangers were cruising along with a 2-0 lead midway through the third period and seemed destined to leave a sleepy Air Canada Centre with a win on Saturday. Then Mitchell scored his first NHL goal and things got wacky, as the Maple Leafs ended up beating Steve Valiquette four more times in a span of
Sports Network) - Off to their best start in franchise history, the New York Rangers head north this evening to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Air Canada Centre.
New York was last in action on Thursday, when it posted a 3-2 win over Atlanta. The victory was the Rangers' 10th of the season in 13 games and gave them a league-best 21 points (10-2-1).
The Rangers' run to open the year eclipsed the franchise's previous best start, done by the 1983-84 team that went 9-4-0 to start that season. After posting its ninth wi
General managers will have one extra day to make NHL trades. The league said yesterday it has pushed the trade deadline back to March 4. A high volume of games forced the switch. There are 12 games on the schedule March 3 and only two March 4. The league and NHL Players' Association agreed on the change.
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Nikolai Zherdev picked up a goal and one assist, and Michal Rozsival netted the game-winner as the New York Rangers held off a furious rally to top the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-3, at the Wachovia Center.
Blair Betts and Fredrik Sjostrom also lit the lamp for the Rangers, who rode a four-goal first period to the victory. The club improved to 4-0 for the first time since starting the 1983-84 campaign with five consecutive wins.
Stephen Valiquette made 25 stops for his first win of the se
Posted by provopete on 11/17/2008 - 05:25 PMThe NHL is trying to crackdown on unnecessary blows to the head.