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Team Canada Routs Norway in Hockey Opener

About 12 minutes into the first period of last night's Olympic hockey game between Canada and Norway, I turned to a fellow spectator and uttered a heresy. "The Canadians are playing like a bunch of bums," I said, shaking my head, remembering the series of flubbed games that led to our seventh-place finish in Turin in...

Patrick Thoresen is Taking His Puck and Going Back to Europe

After the Flyers told Patrick Thoresen to "Take it or Leave it" with a final contact offer, the young Norwegian decided to head back to Europe, rather than toil in the minors and work his way up to the NHL the "traditional" way. "I wanted a so-called one-way contract, which is to say the same salary regardless of whether I...

Patrick Thoresen and the Price He Paid

The unfortunate man you see in the photo here is Patrick Thoresen of the Philadelphia Flyers. If you're not a fan of the Flyers, you could be forgiven for not knowing who he is.Trust me when I say that the Washington Capitals got to know him well in Game One of their Eastern Conference Playoff series. For better than two...

Hockey Fight of the Day

Wow, we had many to choose from last night, including a heavyweight bout between Derek Boogard and Zack Stortini, but if I had to pick the best tussle from Tuesday night, it was Patrick Thoresen vs. Branko Radivojevic in Minnesota: As always, stop by Hockey Fights.com for more.