Judging the playoff beards a hair-rating experience

As the Pittsburgh Penguins and San Jose Sharks continue to battle for the grandest trophy in hockey, the Toronto Star is set to award the second-grandest honour, bestowed on the player judged to have performed the best in one very specific post-season competition: Playoff beard. A panel of five experts

NHL talking up preseason China Games when it could be talking up the Olympics

The 2017-18 China Games, a two-game slate of NHL exhibition contests in Beijing and Shanghai, wrapped up on Saturday with the league talking up its international expansion as the steppingstone toward long-term partnership with overseas markets. As NHL.com's Nicholas Cotsonika detailed following two

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  Kings sweep Canucks in two-game exhibition series in China

  The Japan Times
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  NHL in China: Canucks truly strangers in strange land

  Toronto Sun

Tom Wilson suspended two preseason games, put on notice

The NHL Department of Player Safety decided that Tom Wilson’s hit on St. Louis Blues rookie center Robert Thomas on Friday night was way late, and suspended him for two preseason games. “Over a full second after Thomas loses control of the puck, well after he’s eligible to be checked” is how the Department

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  Husso has 27 saves, Thomas scores 2 as Blues blank Capitals

  USA Today
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  Husso, Thomas shine as Blues earn 4-0 preseason win over Capitals

  Fox Sports