Friday Links - Cats are Jerks

BLUES NEWS:

• The Blues played the Stars last night and won 6-0…too bad this doesn't count for anything. Paul Stastny had 2 goals as did Vladimir Tarasenko. Joel Edmundson and Petteri Lindbohm scored one each. [Blues]
• Six players released back to their junior teams. [SLGT]
• Join the pledge to raise money for the Harbor House in Chicago. [SLGT]
• Listen to Beyond Checkerdome Episode #98: Hockey-Like Substance. [SLGT]

HOCKEY NEWS:

• Six fake games last night. [NHL.com 9/24/15]
• Five fake games Wednesday night. [NHL.com 9/23/15]
• Nine fake games tonight. [NHL.com 9/25/15]
• Old friend Keith Tkachuk's son Matthew, a top prospect in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, showed why in yesterday's USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game in Buffalo. (S/T to CrossCheckRaise) [USA Today]
• Rangers forward Mats Zuccarello will play in his first game since receiving a skull fracture during Game 5 of the first round against the Penguins. [CBS Sports Eye on Hockey]
• The CEO of the Russian airline, Yak Service airline, has been found guilty in the Lokomotiv plane crash. [Puck Daddy]
• Nathan MacKinnon and Sidney Crosby try to make ends meet during the off-season by working a Tim Horton's drive-thru. [Puck Daddy]
• Brandon Saad's start with the Blue Jackets has been quite painful. [CBS Sports Eye on Hockey]
• The rape kit in the Patrick Kane case allegedly ended up on the doorstep of the victims mother. [Puck Daddy]
• Now the lawyer representing the accuser has withdrawn from the case. [Deadspin]
• Gordie Howe attended the Red Wings v. Blackhawks preseason game on Wednesday night. [CBS Sports Eye on Hockey]
• A Korean pop group wore jerseys of Rangers forward Chris Kreider (one girl wore a Rick Nash jersey) during a recent concert. [CBS Sports Eye on Hockey]
• Wayne Gretzky received a jersey while in attendance of a Tottenham Hotspur v. Arsenal game in London. Only problem was, the jersey said "GRETSKY". [CBS Sports Eye on Hockey]
• Yogi Berra was a New Jersey Devils fan and wrote an editorial on them in the New York Times in June of 2003. [Puck Daddy]

OTHER STUFF:

• Science says "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is the most iconic song ever. [Mental Floss]
• Since hitchBOT's untimely demise, a US company has built hitchBAT to take up where hitchBOT left off. [Nerdist]

VIDEO:

Here's a video of cats being jerks.