PHT’s Morning Skate takes a look around the world of hockey to see what’s happening and what we’ll be talking about around the NHL world and beyond.
Joe Barajas turned someone’s hair into a portrait of Rangers forward Chris Kreider (h/t Puck Daddy):
Stars captain Jamie Benn has decided to stay in North Texas rather than return to Victoria, British Columbia for the summer so that he can make sure his recovery from two hip surgeries goes according to plan. (Dallas Morning News)
The Lightning Astronaut showed up on SportsCenter. (Lightning.nhl.com)
The official Twitter account for the Discovery Channel took a swipe at the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday:
@penguins Strange. Our latest observations show no Penguin activity currently on ice in Pittsburgh. Where did they go?
— Discovery (@Discovery) May 14, 2015
Reddit user imMattAMA combined each NHL team logo with their corresponding state/provincial flags with some interesting results, which you can see here. (h/t TSN).
Here’s 11-year-old Emma Nichols posting an amazing shutout during the 2015 EIHA Inter Conference Tournament (h/t The Goalie Magazine):