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So I did a TED Talk about Hockey, Video Games, Star Wars and ESPN. If you want to check out it's here: piped.video/watch?v=2CJHCBLA…
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I know it's all about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce right now but this is one of the most well timed sports photographs I've ever seen 📸Ray Giubilo
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This graphic is absolutely wild
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895. The most fitting celly
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Two young innocent children will grow up without their dad and that’s absolutely devastating. Life can be very unfair. Hug your loved ones. Reconcile. Be kind. You just never know.
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The following teams have never played a NHL game in the month of June: Seattle Kraken Minnesota Wild Columbus Blue Jackets Arizona Coyotes And Toronto Maple Leafs
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Adam Fantilli with the names of everyone that has helped him in his hockey career on the back of his vest the night he’s drafted to the NHL. I LOVE this detail. Well done 👏🏽
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1000 likes and I’ll host @SportsCenter like this @dave_filoni @starwars
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There have been offside reviews that lasted longer than the TikTok ban
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Not too often you see a standing ovation for a first NHL goal! What a special moment for hometown kid Arshdeep Bains. You love to see it. (also gets it wearing the skate logo with the gorgeous matte black buckets... frame it) @Canucks
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Wayne Gretzky is one goal away from tying Alex Ovechkin’s career goals record
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From the Point last night: an incredible answer from Brad Marchand after @espnSteveLevy asks him if he had any regrets about the way things went down in Boston. We thought he was joking at first... then went on to give the most thoughtful answer you could possibly ask for. @espn
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Alex Ovechkin's hat trick today was HISTORIC He now has 200 goals since Jan 1, 2020 That makes him the first player in NHL history to ever score 200+ goals in THREE different decades (245 in 2000s, 437 in 2010s, 200 and counting in 2020s) @ESPNStatsInfo @Capitals
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Cancer free 👊🏽 #NHLDraft
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Johnny Hockey Forever #NHLDraft
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Trevor Zegras is 14 for 22 in the shootout (63.6%) Only one NHL player has a better percentage with a minimum of 10 attempts. If you can name him, I’ll shout you out on my next NHL game. @ESPNInsights
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The legend continues #Canucks
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Unreal shot. So many emotions.
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This moment was absolutely incredible. Look at the range of emotions that Paul Maurice goes through as he finally gets to hold the Stanley Cup. I love everything about this. #TimeToHunt
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I hate this. I’m shook, flabbergasted. My day is ruined. I will not recover. @NHL please delete this (via NHL IG) 📼👴🏼👵🏽
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The NHL crushes @StanleyCup commercials “No words”… “Kiss me”… Now hockey moms. All the feels. Awesome.
NHL Public Relations
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The last time the Rangers and Knicks were both up 2-0 in a series with both wins coming at home in the same round was in 1994…
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For everything that @43_Kadri has gone through and endured this postseason on and off the ice, it’s absolutely poetic that he turns it into one of the biggest goals in @Avalanche history (and an absolute beauty) MashAllah 👊🏽
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Alex Ovechkin passes it off to Aliaksei Protas so he can score on the empty net for his first NHL Hat Trick. Selfless hockey guy play. Ovi’s at the doorstep of hockey immortality & his thought in that moment is “my teammate deserves his moment to shine”
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Feels like Jonathan Quick has spent time with each and every kid waiting for the players here at Shoulder Check. He’s been out here at least an hour. Pure class.
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Pete Rose went to three straight Wresltemanias to get chokeslammed and tombstoned by Kane. Once in a chicken suit. Once took a Rikishi stink face. Wrestling fans absolutely loved the bit. RIP
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A perfect heart. What a photo.
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The real winner of the trade deadline is Jack Roslovic, who got a Rolex from Mikko Rantanen in exchange for giving up his #96 for a couple of weeks.

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Canada vs USA 9 seconds in #4nations
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He’s 10 years old, giant hockey fan, hopes to become the first deaf black hockey player in the NHL. He just earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his work on The Last Of Us. Keivonn Woodard is now the second youngest Emmy nominee EVER!
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Corey Perry's last 5 seasons: 2020: Cup Final with Dallas 2021: Cup Final with Montreal 2022: Cup Final with Tampa 2023: Took a year off from the Cup Final 2024: Cup Final with Edmonton
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Classy of Crosby and Letang to stay on the ice after a loss to have a final farewell with Flower - props to the @penguins fans. Really cool moment. (🎥 @Real_RobRossi)
Rob Rossi
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The crowd loves Matt Rempe here at the 2nd annual Shoulder Check charity event in Stamford. He’s trying the get to as many fans as he can, which means crouching into trees shorter than him (because he is also a tree)
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For the rest of the season NHL players are not allowed to go to restaurants or cook.
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This pass is so good. Hughes for Norris and Hart
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This image will inspire Muslim / Middle Eastern kids for generations to come. The name Nazem Kadri will be permanently etched on a @StanleyCup band. This is a huge moment for diversity & inclusion in hockey. @43_Kadri made history. Emhamdulillah. Helal olsun.
