The 10 most awkward 2011 NHL Draft rookie photos

06/28/11 Full disclosure: The glamour shots from the 2011 NHL Entry Draft don't have the whacked-out surrealism of previous years . (We're looking at you, Bohemian Rhapsody homage .) Nor do the draft picks have the abject quirkiness of last summer's NHL Draft: Los Angeles crew. (We're looking at you, Evgeny Kuznetsov. Please stop looking at us.) This year's draft photos from St. Paul fell into three ...

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YouTube made the NHL star: Players who went viral before pro

07/08/11 When Tomas Jurco was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the second round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, the first thing that came to mind wasn't that he played for Saint John in the QMJHL or scored 56 points in 60 games last season. It was YouTube. Before he was the 35th overall pick in St. Paul last month, he was the star of viral clips like this one, featuring an incredible shootout move during ...

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Mooseheads Acquire Rights to Nathan MacKinnon

07/13/11 Halifax Mooseheads General Manager Cam Russell officially announced today the acquisition of the rights to Nathan MacKinnon, selected 1st overall in the 2011 QMJHL Entry Draft by the Baie-Comeau Drakkar.

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