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Link Chowder 10/23

Serving up the best links of the week from all across the newfangled interwebs Shawn Thornton tells Toucher & Rich that he has been out of the lineup with a "sore vagina" [Hub Hockey] ESPN respond...

More on bigger NHL players

With full credit to ESPN for the data, here's a look at how NHL players' heights (in inches) and weights (in pounds) have increased over time, sorted by position: You can see the levelling off of fo...

How NHL players have grown

When Insider asked me to look at the personal data for thousands of professional athletes dating back to the 19th century, I was fairly sure what I'd find. As expected, the numbers show that athletes...

Starting in the NHL as a teenager does mean success

"Getting to the big time early doesn't necessarily mean you've made it big. Or to stay." - Damien Cox, ESPN.com, 12/12/07 in Starting in NHL as a teenager doesn't mean instant success.Sometimes you ru...

New Column on ESPN.com

Who plays the Toughest Minutes?"Big-Minute Men: Who are teams putting on the ice in the key moments of the game? Who are the centers taking the key draws? Who are the defensive pairings in the final m...

ESPN's Off-Season rankings put the Lightning at 13th in the East

While many of the Eastern Conference playoff teams got a full-on glowing treatment by author and ESPN.com contributor Terry Frei (a football writer) during his off-season rankings, the Tampa Bay Light...

Offseason YouTube Masterpiece Theatre: Cam Neely "Do you guys wanna kick my dog while you're here?" ESPN commercial

I have been trying to find a clip of this classic ESPN commercial with Cam Neely for awhile now. Someone finally uploaded it to YouTube. Enjoy!

Curious and irrelevant: The NHL chase for ESPN and the casual fan

The problem is the league itself. How do you bottle what they're serving now at the United Center, and at The Joe in Detroit, and in Pittsburgh, Boston, etc., and make me -- the know-nothing borderl...

Hockey: TV on the Fritz

The other day, Cassie wrote an article talking about the National Hockey League and their US television contract.  The article started out with a lament we've all heard since 2005-06:  peopl...

Hockey Night in the US? Not Likely.

Most people in hockey seem to think that ESPN is going to save the NHL. Or, at the very least, promote the sport better. When in reality, the people writing about such things want hockey on ESPN to ma...


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