• Notice anyone familiar in the front row? It’s Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel taking in the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys last Sunday. [@FoxSports]

• Mark your calendars: the Las Vegas franchise will reveal their name and logo on Tuesday, November 22 at a special event outside of T-Mobile Arena. [Vegas Is Hockey]

• Marc Savard’s NHL career ended after his sixth concussion. He reflects on where he is now, “I’m 39. I still should be playing, right?” [Boston Globe]

• After bouncing around to a few teams Tyler Kennedy discusses his likely early retirement. [Post-Gazette]

• Antti Raanta writes about his mandatory military service in Finland and how it’s made him appreciate where he’s at now. [Players’ Tribune]

• Interesting hire by the Buffalo Sabres, Patrick Kaleta will serve as ‘Youth Hockey Ambassador’ for the team. What an interesting mentor for kids… [Sabres]

• After Vinnie Viola became a billionaire, he purchased a hockey team. Not just any hockey team but the biggest ‘basket case’ in the league – the Florida Panthers. [Globe & Mail]

• Hockey Fights Cancer has a special significance for Erik Gudbranson as he watched his younger brother fight and beat cancer years ago. [NHL]

• With Hampus Lindholm back in the lineup, Anaheim Ducks coach Randy Carlyle has his ‘dream scenario’ in the team’s top two defensive pairings. [OC Register]

• Glen Gulutzan refuses to let the slow start of the Calgary Flames or the loss of Johnny Gaudreau change his outlook for the team. [Review-Journal]

• Stars like Gaudreau are constantly facing slashes of the hands, arms and wrists by the opponents. [Calgary Sun]

• The Minnesota Wild’s pickup of Eric Staal in free agency is looking like the steal of the offseason. [Pioneer Press]

• The New York Islanders problems start at the top with GM Garth Snow. [Islanders Insight]

• Might the Ottawa Senators be looking to trade goaltender Andrew Hammond? [The 6th Sens]

• Goal scoring droughts of nine games happen to the best scorers in the NHL more often than realized. [TSN]

• The reasons behind the success of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s power play this season. [Lightning Shout]

• “Kevin Hayes, hockey god.” [Blue Seat Blogs]

• Part two of a three part series on the evolution of coaching in the Canadian Hockey League and how it’s bringing about stars like Connor McDavid. [Yahoo! Sports Canada]

• Down Goes Brown: The NHL’s five most confusing teams. [The Hockey News]

• Fantasy hockey: the cost-benefit analysis of the struggling Sean Monahan in salary cap leagues. [Dobber]

• Why the ‘scoring chance’ is a flawed metric, and how it can be improved upon. [Oilers Nation]

• The Connecticut Whale underwent a massive overhaul in personnel in the offseason, but on the ice, the systems stay the same. [Fanrag Sports]

• The Arizona Coyotes announcement of a new arena provides stability and room for further growth for hockey in the West. [Five For Howling]

• Fatima Al Ali of the United Arab Emirates women’s national team shows of her incredible hands and stick work in a video captured by Peter Bondra. [Excelle Sports]

• Set your DVRs for December 4 as Wayne Gretzky makes his animated debut on The Simpsons. It’s no ProStars, but it’ll do. [Sportsnet]

• Finally, Avangard Omsk forward Nikolai Lemtyugov with a gorgeous toe-drag that leads to a goal.