Link Chowder 6/19

Serving up the best links of the week from all across the newfangled interwebs

According to ESPN's E.J. Hradek, the NHL is planning on holding two outdoor games on New Year's Day: one at Fenway and one in Calgary [ESPN]

The NHL's version of Sideshow Bob wins NHL celebrity poker tournament in Vegas[Poker Listings]

The REAL reason that Glen Murray needed that extra cash [Big League Screw]

Congratulations to fellow SB Nation hockey blogger Donny Rivette from Litter Box Cats for winning Hockey Barn's Rookie Writer of the Year Award [Hockey Barn]

The NHL Awards you may not see [New York Times Slap Shot Blog]

Phil Kessel denies reports that he and his agent Wade Arnott are asking for $5 million per year. So this way when a deal inevitably falls through, he can look like the good guy and the Bruins will look like cheapskates. Well played kid. Something tells me that Kessel wants the big pay day. I think he has played his last game for the Boston Bruins. [Worcester T&G]

Jack Edwards named worst play-by-play announcer in the NHL [Fang's Bites]

Even these small children know that Hal Gill doesn't deserve a Cup. Look at how they surrounded him and tried to pry it from his hands. Swim to the deep end Hal!  "How many times do I have to tell you? No roughhousing with the Stanley Cup in the pool!  [Deadspin]