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Video: Does Senators' Matt Carkner Flick Blood at Rangers Bench?

Thursday night, the New York Rangers traveled to Ottawa to face the Senators and thanks to some odd actions from Ottawa's Matt Carkner we may have a Colin Campbell Wheel of Justice spin coming in the near future. Towards the end of the first period Carkner got into a fight with Rangers tough guy Derek Boogaard. Carkner got...

Derek Boogaard Gets All He Can Handle From Trevor Gillies

The Minnesota Wild let Derek Boogaard go this summer -- in part -- because he was too good at his primary job, which is fighting. Boogaard was so good, the Wild thought, that no one would fight him anymore, rendering him a useless part of the team because his other hockey skills are no better than marginal. Since signing...

Derek Boogaard Scores First Goal In 234 Games

The New York Rangers received quite a bit of criticism this summer when they inked enforcer Derek Boogaard to a four-year contract that will pay him an average annual salary of $1.625 million. After all, while Boogaard is one of the most feared fighters in the NHL and an elite heavyweight in the pugilism department, he...

Derek Boogaard Spears Chris Neil Below the Belt

Not to be out done by Mike Cammalleri's slash, last night New York Ranger Derek Boogaard left us first impressions of him as a Ranger by taking his stick and delivering a below-the-belt shot to Ottawa's Chris Neil. The Rangers were in Ottawa for their final pre-season game. Halfway through the first period, Boogaard...

NHL Discipline Still Marred by Inconsistency

While everyone is yelling for Pittsburgh Penguin Matt Cooke to be suspended -- rightfully so -- for his dirty hit on Boston's Marc Savard Sunday, we should all take some stock as to how we got here.Over the last 10 months or so, numerous incidents have called into question the NHL's ability to hold any sort of consistent...

Derek Boogaard News From the Web

05/17/12 Basketball player Krysten Boogaard inspired by... Source: Globe and Mail Krysten Boogaard stands at the biggest moment of her young basketball career, on the verge of making the national Canadian women's team, which itself is on the verge of clinching a berth at this summer's London Olympics.
05/13/12 Hartnett: Derek Boogaard Remembered, One Year Later Source: CBS - WCBS 2 - New York NY A year ago to this day, the Boogaard family and the entire hockey community suffered a terrible loss.
05/13/12 Hartnett: Derek Boogaard Remembered, One Year Later Source: 1010 Wins A year ago to this day, the Boogaard family and the entire hockey community suffered a terrible loss.
05/11/12 Will health risks in NFL and NHL change the US/Oz... Source: The Roar More than 100 former NFL players filed a lawsuit this week, alleging the league did not protect players from brain injuries with links to concussions sustained playing the sport.
05/04/12 NYT's hockey series gets Dart Award Source: The Kicker - Columbia Journalism Review The NYT's series on the life and death of hockey enforcer Derek Boogaard won a Dart Award last night (WNYC's excellent "Living 9/11" documentary also won).

Background on Derek Boogaard

Derek Leendert Boogaard (June 23, 1982 – May 13, 2011) ( ; later ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played for the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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