The boys are back with more NHL news:
– Lake Tahoe Games
– World’s longest hockey game lasts 252 hours, raises $1.8M for charity in Alberta.
– Auston Matthews is the first NHL player to have 18 goals in the first 18 games in 15 years
– Russian Fight Club
– Sidney Crosby 1000 games
– Nico Hischier named captain
– Now that Hischier is the captain of the devils, that only leaves the Rangers and the Senators to be captain-less.
– The Nashville Predators are listening to deals on all players except Roman Josi, Pekka Rinne and Ryan Ellis
– Chris Johnston tonight on Hockey Night in Canada when talking about the U.S. NHL TV rights deal: “Word is seeping out right now that ESPN has stepped up and it looks like they will get at least •part• of this contract.”
Ked breaks down the Rangers current 2 game winning streak and why the Rangers haven’t found a leader while Hal trolls on people with a Ritchie for Crosby trade.
We give our weekly heroes and zeros before we get into our three stars of the week.

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