As expected the news is starting to slow down this time of year, and the news that is coming through is primarily focused on the two teams vying for the Stanley Cup. And who cares about those guys anyways? Luckily there is a silver lining in the clouds that are offseason hockey, and that is that the @Biznasty2point0 Twitter feed is back in full force. Paul Bissonnette had a picture with perhaps the name that is most associated with hockey. Thats right there is a picture with him and Paulina Gretzky, I guess her dad was someone but that is unconfirmed. Also we have good news for the Coyotes future. Two of the Coyotes prospects were in the news, Brandon Gromley is going to be playing for the Memorial Cup and Brendan Shinnimin was named the Player of the Year and the Top Scorer of the Year.

Those stories and more all below after the jump.

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Last night we learned who will be playing for the Stanley Cup this year, it will be the New Jersey Devils and the Los Angeles Kings. The Devils beat the New York Rangers in overtime, winning the series in 6 games, and earned the right to play for the ultimate prize in sports. Personally I'm glad that the Devils one, they are one of my favorite teams in the East, and I thought that that they had the best chance to beat LA because the Rangers really seemed to be tired these past few games. The Devils also played a very calm game against the Philadelphia Flyers and I remember it was suggested that the Coyotes should have played like that against the Kings in their series.

In actual Coyotes news, there wasn't really anything. Everyone seems to be talking about the heated handshake line, although a lot of people have been pretty understanding about it, except for people in comment threads and on Twitter. We also have some news from around the hockey world, including what may be the best quote ever.

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As we all know when there is still hockey to play teams and players are usually very tight lipped about their injuries and players are more willing to hide their injuries and play through them. Now that the Coyotes are officially in their off season the organization released the names of some players who have been playing through injuries, some players played multiple games with multiple injuries. General Manager Don Maloney talked about the injuries and he said that nothing was really serious in terms of breaks but some players are pretty banged up. Thankfully Michal Rozsival did not suffer a serious injury from the late hit that Dustin Brown delivered towards the end of Game 5, the rest of the injuries are after the break.

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On Thursday the Phoenix Coyotes players cleaned out their lockers and headed home for the summer. The first question on many people's minds is how many of the players will be back in the Fall. The team has a number of free agents including captain Shane Doan. Between the Jamison group trying to close the deal on owning the team, roster issues, and the CBA expiring on September 15th, this summer will be full of interesting hockey news and that doesn't include the draft and development camp.

While the off-season is on the minds of Phoenix's hockey club and their fans, golfing and hanging out at the lake aren't on the minds of the Devils and Rangers. The two teams meet tonight for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Final this evening at 5 p.m. MST. The Devils hold a 3-2 series lead.

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A hockey season that started on an ugly note in San Jose finished on an uglier one Tuesday night in Glendale. However, almost everything in between was exciting; even many of the losses. On October 8, 2011 just two periods into the 2011-2012 NHL season it would have hard to be believe the Phoenix Coyotes would have made the playoffs, much less the Western Conference Final series. On that fall evening in Northern California Phoenix's hockey club found themselves down 6-1 to the San Jose Sharks in a game they would eventually lose 6-3. Two night's later they would lose their first in series of thrilling (and heartbreaking) games to the Dallas Stars.

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A number of the folks who blog at SB Nation's hockey sites got together and voted on seven of the NHL's regular season awards. Starting this past Monday and continuing on through next Tuesday the blogger tallies for the awards will be released. The trophies voted upon were the Vezina, Norris, Lady Byng, Calder, Masterton, Selke, and Hart. Later in the post there are links to the award winners that have already been announced, as well as the dates when the other results will be released.

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(SB Nation Chicago) - Phoenix Coyotes winger Raffi Torres was suspended for 25 games earlier in the playoffs after a brutal headshot on Marian Hossa that has left the Chicago Blackhawks star concussed and with the future of his career very much in doubt.

The suspension started immediately, but as Chicago has turned to focus on Hossa's recovery, the Torres-less Coyotes continued to play on, reaching the Western Conference Final. But they were eliminated from the playoffs last night by the Los Angeles Kings, thus notching a demarcation in the timeline of Torres' suspension.

With the Coyotes having played 13 games since Torres was docked, he wil be forced to miss the first 12 games of next season, as pointed out by Chris Johnston of the Canadian Press. Johnston also calculates that Torres will lose a close to $260,000 as a result of the continuing suspension.

Torres has appealed his suspension, but no announcement has been made regarding any reduction to the ban. It's expected that the league will rule against him.

Coyotes vs. Kings Post Game News

2012 Western Conference Finals: Coyotes Season Comes To An End In A Controversial Game 5 Overtime - SB Nation Arizona

2012 Stanley Cup playoffs: Phoenix Coyotes irate as Los Angeles Kings advance - ESPN

Coyotes’ Mike Smith believes Dustin Brown should be ‘done forever’ for Rozsival hit; slams Game 5 officiating | Puck Daddy - Yahoo! Sports

How The West Was Won: Kings Beat Coyotes In OT, Advance To Cup Final - SBNation.com

Does Dustin Brown deserve a suspension for hit on Michal Rozsival? | ProHockeyTalk

Kings Edge Coyotes 4-3 in Overtime to Win West - ABC News

Chirbit - Shane Doan after Game 5 - MikeJackBauer

Dave Tippett Press Conference Video - NHL VideoCenter - Phoenix Coyotes

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