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ethically i don't approve of the chicago nhl team but they kinda went off with reuniting craiglor and naming uncle nick captain

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× PWHL - New Logos ×

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saw a tweet like ‘hockey players will play with several broken bones and baseball players will leave with a sore hand’ BITCH I LOVE THAT THEY LEAVE. SUFFERING ISNT GOOD. I DONT THINK THAT GUY SHOULD BE PLAYING WITH BROKEN BONES ACTUALLY I THINK IT’S A BAD DECISION

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It’s European cut…

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Matthew coached young players after his playing career

rest in peace

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I don’t blog about sports, but early this morning my favourite athlete Johnny ‘Hockey’ Gaudreau was knocked off his bicycle and killed along with his younger brother the night before their sister’s wedding. He had just turned 31 years old, married his next door neighbour and had a toddler daughter and a 6 month old son (who were planned to be flower girl and ring bearer at the wedding).

I adored Johnny because he was a such a small streak of lightning in a game full of huge dudes who were regularly a whole foot taller than him. His skills were just fucking phenomenal and he was so exciting to watch. I screamed with joy and cheered him on so loudly I lost my voice on many occasions. He represented his country for International Competitions and is the highest US point scorer.

I could get technical and talk about my favourite goals of his, his stickhandling, dangles, on ice spatial awareness etc but it is all on film for anyone to see, just too much to choose from. Nobody moved like Johnny Hockey.

As a person he was a sweet, kind guy who was universally liked in the sport and beyond. I do not follow celebrities on social media, but on hockey forums there are endless stories of his voracious love of mac and cheese (so much so Kraft put him in a TV ad) and skittles candies that he had a hockey stick covered in them and auctioned for charity.

In interviews he always talked hockey and his family. Whenever asked about new contracts and paycheques he would just shrug and say ‘yeah I bought my dad a boat so we can go fishing’ or ‘I just got a cool new wheelchair lift installed in my holiday home so my cousin can come and spend time with me’, or change the subject and talk about his dog, his wife and kids or The Birds. He was a real gem of a gentleman, modest and always ready to give credit to his team and dad (legendary NJ coach Guy Gaudreau) who motivated Johnny to skate as a toddler by placing skittles candies on the ice for him to fetch.

I’m am so sad for him, his family. This is just a blurb of feels about someone I counted down the days for until I could see them make magic on ice. I wish I could write a good tribute, dammit. Thank you Johnny Hockey.

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An absolutely unfathomable tragedy.

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i have so many thoughts about the anthony duclair locs situation because so many well-intentioned people are making out to be a singularly discriminatory act of racism when it's actually another example of hockey's biggest problem: challenging of institutional power.

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How it feels to join the Bruins villa.

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lauren kyle selling her wedding to vogue australia is objectively hilarious

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krech and tory were two of pasta’s groomsmen ohhhhh i-

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Mr. & Mrs. Pastrňák 💍🖤💛

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🚨SEAN SIGHTING @ THE PASTA WEDDING🚨