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On May 11th in 2010, Vancouver Canucks oft-injured blueliner Sami Salo skated in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals despite catching a slapshot squarely in the family jewels two evenings earlier courtesy of Chicago Blackhawks Norris winner Duncan Keith. The Finn's miraculous return resulted in the well-deserved raucous chant "Balls of Steel", audible at the 1:00 mark of the video below.
On May 10th in 1970, Bobby Orr scored the overtime marker in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals giving the Boston Bruins a 4-3 win and their first Stanley Cup in 29 years, sweeping Scotty Bowman's St. Louis Blues. The image of Orr flying through the air with his arms raised after being tripped by defenseman Noel Picard at the moment the goal was scored is arguably the most famous and recognized
On May 10th in 2009, Carolina Hurricanes forward Scott Walker sucker-punched Boston Bruins blueliner Aaron Ward down 4-0 with three minutes remaining in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Semifinal. Walker was penalized 17 minutes and assessed a $2,500 fine but amazingly escaped suspension despite Rules 46.12 and 46.22 mandating such for instigating a fight with 5 minutes to play. Ward didn't miss
On May 10th in 1998, Chris Pronger caught a slapshot in the chest courtesy of Detroit Red Wings defenseman Dmitri Mironov causing the St. Louis Blues blueliner to suffer an acute heart attack, with his team down 4-1 with 16 minutes remaining in Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinal. Further footage may be found at the 3:35 mark of the video below. Pronger recovered from the freak incident,
The Cleveland Cavaliers have punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they’ll take on the New York Knicks in a series that starts on Tuesday. New York’s path to the Conference Finals was far less stressful than Cleveland’s. Their first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks went six games, but the Knicks were firmly […]
After beating the Tempo on Friday, the Sparks couldn’t replicate that result on Sunday. Instead, they lost to Toronto 106-96. Los Angeles is now 1-3 on the season. Kelsey Plum got the offense going for LA early with a floater. Brittney Sykes responded soon after with a triple on the other end. It was Nyara […]
Rangers 8, Astros 0
The Toronto Maple Leafs front office is continuing to take shape for the summer. After the hiring of new GM John Chayka and senior executive advisor Mats Sundin, the first to go of the old guard still remaining was Shane Doan, a special advisor to the GM. The next moves, on Sunday, are to cut ties with two assistant GMs, Brandon Pridham and Derek Clancey. Pridham was the team's "salary cap specialist", while Clancey was the AGM of Player Personnel. 🚨 BREAKING: The...
After battling but failing to win their series against No.1 UCLA, Oregon knew they had to get a series win against #17 USC to gain some momentum heading into the postseason. Little did they know just how tough that would be. Catcher Burke-Lee Mabeus executed a perfect run-scoring bunt with two outs in the bottom […]
It’s time to dig into this week’s Letters to the Editor. Want to join in the fun? Details about how to reach out are at the bottom of the article. Kent Johnson, come on down The Oilers should target Kent Johnson. He’d be a bit of a reclamation project, but putting him next to Draisaitl…
For the first time in the 2026 IIHF World Championship, Canada had a day off. However, there were still Edmonton Oilers players in action, as Isaac Howard’s United States took on Great Britain in the early game, Mattias Ekholm’s Sweden took on Denmark in the afternoon game, and Josh Samanski’s Germany took on Latvia in…
In Part 1 of Arctic Ice Hockey’s look at the Winnipeg Jets’ current pool of prospects, we discovered that GM Kevin Cheveldayoff & the scouting department may have potentially found some gems in the later rounds of the drafts with Elias Salomonsson ( 2nd rd ), Kevin He ( 4th rd ), and Kieron Walton ( 6th rd ) all developing well since they were selected by the True North franchise. Now we turn our attention to a handful of players that are living with the higher expectations that come alon...
Shoutout to my friends in the northeast corner of the province, blanketed by a dump of snow on Friday, putting a big wet damper on the May long weekend. So it goes for many Albertans, invited to ignore hockey for a while with the idea of summer around the corner, only to be thronged violently…
The Texas Rangers scored eight runs while the Houston Astros scored zero runs. The top of the fifth was a big moment for the Rangers as Alejandro Osuna ended the daily no-hit watch with an infield single and then Jake Burger collected the first extra base hit of the weekend for Texas when he smacked […]
Penn State's Voight Demeester grew up with ice in his blood and realized his sexual orientation was no barrier to athletic success.
If the Edmonton Oilers wind up successful in their attempts to court Bruce Cassidy for their now-vacant head coaching position, there might be one player who isn’t too happy to see his arrival. Trent Frederic. It’s easy to assume that Frederic would be happy, given he played his first 100-odd NHL games under his tutelage…
Lamine Yamal wasn’t taking any risks with his fitness on Sunday after dropping into watch some King’s League action before Barcelona’s game with Real Betis. The teenager is currently sidelined with a hamstring problem but is working hard on his recovery ahead of World Cup 2026 with Spain. Yamal was asked if he’d take the […]
The Maple Leafs’ house cleaning continues. On Sunday, the club announced that AGMs Brandon Pridham and Derek Clancey will depart the organization. pic.twitter.com/A6RrDs7uEM — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) May 17, 2026 These moves hardly come as a surprise. New GMs almost always clear out the old regime and bring in “their” guys. A month and […] The post Maple Leafs’ front-office house cleaning continues: Brandon Pridham and Derek Clancey depart the organization appeared first on Maple...
Good afternoon, Devils fans and hockey fans, and welcome to another All About the Jersey draft profile. Today, we are going to look at someone who might fly under the radar a bit. Coming out of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, but hailing from Tyumen, Russia is Yegor Shilov, a 6’1” and 180+ pound […]
The San Jose Sharks are officially in the offseason and that means there’s some business to take care of. The front office has a large group of unrestricted and restricted free agents to decide on over the next month or two, with the ultimate goal of building a team that can win a Stanley Cup. It’s pretty clear that this season, the Sharks took a major step forward in the team’s efforts towards that goal, so now, it’s about figuring out how to build on that. Some of it will include bringi...
The Minnesota Wild have made the playoffs twice in the last two seasons under head coach John Hynes. This time, they advanced into the second round but were eliminated by their rivals, the Colorado Avalanche, headed by Jared Bednar. After Hynes three-year tenure in Minnesota, and the tumultuous coaching carousel which continues to this day, you have to wonder whether or not he'll be the next coach shuffled back onto the ride, which seems to continue in perpetuity. Hynes reco...
TODAY’S GAME: The Houston Astros (19-28) will play the final game of their seven-game homestand today as they go for a sweep in the first round of the Silver Boot Series, presented by the Texas Lottery, against the in-state rival Texas Rangers (21-24). RHP Peter Lambert (2-3, 2.76 ERA), a minor league free agent signing […]
The Colorado Avalanche have successfully reached the conference final for the first time since the 2022 cup season and will host the Las Vegas Golden Knights for game one on Wednesday evening at Ball Arena. We should get a feel for the matchup before the much-anticipated series begins, and with the benefit of time and […]
Texas Rangers @ Houston Astros Sunday, May 17, 2026, 1:10 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) Daikin Park RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP Peter Lambert Today’s Lineups RANGERS ASTROS Evan Carter – CF Brice Matthews – 2B Brandon Nimmo – RF Yordan Alvarez – DH Josh Jung – 3B Christian Walker – […]
Welcome to Oilersnation’s annual player review series, where we dive into the Edmonton Oilers season player by player. We’ll look back at the season that was, what kind of impact each player had, and what we could see from them next season. You can read about the analytics behind my analysis here. When the Edmonton Oilers claimed…