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Blame Crawford: Kings Fire Lewis and Johnson

As if often the case, one or two assistant coaches have to take the fall when a head coach is fired. In this instance, the LA Kings fired both Mike Johnston and Dave Lewis (pictured), letting new coach Terry Murray pick new assistants that will do his bidding and fetch his slippers.Make no mistake, Johnston and Lewis are...

The Ice Sheet: An All-Star Shootout

Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.Let's face facts, folks. The NHL All-Star game is a giant bore, and the skills competition no longer holds as much interest as it used to as the novelty has worn...

Rob Blake Has a Potty Mouth

Whatever Rob Blake said to referee Dan O'Halloran last night, the Los Angeles Times couldn't print it. (Maybe he was arguing in favor of conservative political ideology.) Whatever the Kings captain uttered, it was good enough to earn him 22 penalty minutes and a game misconduct, with Phoenix's Radim Vrbata scoring on an...

The Ice Sheet: Emperor of an Ice Creaming

The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in...

Marc Crawford Has Support from Minor League 'Bounty Hunter' Coach

The news that coach Marc Crawford's locker room marching orders may have led to Todd Bertuzzi's infamous attack on Steve Moore is painful, damning, embarrassing ... really, pick any adjective with a negative connotation for what it means for hockey. Jim Kelley of SI.com calls it a "PR nightmare." Even FanHouse's MJD...

MarcCrawford News From the Web

05/14/12 Coaching candidates that could merit consideration Source: NHL Dale Hunter 's departure from Washington was as surprising as his arrival.
05/13/12 Morning Notes From Brooks Source: Kukla's Korner PÃ¨re Scotty Bowman will leave his role as a senior advisor in Chicago and return to Montreal in a similar capacity to work beside GM Marc Bergevin.
05/13/12 Can't be raisin' Kane Source: New York Post - New York NY The dysfunction on display within the Blackhawks' hierarchy makes one yearn for the days when Bill Wirtz ran the Original Six franchise into the underground.
05/10/12 Finalists pitch for districts top job Source: Ark Valley News - Valley Center KS The Valley Center school board is poised to name the school district's next superintendent.
05/04/12 Is Pete Stark in a new tub of hot water? Source: Political Blotter It seems Rep. Pete Stark can't even make apologies without offending someone else.