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Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner Makes Calder Cup Wager with Grand Rapids

Eric Meier — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:42:19 +0000

The Syracuse Crunch is battling in a back-and-forth series with the Grand Rapids Griffins for the Calder Cup, the championship of the AHL. Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has made a wager on the game. Mayor Miner is betting some Syracuse-brewed beer while Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell is putting up a case of beer from [...]

BREAKING NEWS: AHL Returning To Utica

Jim Rondenelli — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:46:04 +0000

After a 20 year absence, the American Hockey League is coming back to Utica. The NHL’s Vancouver Canucks will move their AHL farm team to the Utica Auditorium for the 2013-2014 season. The official announcement was made during a news conference this afternoon. The team will be called the Utica Comets. The Utica Devils left [...]

Watch Mr. T Score a Goal From Center Ice at Chicago Blackhawks Game

Joe Student — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:40:55 +0000

Chicago Blackhawks’ fans are always into the game, from the national anthem to the final horn. Each home game, the Blackhawks have a multi-tiered “Shoot the Puck” competition which challenges celebrities and fans to shoot the puck into the goal from center ice. The catch: the net is totally blocked save for a few small [...]

Rob Esche Talks Pro Hockey in Utica with Utica Flames Fan Club [VIDEO]

Eric Meier — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 19:13:10 +0000

The rumors continue to run rampant that professional hockey will return to Utica. A Utica Flames Fan Club has formed on Facebook and yesterday a video featuring Rob Esche was released. Esche talks about the possibility of sharing the AUD with Utica College hockey and more. News 1130 in Vancouver rebuts the speculation of the Abbotsford Heat moving [...]

Watch a 9-Year-Old Boy Score an Incredible Winning Hockey Goal

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:28:53 +0000

Talk about your net winnings. Nine-year-old Tyson Greencorn won $5,000 after he made a shot from center ice during a charity hockey game in Canada last week. Never mind the stick was almost as big as he was. Never mind the PA announcer was leading a chant of his name with the whole arena looking [...]

Watch 21,000 Teddy Bears Hit the Ice at a Holiday Hockey Event

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:20:51 +0000

There are all sorts of different traditions involving fans throwing things on the ice during hockey games. While most of them involve dead squid or fish, the Calgary Hitman have a much more cuddly tradition. Once a year, for the past nearly two decades, the WHL franchise has fans throw teddy bears on the ice [...]

Teddy Bear Toss at Utica AUD on December 1 during Utica College – Buffalo State Hockey Match

Eric Meier — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:02:16 +0000

The annual event that raises thousands of toys and creates one of the best visual effects on a hockey rink, the New York Sash Teddy Bear Toss, is slated for Saturday December 1 at Utica’s Memorial Auditorium. This year’s Teddy Bear Toss with be the 8th annual event. Planning on attending? Here’s what you need [...]

NHL Player Attacked By Adorable Children [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:58:33 +0000

Kevin Bieksa of the Vancouver Canucks was resting on the bench during his team’s recent skills exhibition when five fans seated behind him started to relentlessly harass him with pokes to the head. Will the grizzled defenseman take their bait and respond? Awww. The only thing Bieksa was really attacked with was adorable. And since [...]

Sabres Win Second Time In Eight Games

Dave Wheeler — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:05:26 +0000

Despite all the drama going in to tonight’s game, the Buffalo Sabres managed to pull off a victory. Drew Stafford and Nathan Gerbe scored in the third period to bring the Buffalo Sabres to a 4-3 win over the road-weary Edmonton Oilers. Jordan Leopold and Sabres captain Jason Pominville also scored for Buffalo. Stafford added [...]

Hockey Player Fights With Referee at Syracuse/Binghamton Game [VIDEO]

Eric Meier — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:23:34 +0000

A match between Upstate New York AHL rivals Syracuse Crunch and Binghamton Senators is bound to ignite a few of those legendary hockey fights. A fight did break out when the teams met on New Year's Eve. What makes this hockey fight extraordinary is that Bingamton player,

Couple Making Out at Vancouver Riot Become Its Accidental Stars [PHOTO]

Andrea Rosen — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:20:39 +0000

After the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup finals, hockey fans took to the streets of British Columbia’s capital city in a massive riot. With so much passion in the air, somebody was bound to get some action: Photographer Rich Lam snapped a couple making out somewhere between the throbbing horde and a line of riot police. See the full image below:

Boston Bruins Defeat Vancouver Canucks to Win Stanley Cup

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:07:34 +0000

So much for home ice advantage. The Boston Bruins defeated the Vancouver Canucks, 4-0, on the Canucks’ home ice Wednesday night to win the Stanley Cup, the first time the franchise has claimed hockey’s holy grail since 1972. Patrice Bergeron got Boston on the board with 5:32 left in the first period. It continued a [...]