Condon's journey; Panthers help hurricane victims; Arizona State wins first game (Puck Headlines)
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• Finnish goalie Pekka Rinne draped in the middle of a projected U.S. flag on the ice in Nashville.
• Justin Abdelkader, Oscar Lindberg and Mike Smith are your NHL Three Stars of the Week. [NHL]
• The early returns on the NHL’s coach’s challenge: “Bye-bye, timeout.” [NY Post]
• Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk talks for the first time since a May liver transplant. [Ottawa Sun]
• Montreal Canadiens undrafted netminder Mike Condon has gone from Princeton to Wall Street to the minor leagues to finally reaching the NHL. [CP via Province]
• Mike Babcock has come a long way from the killing floor of a meat packing business to head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. [Sports Illustrated]
• If Mike Johnston’s system struggles with the Pittsburgh Penguins, how long of a leash will he get? [The Hockey Writers]
• After down seasons for the Redskins, Nationals and Bullets, the Washington Capitals are D.C.’s best hope right now. [Washington Times]
• Good job, Cats. “The Florida Panthers and Eastern Air Lines today flew a joint mission to the Bahamas to bring supplies purchased and donated in South Florida, as well as supplies from Freeport and Nassau, the island of Exuma in the Bahamas. From Exuma, smaller aircraft will distribute the supplies to some of the islands most heavily impacted by Hurricane Joaquin, which brought Category 4 winds to much of the Bahamas chain of islands.” [Panthers]
• Sunday’s debut of the NHWL was a big hit in Connecticut and Buffalo. [Today’s Slapshot]
• Three of the five CWHL teams — the Calgary Inferno, Toronto Furies and Boston Blades — have publicly released their rosters. [Along the Boards]
• “It's taken all of two days to betray that the Western Hockey League's potential right step of launching a Player Impact Program to make ‘sure they're supported in every possible way’ — exact quote from commisioner Ron Robison — might only really be about upholding hockey bro privilege by protecting them from modern inconveniences such as having to respect women as people” [Buzzing the Net]
• Arizona State earned its first NCAA men’s hockey win with a 2-1 victory over Alaska Saturday night. Ryan Belonger was hero breaking a tie with 34 seconds left in the third period. [Arizona Republic]
• Sounds like the Chicago Blackhawks are looking to bolster their defense corps. [Second City Hockey]
• Marian Hossa may be 36, but he’s still got plenty of hockey left in him. [Sun-Times]
• From Eddie Lack vs. Cam Ward to Jonathan Bernier vs. James Reimer, here are 10 goalie battles that will affect your fantasy hockey league. [Dobber Hockey]
• What kind of stats can we expect from Connor McDavid’s first NHL season? [NHL Numbers]
• According to emails between Tom Brady of the New England Patriots and Vancouver Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini, the Sedins want to play until they’re 39 and Aquilini tried to get the quarterback to speak to his team. [Pass It To Bulis]
• Finally, a look at the first day of the NWHL:
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