Awesome Hockey

This unique can cooler is a great gift for hockey fans. Buffalo BottleCraft makes each one by stacking and attaching four authentic hockey pucks, then drills them out to make space for a standard 12 oz. drink can. It also works as a pen or tool caddy. Consider adding one of their hockey puck bottle openers for just $10 extra.

We have fond childhood memories of playing one of those tabletop hockey games and trying to smash the puck into our friend’s goal. Maker Sean Yan Muk of SeansCrafts decided to build himself a version of the classic game using cardboard, curtain rods, popsicle sticks, springs, and toy soldiers.

Twin cities’ drone pilot Jay Christensen previously wowed us with an awesome flight through a bowling alley. Now he’s taken his aerial acrobatics inside of the Mall of America, zooming past storefronts and through its indoor amusement park to chase a group of rollerbladers celebrating the return of the Mighty Ducks to the ice.

Photographer Brandon Rieck of Wanderlust Imagery captured this glorious FPV footage by flying his drone along the top of an ore dock in Marquette, Michigan, then diving down to follow a hockey player skating on the ice below. The transition from above to below is buttery smooth. (Thanks Craig!)

When you’ve turned your enthusiasm for hockey into a career, you need to practice all the time. In this short clip, stick-handling expert Pavel Barber shows off how he trains using an extra-wide treadmill at The Skating Lab while his buddy off camera feeds him practice cones, pucks, and a few unexpected items to dodge.

In this clip from the 2016 GoPro series NHL After Dark, Philadelphia Flyers player Claude Giroux demonstrates just what it means to protect a puck, as he negotiates a stream of dozens of other hockey pucks, and other distractions without flinching. Skip to 1:50.

Buffalo Bottle Craft scoops out the middle of real hockey pucks, and replaces them with a sturdy bottle opener. Each one has a magnetic catch for caps, and makes a great gift for any hockey fan. Available in blank, team logo, and custom designs.

EZ Ice’s outdoor rink kit has panels that snap together and buckled straps that use the weight of the ice to strengthen its walls. You don’t need to drive stakes into the ground, and you can buy extra parts to increase your rink’s area down the line.

The Violent Gents offer various goodies for hockey fanatics, reminding us that it’s the brawls, black eyes, busted teeth, and blood that made the sport great. We also love their Wayne’s World wear, their car fresheners, and their campaign slogan. (Thanks Mike!)

The Hydraulic Press Channel tests the destructive power of their press yet again. This time they see if it can crush the almighty hockey puck, which managed to fend off a red hot nickel ball, then put up a pretty good fight against thermite the last time we checked in.

Game On! Minnesota presents its picks for the best hair among Minnesotan high school hockey players. Apparently these kids have made it their mission to keep mullets and pornstaches alive.

NHL After Dark is an 11-part series from GoPro, the NHL and the NHLPA that will give us an in-depth look at the players’ late night training sessions. Claude Giroux’s version of Frogger is insane. Premieres 2/3/16.

Canadian sports channel TSN spliced together this highlight reel of an adorable little boy at a recent NHL game between the New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators. We’re not sure he even watched any of the game, but he clearly was having the time of his life.

Up until this year, the NHL resolved regular season ties in a 5-minute sudden death overtime with four players on each side. The Flyers and the Lightning became the first teams to show the effect of the new 3-on-3 rule: ATTACK, ATTACK, (HEART) ATTACK.

With Winter gasping for its final breaths here in the Northern Hemisphere, editor Scott Duffy pays tribute to the sport of ice hockey – sampling sounds related to his now melting backyard ice rink. Well, there’s always the indoor rink.

A new era in live sports broadcasting arrives with GoPro and the NHL’s collaboration. Starting at the 2015 NHL All-Star games, players will wear GoPros, providing viewers with up close shots of the action. NFL and NBA are you watching?