You may remember me from such fights as:

• Jay Rosehill vs Mike Rupp on October 10, 2009
• Jay Rosehill vs Brandon Prust on December 5, 2011
• Jay Rosehill vs Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblonde on April 15, 2012
• Jay Rosehill vs Chris Thorburn on April 6, 2013

Oh, you get the idea. Rosie is pretty fantastic. If he’s been on your team you know how hard it is not to love him. When he returns as a member of the opposition, say with the Flyers, and winds up scrapping with one of your team’s heavyweights, say Colton Orr, you know it even more with all the tugging that suddenly starts happening to your heartstrings. Did I mention how fantastic he is?

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Now that NHL hockey’s been back on track for a while, it’s time to properly celebrate the 60th season of Hockey Night in Canada and honestly, when you think of HNIC who do you think of first? I know, I know, Don Cherry. But who’s a close second? You can admit it. You’re tuning in to be entertained by the class clown, delightful hand-talking analyst and former Bruins fan favourite, ass kicker #42 P.J. Stock.

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All Star/Bachelor Fanatic

Now that the season is in full swing, hockey players don’t have a lot of down time. There’s a lot of practice, travels, and of course the games. So no one can blame them when they veg out and watch TV, although sometimes it isn’t the best TV.

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After running an extremely scientific poll on Twitter and Facebook, Brandon Prust of the Montreal Canadiens was selected as this week’s Hawt Trophy winner.

Scruffy, scrappy, and just darn cute. In other words? Perfectly deserving of this honor.

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Habs players Eller, Prust, Armstrong, Price, & Moen Photo by 25Stanley via Instagram

Hockey players have become very free with the sharing since they have discovered Twitter. Many seem to be sharing even more of their adventures since the lockout began almost two weeks ago.

For example, take the Montreal Canadiens. A number of them have decided to take up Bikram yoga. If you’re not familiar with this practice, Bikram is performed in a 105 degree room. They could just come to Florida and do yoga outside, but I digress.

That’s Lars Eller, Brandon Prust, Colby Armstrong, yoga instructor who looks like Leonard from “The Big Bang Theory”, Carey Price, and Travis Moen.

Huge thanks to the locked out Habs for sharing this touching photo with us.

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We’re not going back too far with this week’s fight. All the way back to November 26, 2011 and featuring two teams that have a history of bad blood.

The New York Rangers were playing host to the Philadelphia Flyers. Wayne Simmonds and Brandon Prust were both in the box for unsportsmanlike conduct and fighting respectively.  The penalty time wore down, both men came back onto the ice, and the gloves dropped.

These two teams were just starting their road to the Winter Classic that would be documented by HBO’s 24/7 and this game did more than stoke the fire for what was to come.

Happy Friday, puck heads.

What did Ryan Whitney have to say about these two guys playing on the same team? Keep reading to find out… (Photo: Francis Larrede/flickr)

The plan for this feature was to pick the best quote from a hockey player on twitter during the past week. The problem? Too many guys say too many great things! So this week we give you three tweets. Let’s us know which you think is best

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 It is an understatement to say that the Habs have been one of the busier teams the past few days.

Fans were glued to their televisions, radios, and internet screens to see what rookie GM Marc Bergevin will accomplish on his first attempt at this Free Agent Frenzy special that happens every year on July 1st.

The first deal of the day went to Colby Armstrong. After being bought out by the Toronto Maple Leafs, he was open to starting over. The Habs got him at $1 million for one year, which is $2 million less than he was making in Toronto. Armstrong is known to be a pest and make the game miserable for the opponent. A con of having him is his knack of getting injured very often, although when healthy, he can be very effective. He himself actually broke the news of his new deal on his Twitter page: “I am so happy to have just agreed to a one year deal with Montreal. So pumped. My fav childhood team. Can’t wait #dreamcometrue #habs” Habs fan growing up? That’s pretty darn cool.

