Well, it’s time to say goodbye to the Hockey Night in Canada theme song. Stephen Colbert shows us the right way to bid it adieu:

Colbert licenses the Hockey Night in Canada theme

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Too bad it’s the Maple Leafs instead of our beloved Canucks, but check out the new Mike Myers film called The Love Guru, featuring hockey:

Worth seeing?

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This one has to be seen to be believed. Amazingly, Rob Davison of the New York Islanders fires a clearing shot out of his zone at the goal line during a penalty kill, and it’s a flutterball. As it goes end over end down the ice, it manages to take a weird bounce and goes [...]

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This has got to be the most pathetic hockey fight I’ve ever seen.

Hat tip to Tim.

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Brian Campbell of the San Jose Sharks pulled a spin-o-rama on the defenseman in the high slot, then took a beautiful backhand shot. Check it out:

(Via james mirtle.)

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Have you seen this video of Ryan Smyth of the Colorado Avalanche being run into a Stanchion?

Would this happen in the beer leagues? Possibly, but most likely not. In my league, at least, it’s an instant penalty if you step onto the ice without your helmet done up, and done up snugly.
If the [...]

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The other night a hockey fan named Darwin Head got the chance of a lifetime: to shoot for one million dollars.
Standing at center ice at General Motors Place in Vancouver, Darwin needs to shoot 20 pucks in 24 seconds, and score at least 15 of them.
Check out how he did:

[Via James Mirtle]

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Jarkko Ruutu spent a number of years as a Vancouver Canucks, and though he’s the type of player you love to hate when he plays for the other team, he was a blast to watch in a Canucks uniform.
Not known as a scoring player so much as a shit-disturber, Jarkko has somehow managed to [...]

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If there’s something we love here at BLH, it’s classic hockey clips. This one happened just the other night, but is destined to become a classic. Jonathan Toews (pronounced “Taves”) of the Chicago Blackhawks takes a breakout pass from a defenceman just outside his zone, then proceeds to split 3 players from the other [...]

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The Vancouver Canucks offer 16 games a season on pay-per-view, and the broadcasts are produced by “Canucks TV”. This year they’ve decided to offer two pre-season games for free, broadcast on Rogers SportsNet. I can only imagine that the idea here is to show Canucks fans what they’re missing if they’re not shelling out the [...]

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