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Ewen brain donation; Knight's quest; Caps support coach (Puck Headlines)

Josh Cooper

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com.

• This giant pepper is too hot for Brendan Gallagher after a 'whack-a-mole' game. [Montreal Canadiens]

• The family of late enforcer Todd Ewen will donate his brain to be studied. Per this story, "it will be examined for signs of possible brain degeneration or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)." Ewen reportedly died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. [The Hockey News]

• Hilary Knight and the fight to make women’s hockey more mainstream. [New York Times]

• Andi Lambert, wife of Washington Capitals assistant coach Lane Lambert, died at age 45 after a long battle with cancer. [Washington Post]

• Check out this Los Angeles Kings blingy jersey. It's super shiny!  [The Royal Half]

• On the NHL’s Break Away program, which is designed to help players and their families after retirement. [Sportsnet]

• The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Brad Boyes off his PTO to a one-year $700,000 contract. [The Leafs Nation]

• For the first time in a long time, Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes will have to compete for the starting goaltending job. He will be up against newly-acquired Eddie Lack.  [News and Observer]

• The time former NHL defenseman Jamie Rivers almost died. “After ultrasounds and x-rays and lotsa stuff, the doctor told me I was bleeding internally, severely, and that they were going to have to open me up to see what was going on. There was too much blood for them to see anything.”  [Slapshot Diaries]

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• The Minnesota Whitecaps are a women’s hockey team without a league. [Hockey Wilderness]

• The start of the NWHL has created a demand for a women’s hockey prospect guide. [Today’s Slapshot]

• Back and hip injuries helped lead to a down year for Philadelphia Flyers forward R.J. Umberger last season. He hid them for fear of being bought out. He’s now healthy. [NJ.com]

• The story behind the Anaheim Ducks Top Flight Street Hockey League, which was created to teach special needs children about hockey.  [Orange County Register]

• Los Angeles Kings defensemen Matt Greene and Jake Muzzin both suffered “upper body” injuries in the team’s exhibition game win over Colorado on Sunday. [LA Kings Insider]

• According to Toronto prospect Viktor Loov, there’s a lot of cocaine in the NHL. [Pension Plan Puppets]

• Sam Reinhart is showing people with the Buffalo Sabres that Jack Eichel isn’t the only top prospect in the organization. [Toronto Observer]

• Who are the top-10 bounce-back candidates from a fantasy perspective this upcoming season? [Dobber Hockey]

• A look at Arizona Coyotes jerseys throughout their history from their worst to their best?  [Hockey by Design]

• A young right wing from Japan and his quest to make the NHL. [Color of Hockey]

• The Kelowna Rockets are still the team to beat in the Western Hockey League’s Western Conference. [Buzzing the Net]

• Meet your new Florida Panthers play-by-play guy, Doug Plagens. [The Sunshine Skate]

• The incredibly awesome hockey card of former NHL coach Marc Crawford. [Puck Junk]

• Anton Stralman of the Tampa Bay Lightning is happy he doesn’t have to move all that much anymore. [Tampa Bay Times]

• Meet your new Florida Panthers play-by-play guy, Doug Plagens. [The Sunshine Skate]

• Finally, Nice 'fight' between Carey Price and P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadiens.

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