Richards in a beer league; Malkin out two games; Tortorella's mistake (Puck Headlines)

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• Behold Steve Mason’s new mask with Claude Giroux on the side. [Sarah Baicker]

• The 20-game suspension of Dennis Wideman shows that hockey sees many parts of the game in black and white. [The Guardian]

• After the Los Angeles Kings terminated the contract of Mike Richards, the center found himself playing in a local beer league in Kenora, Ontario before he was signed by the Washington Capitals. [Washington Post]

• Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman will play for the Detroit Red Wings in their Stadium Series alumni game against the Colorado Avalanche. [NHL]

• Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss the team's next two games with a lower body injury. [AP]

• Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said running into the Calgary Flames locker room after a brawl two seasons ago was the biggest mistake of his career. Tortorella was the coach of the Vancouver Canucks at the time. [Toronto Sun]

• AEG will manage Gila River Arena, current home of the Arizona Coyotes. The team’s future in Glendale is still unclear. [AZ Central]

• Colorado Avalanche goaltender Semyon Varlamov returned to the team after being awarded $126,000 in damages after a lawsuit from his ex-girlfriend. [Denver Post]

• Jack Riley, who was the head coach for the 1960 Team USA Olympic gold medal winning team died at the age of 95. [USA Hockey]

• Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice took the blame for his team’s penalty killing woes. The Jets rank 27th of 30 in the league on the PK. [Winnipeg Sun]

• What hockey analytics mean as far as player evaluation for current and future performance. [Welcome to your Karlsson Years]

• Nikita Tryamkin, a 6-foot-7 defenseman in the KHL, could be coming to North America to play for the Vancouver Canucks by the end of this month. He was selected in the third round of the 2014 draft by Vancouver. [Canucks Army]

• A recent spate of suspensions show a disturbing trend of violence in Big Ten hockey. [USCHO]

• Jamie Lee Rattray has seen improvement in her game this year with the CWHL’s Brampton Thunder. [Along the Boards]

• NHL players see the dropping Canadian dollar as a negative for them and the league. [AP via Yahoo]

• A Montreal-area hockey player who was 16 when he became quadriplegic after a bodycheck from behind propelled him into the boards has been awarded $8 million. [CP via Yahoo]

• On passing and playmaking. [Hockey-Graphs]

• Donald Brashear landed $500,000 for his low-cost hockey stick company on the CBC’s “Dragon’s Den” the Canadian version of “Shark Tank.” [Color of Hockey]

• Forward Matt Cullen is proving to be a solid value for the Pittsburgh Penguins. [Pens Labyrinth]

• Former NHLer Shawn Antoski is reaching out to people suffering from mental and emotional distress. [Inside Belleville]

• A fantasy cage match between young defensemen Rasmus Ristolainen of the Buffalo Sabres and Torey Krug of the Boston Bruins. [Dobber Hockey]

• The Boston Bruins aren’t one of the ‘beasts of the East’ like they were a couple of years ago. What does this mean for team president Cam Neely? [Boston Sports Desk]

• Three left defensemen the Buffalo Sabres should consider trading for. [Sabre Noise]

• Breaking down the new Toronto Maple Leafs logo. [Hockey by Design]

• "To celebrate Senior Night, Paramus/Lyndhurst/Hackensack head coach Denis Jelcic opted to dress and play every one of his program's seniors for Friday's game against Newton/Lenape Valley. That included Jason Migatz, a special needs player on the junior varsity squad." [NJ.com]

• Why Brad Marchand is leading the Boston Bruins by example this season. [Boston.com]

• Finally,  New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider can draw quite well.

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