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Tage Thompson’s 30th goal 3rd of the game Exactly 3 minutes into overtime 3rd hat trick this season On January 3rd Damar Hamlin wears #3 @BuffaloBills @NHL @espn
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The only two players in NHL history with a short handed goal and a power play goal in the same playoff game before they turned 21: - Wyatt Johnston - Wayne Gretzky @DallasStars
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This guy has so much aura they had to invite the most famous person on the planet to attend the game just to balance the force
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Hockey is beautiful
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More stuff like this please
NHL
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Replying to @wyshynski
A Missigan
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being a toronto sports fan for the last thirty years
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This is what the Frozen Frenzy control room looks like. Much love to our crew that works so hard behind the scenes. Producers, directors, our entire team… it’s a beautiful organized frenzy and they hold it all together. Especially tonight!
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The @DallasStars have the best song in sports 🤘🏽 @NHL @Pantera
Dallas Stars
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The Nintendo Entertainment System was released in North America this week in 1985. In honor of this, I present to you the definitive answer to which hockey NES game is better: Ice Hockey or Blades of Steel.
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The streak…. Is over @NJDevils @NHL
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A simple gesture can go such a long way ❤️
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GOALIE GOAL!!! GUS BUS!!!
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At least one team has been to a final since the 90s
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this is the drop
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Brad Marchand getting cheered in Montreal after scoring #4Nations

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But will the Panthers bring back these gloves?
The 2026 NHL Winter Classic jerseys for the @NYRangers and @FlaPanthers! - NYR with a sequel to their Centennial jersey, with a cool retro big apple patch - FLA brings back the "leaping panther" logo, stitched to look like it was from the 1920s. Plus, a rat Easter Egg on hem 😲
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What @43_Kadri is enduring off the ice in this series is unacceptable & frankly disgusting. Unfortunately, he’s not alone - we know all too well the threats & slurs. “It’s not ok to hate except on the Muslims”. Naz spoke about this on @ESPN The Point. Needs to be heard. MashAllah
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Spectacular. Take a bow, Columbus. This wasn't a coming out party, you've already been here. (📸 Gabe Christus)
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Sidney Crosby is so respectful he would wait until after the draft is over to have his trade to the Avs announced
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Absolutely wild: This is the first time in NHL history that three players on one team have 20+ points through the first two rounds of the postseason (Evan Bouchard 20, Connor McDavid 21, Leon Draisaitl 24). To put that into context, there have only been 4 postseasons in NHL history with 3 players with 20+ points in the first two rounds… across every team. @EdmontonOilers @ESPNStatsInfo
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The Dallas Stars are the first team in NHL history to pull off a multi goal third period comeback regulation win in a game 7 @ESPNStatsInfo
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The #NYR are the 12th team in playoff history to start 7-0 and the 1st since the 2008 Penguins (7-0). The only other Presidents Trophy winner to do it? The 1994 Rangers. They did OK.
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WWE fans in Canada: Please take a moment to pray for the family of Shane Brown, who died on Tuesday far, far too young 💔 As The Score's WWE producer (one stop shop), he did it all: Countdown, Experience, RAW/Smackdown, helped on Aftermath... he cared & was proud. RIP friend.
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Paul Heyman really is the greatest talker - his #WWEHOF speech was unbelievable. Not only did he bask in it, he made half the locker room & a ton of others look like gold on a night that’s about him. Inspiring, heartfelt, shocking, quotable, memorable. Truly the best.
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The @BlueJacketsNHL launch a first of its kind “CBJ Fan Zone” on Saturday - complete with video game area, shoot / save stations & more. A project several years in the making. Lots of ideas brewing from the CBJ team. The vastness of this space in an @NHL arena is impressive!
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Telling my kids this was Dominik Hasek
MⓞNK BLOODY
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Respect to the @NYIslanders players for this 👏🏽
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The Rangers allowed 4 goals in the 3rd period of a playoff game for the first time since 1997. Game 3 of the ‘97 Eastern Conference Finals vs the Flyers (6-3 loss). Guess who scored one of those goals? Rod Brind'Amour. @ESPNStatsInfo
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Thank you to everyone that reached out with good vibes. I truly appreciate it and it made my day. Excited to keep it going at ESPN for another spin. As the great Barry Melrose would always tell me, “head down, do the work, good things will happen”
ESPN signs @Arda Öcal to a new, multi-year deal The @SportsCenter anchor & #NHL host will continue to be a part of ESPN’s multi-platform coverage
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The Buffalo Sabres will win the Stanley Cup this decade.
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I just spoke to BBC radio about a 13 year old gamer beating Tetris. He played so fast the game just froze. This version of Tetris is from 1989. He’s 13. It’s 2024. This year is already off to a wild start.
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The state of Florida has won 3 of the last 5 Stanley Cups (and been to the last 5 straight Finals). State of hockey.
