It’s not often that one hears rumors involving New York Islander Mike Comrie. And if you did, you may ask, “Is it true he might actually score again? I heard a rumor that said he might…”

Well, luckily for him, Mike is scoring off the ice. Some haggy blogger is “reporting” that Mike Comrie and his girlfriend of one year, Hillary Duff are engaged,  (I hear she’s famous). Apparently, she’s showing off a ring…. I guess that may mean something…

So I hit Wikipedia to bone-up on Duff(!) and see that she’s not even 21 yet (birthday’s next month). Getting engaged just seems like a baaad idea right now — Hell, Comrie hasn’t shown this much commitment to a team in the last three years. You kids should slow it down, have some fun and, if there’s time, maybe score some f’n goals, Mike!

Montreal Canadiens sports broadcaster/hockey analyst/shithead Ron Fournier has been found in violation of the Code of Ethics. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled that the CKAC host did indeed promote violence by saying the following as described by THN:

 Speaking with his co-host about the Habs’ lack of reaction to opponents interfering with their goalie, CKAC-AM talk show host Ron Fournier suggested that, after the second instance of future goalie interference, the Canadiens should (and this is a translation) “break (a) stick on the back of the (opposing) player’s neck. […] You cross-check him in the back of the head and he ends up with his face in the glass enclosure or in the ice!”

You can read the entire rant here.

I can kinda see how it can be easy to get caught up in the moment with all the excitement of the game and everything. I used to get riled up at games and yell, “SHOOT’EM IN THE FACE YOU SONOVABITCH!!!!” at our defense when their offense would make a rush. I was just trying to be a good motivator but it turns out all it really does is gets you banned for life from Peewee hockey games.

Puck That Hit staff has decided that today will be a no work day. Not every Monday, just this Monday.

This decision wasn’t taken lightly. We are aware of the thousands hundreds dozens of readers that rely on our daily dose of whatever it is we do hockey news. And although we feel a deep obligation to entertain you all, sometimes ya just gotta hit the snooze button.

In the end, we weighed the pros and cons and came to the conclusion that it’s our blog and we can do whatever the hell we want.

We won’t completely shirk our responsibilities, so here’s today’s rumor of the Day pic, with ummmm, no rumor.

See y’all tomorrow!

It looks like the Vancouver Canucks are starting to consider a Plan B after tendering their ass-clown $20 million offer to Mats Sundin. Mark Parrish, the former Wild winger who was bought out late last month has garnered some interest from the Vancouver Canucks. Well, that’s only if Sundin turns them down.

Reports TSN:

Parrish’s agent spoke to Vancouver radio station CKNW on Wednesday confirming the Canucks’ interest in his client and admitting a signing may not take place until Sundin makes a decision on his future.

“I think there are a few teams waiting on Mats to see what he ends up doing,” agent John Vollan told the radio station. “There are a few teams (interested in Parrish). It’s preliminary. (Mark) is finding out what his interest is as well.”

I don’t know how a winger who has never been better than a plus+10 in his 9 years in the NHL gets so much attention. Sure, he was pretty good once upon a time (hello 2001!), but he’s clearly not contributing anymore. Can you believe this guy was actually part of the deal that sent Luongo and Jokinen from the Islanders to the Panthers?!

Mike Milbury is a friggin’ genius!!

Twice now the NHL has staged a regular season game that was held outdoors. Dubbed the Winter Classic, this far these games have been very successful despite the threatening role Mother Nature plays each time. Perhaps looking to out-do the NHL, the IIHF (International Ice Hockey Federation) staged their own Winter Classic in Switzerland.

In the Alps.

In a glacier.

Inside a fucking glacier!!

From the IIHF web site:

“We wanted to stage a unique event and were thus looking for a game at an enormous altitude,” said Sébastien Pico, the manager of the Swiss second-tier club EHC Visp. The plan succeeded. On Monday, the club aimed for the sky by playing EV Zug at an altitude of 3,883 metres (12,740 ft).

It was not an Olympic-sized rink the teams played on, but the organisers nevertheless brought out the best of the glacier palace, a natural crevasse, creating an 18-metre long rink that was between 4 and 12 metres wide. The temperature was -2°C but coolers brought the ice to -7°C. Guests kept warm by mulled wine and tea. Plexi-glass protected the glacier palace from shots.

Hmmmm… I love what they were going for here but I have to say nice try but no. The concept is great but only in a hammered college varsity team / “Dude, we should totally play some four-on-four up in that glacier, maaan” kind of way. In fact, it would’ve been great if that’s all it had been. It all falls apart when you see the photo in the link - It looks like they’re skating around the Batcave, which makes me think that Arnold Schwarzenegger is standing just off-camera making a horrible cold pun while George Clooney wonders if ER will take him back.

Here’s a long shot of the whole set-up…. I think my bathroom is bigger…