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Minor league hockey doesn't always pack in the fans, especially in the desert climate of Bakersfield, Calif., where the hometown Condors sometimes resort to odd promotions and in-game entertainment, like setting a giant crazed bird loose in the arena.

A minor league hockey team thought getting a few college students out on its ice for 'College Olympics' on Jan. 18 would make for memorable intermission entertainment. They were right…for all the wrong reasons.

With the NHL officially back, it appears that minor league hockey will once again be taking a backseat to the professional league. They are probably a little upset and this video might be proof. Over the weekend, an American Hockey League game between the Grand Rapids Griffins and the Rockford IceHogs provided an epic bench-clearing brawl for the world to enjoy...

The inaugural Maine Pond Hockey Classic will be held in China, Maine, on February 9-10, 2013. Director Pat Guerette said they wanted to bring a new and exciting event to the Waterville area and pond hockey has a large following.

The National Hockey League and its players' union reached a tentative agreement to end the league's 113-day lockout on Sunday.

Just when you thought you'd seen every awesome sports mascot ever, allow us present the Deutsche Eishockey Liga mascot, "Sharky." Sharky is the official mascot of the Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks), and he just might be the best break-dancing giant shark we've ever seen...

There are all sorts of different traditions involving fans throwing things on the ice during hockey games. While most of them involve dead squid or fish, the Calgary Hitman have a much more cuddly tradition.

If there's one thing that sucks about sports, it's lockouts. Lockouts mean no games on TV, no dude time, and a greater chance we'll have to spend time with our women learning how to cook cheese fondue and make potpourri centerpieces. That's why we've been pretty annoyed about this whole NHL lockout.

I can’t understand what is going on in Central and Western Pennsylvania with the high school hockey league. PIHL commissioner Ed Sam sent emails to schools stating the 'National Anthem' will not be played before high school hockey games in that region.

Executives at Molson Coors, the oldest and largest beer company in Canada, are not very happy with this whole NHL lockout thing. The brewing giant says the lockout is to blame for a sobering decline in beer sales.

Remember hockey? The NHL lockout is looking as ugly as, if not uglier than, last year's NBA lockout. We are now in day 53 of it—is there any hope?

The NHL lockout continues and hockey fans could be in for a long winter.There has been recent communications between the NHL Players' Association special counsel Steve Fehr and NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly. However the stalemate continues, making it likely that the Winter Classic will be cancelled.

It's not uncommon for board glass around a hockey rink to break during collisions but this might be the first recorded case of a player's celebration breaking glass.

Hockey is back! Hockey is dead! Today may be the day that we find out which of those statements will turn out correct. The NHL preseason has already been cancelled, and the lockout is about to enter its third week. Stunningly, today is the first time the players and the owners have even met to discuss anything since September 15.

Just seven years removed from the cancelled 2004-05 season, the NHL is moving perilously close to another major work stoppage. The regular season is still scheduled to begin October 11, just two weeks away, but the owners, who locked the players out earlier this month, have now decided to fully cancel the preseason. This does not bode well if you're a hockey fan.