Not long after, the Habs welcomed a former player back to the team, Francis Boullion, the 37-year old who went undrafted but signed with the Canadiens in 1998. Boullion would go on to play for the Habs for nine seasons, before signing with the Nashville Predators at the end of the 2008-09 season. Becoming a UFA with Nashville and not getting an offer, Montreal grabbed him for 1 year at $1.5 million. Boullion is small at 5’8 and 198 lbs, but plays like he is 6’5. His passion and drive is undeniable and rarely takes a shift off. With Hal Gill gone, the younger defencemen need a mentor and Boullion will very likely be that for them.

Then the biggest of free agents came from New York, as Brandon Prust signed a 4-year, $10 million contract with an average annual salary of $2.5 million. While Prust isn’t known for his goal scoring ablility, his physical skills make up for that. He knows how to fight, and he knows how to throw out a good hit. He is very useful on the penalty kill, which the Canadiens lacked last year, finishing 28th in penalty kill percentage. Prust tweeted not long after the announcement: “Thank u to the rangers and their fans. Been an amazin 3 years. Time of my life! On to a new chapter in my life. Montreal here I come!! #habs”

But the most important piece of news came today, when Marc Bergevin announced franchise goaltender Carey Price signed a 6-year, $39 million deal with an average annual salary of $6.5 million. With that salary, he becomes the highest paid Montreal Canadien ever signed (Scott Gomez’s contract was made by the Rangers, so he doesn’t count). While his cap hit is big, Price deserves every dollar of that contract. Him along with P.K. Subban are the faces of the franchise, and you have to pay them accordingly.

In more minor deals, the Canadiens also signed Mike Blunden and Cedric Desjardins to one-year, two-way deals. Blunden split time last season with the baby Habs, the Hamilton Bulldogs, and the Canadiens until he suffered a season-ending shoulder injury about halfway through the year. Desjardins spent last season with the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL.

What do you think of the moves the Montreal Canadiens have made so far?

The New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators had one of the most physical series of the Quarterfinal round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

By the time Game 6 rolled around on Tuesday, the Sens held a 3-2 lead in the series and were looking to stage a huge upset. The Rangers were the number one seed in the Eastern Conference and were one of the best teams throughout the whole regular season.

Tensions finally boiled over with about 5 minutes left in the first period, Ottawa carrying a 1-0 lead. Brandon Prust had been pestering the Sens’ known pugilist Chris Neil for most of the game. He kept asking for Neil to go and he got his wish:

You have to give it to Prust. He was definitely outmatched, but that didn’t stop him from dropping the gloves.

Also? The part where a Neil punch sends Prust’s helmet flying? One of my favorite moments of the post season so far.

Chris Neil Photo by Bridget Samuels/ Flickr

Going into Game 6 against the New York Rangers, Ottawa had a lot of things in their favor. Craig Anderson was absolutely solid in net, they had a chance to eliminate the number one seed in the Eastern Conference, and they were getting back a key part of their line up.

Captain Daniel Alfredsson was set to return to the lineup after missing three games with a concussion. Alfie sustained the injury during Game 2 when he took Carl Hagelin’s elbow to the head.

Chris Neil got the Senators on the board in the first period on a power play goal, but the Rangers broke out in the 2nd. They scored 3 goals after going 6 straight periods without scoring. Jason Spezza made things interesting in the 3rd by cutting the lead to 3-2, but the Rangers evened the series and sent it to a 7th game.

The Sens’ loss of focus in the second period cost them the game and possibly the series. They took penalties, handing New York four power plays.  The Rangers took advantage of a questionable goaltender interference call on Nick Foligno that gave them a lengthy 5 on 3 man advantage.

The good news for the Senators is that they have had a number of big comebacks over the course of the season. No one expected them to be where they are and no one expected them to put up much of a fight against the powerful Rangers. Game 7 will take place Thursday at Madison Square Garden, a building where they have had a lot of success.

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