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These pictures were taken by @SEAbuoy (I’m not kidding he took my phone and did a whole photoshoot) @GrittyNHL @NHL @NHLFlyers @SeattleKraken
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Mikko Rantanen is the first player in NHL history with a game 7 third period hat trick @ESPNStatsInfo
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Very sad to hear about the passing of Chef Anne Burrell. Passionate hockey fan, unconditionally loved her Rangers. She was wonderful when she came on as a guest on our MSG Hockey Show. Only 55. RIP
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Bruce Boudreau’s first NHL goal was scored on… Jim Rutherford (📽️ @goaleafs)
Jeff The Leafs Fan (From YouTube)
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RIP Rick Jeanneret, who passed away tonight at 81. Buffalo Sabres fans were so incredibly lucky to have him as their soundtrack for so many decades. 🐐 Many of his iconic calls live forever in the Super Chexx Bubble Hockey game which he voiced.
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Joe Pavelski is the oldest player with a 4-goal game in Stanley Cup Playoff history. The previous oldest was Maurice "Rocket" Richard when he was 35 years, 245 days old for the Canadiens in Game 1 of the 1957 Stanley Cup Final vs the Bruins @ESPNStatsInfo
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Rick Jeanneret joined us on The Drop last season and @wyshynski asked him who his all time favorite Sabres players to watch were. His answer ended up becoming way more heartfelt than you’d expect. ❤️ RIP 🐐
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You know you’re a parent when stuff like this wrecks you. Incredible 🥹
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Put your first name in the GIF search and post the first one from the results Pretty accurate

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Put your first name in the GIF search and post the first one from the results. Mine: “Emmanuel, do not do it!” 🤣🤣

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The Florida Panthers have been shut out in back to back games. First time that's happened to the Cats since last season... on the exact same dates: Dec. 12 & Dec. 14, 2024: Lose 4-0 at VAN, 3-0 at CAL Dec. 12 & Dec. 14, 2023: Lose 4-0 at SEA, 4-0 at VAN @ESPNStatsInfo
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This is the best. Congrats @ZachHyman!
Edmonton Oilers
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Luongo scores in the @HockeyHallFame game then hits the griddy @strombone1 (🎥 @FlaPanthers)
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Loved these answers from Spencer Knight - insightful and honest about his journey back to the NHL
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Replying to @SportsCenter
it should be a rule that goalie fights are never stopped
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The chest pads of Elvis Merzlikins includes a tribute to the late CBJ goalie Matiss Kivlenieks - #80 with angel wings, halo & “KIVI” - at the memorial service for Kivlenieks in 2021, Merzlikins said that Kivi “died a hero” and that he saved him, his wife and his son.
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Replying to @espn
the person
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Hey @starwars fans: @BuffaloSabres goalie Devon Levi is your new favorite @NHL player He meditates like Qui-Gon Jinn during TV timeouts He DREW lightsabers on his mask with a sharpie because he didn’t have a red/black mask yet. The Force is strong with Levi 👊🏽
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You rarely ever see footage like this. In the locker room moments after the Oilers lost game 7 of the Cup Final. Wow. (via @rachelly05, Oilers+ app)
rachel
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The Boston Bruins have never won a playoff series when down 3-1 0-25 all-time The most amount of series losses like that in NHL history @ESPNStatsInfo
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Jonathan Toews will end his captaincy of the Chicago Blackhawks at 15 seasons. That ties Ray Bourque for 3rd longest tenure in NHL history: Steve Yzerman (DET, 19) 86-06 Sidney Crosby (PIT, 16+) 07- Joe Sakic (COL, 16) 92-09 Toews (CHI, 15) 08-23 Bourque (BOS, 15) 85-00
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The @CanadiensMTL fans are second to none. What a show of respect for Carey Price. Goosebumps.
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The best season in history by someone not named Wayne or Mario
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Now that the Colorado Avalanche have been eliminated, none of the remaining teams have won a Stanley Cup this century: Stars - 1999 Rangers - 1994 Oilers - 1990 Canucks - NA Panthers - NA
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Shout out to the @NCState Marching Band, absolutely crushed the NHL on ESPN theme 👏🏽 The atmosphere and vibe in Raleigh is incredible. Fantastic job by all involved
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4 of the top 5 players remaining in the Stanley Cup playoffs that have played the most games in the NHL without winning a Stanley Cup are on #TexasHockey: Ryan Suter (DAL): 1444 Joe Pavelski (DAL): 1332 Blake Wheeler (NYR): 1172 Jamie Benn (DAL): 1112 Matt Duchene (DAL): 1056
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Replying to @kelly_knox
(•_•) <) )╯jedha / \ (•_•) \( (> kyber crystals / \ (•_•) <) )╯galen / \ (•_•) \( (> erso / \
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Props to @TheRock, much nicer to @MapleLeafs fans compared to the last time…
David Walker
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Is this the most technically impressive Michigan? Goes backhand / forehand then scoops puck without slowing down at all, slots it into a tight gap? (Immediate stick twirl bonus points) @BlueJacketsNHL
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Jack Hughes is the 1st @NJDevils player in franchise history to reach 30 goals and 30 assists in the first 47 games of a season. He’s also the first among players 21 years old or younger to do that in over 25 years. That list:
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