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Mark Scheifele has pet goats named after GOATs
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Monday, 17 May 2021 15:06
Tom Brady and Tiger Woods attended a Winnipeg Jets practice recently.Full disclosure: Neither GOAT was actually in attendance. But two actual goats named in the sports legends' honor by their owner, Jets star Mark Scheifele, made their presence known."They were buzzing around on the ice, so that was pretty cool. I don't think the trainers were too happy. They kind…
How the NHL got a hip-hop playoff anthem
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Monday, 17 May 2021 15:06
The Stanley Cup has a ubiquitous place in pop culture. BIA saw it as a proxy for bling in a hip-hop lyric."Wrist Stanley Cup/I can show you how to skate," is how it's name-dropped in "Skate," a track that dropped in late 2020."When I went to the studio and heard the beat, the first thing I saw [in my mind]…
Canucks' Virtanen accused in lawsuit of assault
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Monday, 17 May 2021 13:18
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel four years ago.The suit, filed last week in Kelowna, British Columbia, alleges Virtanen took the woman to a hotel in West Vancouver in September 2017 and assaulted her as she repeatedly said no and pleaded with him…
Panthers' Bennett gets 1-game ban for boarding
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Monday, 17 May 2021 13:03
Florida Panthers center Sam Bennett has been suspended one game for boarding following a hearing with the NHL's Department of Player Safety on Monday.The incident occurred in the third period of the Tampa Bay Lightning's 5-4 win over the Panthers in Game 1 of the first-round series on Sunday. Bennett delivered a forceful hit on Lightning forward Blake Coleman into…
Leafs' development staff now led by 2 women
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Monday, 17 May 2021 10:15
The Toronto Maple Leafs promoted Hayley Wickenheiser -- who already held the highest hockey operations role ever for a woman in the NHL.Wickenheiser, a Hockey Hall of Famer, is now Toronto's senior director of player development. The Leafs also hired another Hockey Hall of Famer, Danielle Goyette, as director of player development. That means the Maple Leafs' development staff is…
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