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E.J. Hradek: Jaromir Jagr returns to North America in Czech's Olympic win
VANCOUVER -- Turn back the clock, baby. The featured stars on the second day of this Olympic hockey tournament: Teemu Selanne, Peter Forsberg and Jaro...
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E.J. Hradek: Team Canada invokes junior game plan to stop Ovechkin
VANCOUVER -- What a wonderful Wednesday it was. We watched some wall-to-wall hockey -- four quarterfinal matches. The Americans, Canadiens, Finns and ...
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E.J. Hradek: Things to watch for in today's USA, Canada games
VANCOUVER -- In a few short days, the Olympic hockey tournament has shrunk from 12 teams to eight to the final four. If you're getting your popcorn re...
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E.J. Hradek: Bruins come up empty, NHL gets Wisniewski suspension right
Well, what do you know: We got through a whole night of NHL games without an "incident." I hope Colin Campbell finally got a decent night's sleep. H...
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2010 NHL Playoffs - Stanley Cup - Hradek - Sedin, Ovechkin star as Canucks,...
OK, let's take a quick quiz. Raise your hand if you thought Wednesday night's Boston Bruins and Buffalo Sabres tilt just might go on all night. I know...
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NHL playoffs 2010 -- E.J. Hradek: Power plays having big impact on Washington...
Team NHL (aka, the Phoenix Coyotes) hadn't lost three games in a row at any point during its surprising season. And clearly, it didn't want to start n...
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Top 5 best/worst NHL post-lockout free-agent deals
Believe it or not, this is our sixth class of free agents since the lockout ended in July 2005. It doesn't seem that long, does it? In that time, GMs ...
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NHL: The top 10 defensemen in the NHL
I know you love lists. At least, that's what people tell me. With the new season on the horizon, I figured it would be a good time to put together a s...
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NHL: Dallas Stars, New York Rangers, Tim Thomas among season's top surprises
With all 30 teams have played at least half of their schedule, I've decided to devote today's edition of 'Five for Friday' to some pleasant surprises ...
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NHL: Early trade winners and losers, led by St. Louis Blues
The trade deadline is a week away, but that hasn't stopped the league's general managers from acting aggressively to strengthen their rosters or addre...
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NHL: The New York Rangers should still be able to make the playoffs
The place to be this weekend just might be Calgary. The Flames, currently clinging to the eighth spot in the Western Conference, host a pair of import...
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NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins wing Matt Cooke deserves a hefty suspension from the...
I really don't want to waste a lot of time talking about Penguins left wing Matt Cooke. Here's the bottom line: At the very least, Cooke deserves an e...
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NHL: Notes from the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs
We haven't played even a week of playoff games, and the defending champs already find themselves on the brink of elimination. That didn't take long! ...
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2011 NHL Playoffs: Picking winners for Eastern Conference semifinal series
After nine straight nights of playoff overtime, the second round opened with something of a thud. The Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 1...
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2011 NHL Playoffs: Analyzing five lessons from the playoffs, including a look...
When you study the numbers, you don't always know what to make of things. The Boston Bruins, for example, can't buy a power-play goal (they're ohhhh-f...
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