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The Ice Sheet: Simple Simon's Suspension

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.The big story of from Wednesday was, obviously, the record-setting 30-game suspension handed down to Chris Simon for getting all stompy. The suspension prompted all...

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...

NHL's Goriest Scene: Clint Malarchuk

How can we not go through Hallowe'en mentioning gore? How can we not mention gore and bring up the goriest incident the NHL has ever experienced?For those feint of heart, I'd skip this altogether. Otherwise, let us recount one of the scariest incidents in the league's history, just to spook the hell out of you. March 22,...

Background on NHL Violence

Violence has been a part of ice hockey since at least the early 1900s. According to the book Hockey: A People's History, in 1904 alone, four players were killed during hockey games from the frequent brawls and violent stickwork.

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