Surviving the Evil NHL Lock-Out: A Beginner's Guide:

1. See No Evil: Rent (although if you are true hockey fan you probably own these!) the following movies to vicariously provide the warm fuzzy feeling that a hat-trick or a bone-crushing boarding provides:
Miracle

Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team

Slapshot

Les Boys

Mystery, Alaska

Youngblood (cheesy, but a great shot of Rob Lowe's heinie!)

2. Play No Evil: Living Room Hockey. Not exactly safe for your collection of Hummel figurines, but a good way to work off excess frustration...go a step further and post a picture of Gary Bettman in between your pseudo-pipes (bookcases work great!) snag a tennis ball and whack away!

3. Sing No Evil: Assemble a collection of all-time hockey favorite anthems to mourn to; beginning of course with this ONE....anything hair-metal vintage works, classic Queen, The Hockey Song, and my personal fave by Warren Zevon: "Hit Somebody"

You could skirt the whole ludicrous mess of course, and just check out AHL hockey, it's cheap and the guys are real scrappers...unlike some National League players who are more concerned about looking pretty for their next endorsement deal. (Chi-Town fans, your team is the 1998, 2000 & 2002 Turner/Calder Cup Champs Da Wolves!)