NHL Power Rankings: Ducks lead post-trade deadline parade - SI.com

1. Anaheim Ducks

• The Ducks are almost unstoppable with the extra man. They've scored at least one power play goal in eight straight games and are 13-for-28 during that span. No surprise that they’ve won all eight. Adding big winger Jamie McGinn from Buffalo at the deadline was an excellent depth addition that positions this team for a run at the Stanley Cup.  
• Last week: 3-0-0

6. Los Angeles Kings

• What’s up with the offense? The Kings have scored just 12 goals in their past eight games. A stout defense allowed them to win four of them, but that first-to-two approach could be tough to sustain come crunch time.  
• Last week: 3-1-0

8. San Jose Sharks

• The Sharks went 3-8-2 last February, effectively ending a 10-year playoff streak with one horrible month. Things went much better this year. San Jose posted a 6-3-1 record on the road and went 2-1-1 at home to turn the battle for the Pacific Division title into a three-team race.  
• Last week: 2-1-1

Complete list (SI.com)  

2016 World Cup of Hockey Rosters Announced

Five Players from Ducks Named to World Cup of Hockey 2016 Rosters

The Ducks today had five players named to rosters for the World Cup of Hockey 2016. Among the announcements made today by participating countries, Anaheim Ducks center Ryan Getzlaf was named to Team Canada; center Ryan Kesler was named to Team USA; goaltender John Gibson was named to Team North America; defenseman Sami Vatanen was named to Team Finland; and goaltender Frederik Andersen was named to Team Europe. The best-on-best international hockey tournament will be held in Toronto, Canada from Sept. 17-Oct. 1, 2016.

(Ducks.NHL.com)


Kings To Participate In 2016 World Cup

LOS ANGELES – The following Los Angeles Kings players were today named as participants for the World Cup of Hockey 2016 -- the best-on-best international hockey championship from Sept. 17 to Oct. 1, 2016 -- in Toronto:

Anze Kopitar (Team Europe)

Jonathan Quick (Team USA)

Jeff Carter and Drew Doughty (Team Canada)

The announcements came from the National Hockey League and the National Hockey Leagues Players’ Association.

In addition, Kings trainers Darren Granger (Canada) and Chris Kingsley (U.S.) will be on the bench for each of their respective countries.  Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi is the General Manager for the U.S. Team and Rob Blake, the Kings Vice President and Assistant General Manager, is part of Team Canada’s management team.

(Kings.NHL.com)

Five Sharks Named to 2016 World Cup Rosters 

SAN JOSE - The San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) announced today that forward Joe Pavelski, defenseman Marc-Edouard Vlasic (@Vlasic44), forward Tomas Hertl (@tomashertl48), defenseman Roman Polak, and forward Joonas Donskoi have been named to their respective countries rosters for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. The tournament will be held from Sept. 17-Oct. 1 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto.

(Sharks.NHL.com)

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These Cars Changed The Game

5 Innovative Race Cars That Were So Quick They Rewrote The Rulebooks

These dominant race cars prove that there is such as thing as 'too fast' - when you make everyone else look stupid, race organisers are always going to hold you back!

2. Nissan R32 GT-R

The Nissan GT-R R32 is still praised in the tuning world for its responsive chassis, iconic engine and phenomenal four-wheel drive system. So it’ll come as no surprise that the R32 made a pretty handy touring car back in the day, especially in the Australian Touring Car Championship, where the R32 took first and second place in the 1992 standings. But it was one event in particular that secured Godzilla its truly iconic status: the 1992 Tooheys 1000 at Bathurst.

An R32 had already won at Bathurst the year before - the first Japanese vehicle to win at the track - but it was the rain soaked 1992 event that has gone down in history. The race was absolute carnage with pools of standing water covering the track, but the R32 of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife was in its element, promptly clearing off into the distance while other cars simply aquaplaned off the track and into the extremely unforgiving concrete walls.

Complete list (CarThrottle.com)

Truth In Advertising

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No Kiddin'

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They See Me Rollin' - Chevrolet Edition

Pro- Touring 1968 Chevrolet Corvette 

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Useless Info - Breast Implants Edition

Bizarre Things You Didn't Know About Breast Implants

Japanese prostitutes led the wave of silicone

Believing that American servicemen preferred women with a larger chest, Japanese prostitutes led the wave -- albeit a very uneducated wave -- of augmentation by using stolen industrial-grade silicone to inject into their own breasts.

This would lead to "silicone rot" in which gangrene formed around the injection site, as well as chronic "pain, skin discoloration, ulceration, infection, disfigurement, breast loss, liver problems, respiratory distress and pulmonary embolism, and even coma and death."

This came from the fact that these women would use industrial-grade silicone as opposed to medical-grade silicone.

Complete list (Thrillist.com)