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Bourne Blog: Changing course on the verge of being swept
The Detroit Red Wings and Philadelphia Flyers are on the verge of doing a quality impression of the Washington Capitals, with both teams being one loss away from getting swept in Round 2 of the...
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Puck Headlines: Praise for Sharks; ESPN on Crosby’s absence
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • "Ha! Got you! I never said...
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Who was the NHL’s most outstanding player of 2010-11?
Is there a more widely misunderstood NHL award than the Ted Lindsay Award? Formerly the Lester B. Pearson Award, and renamed for the Detroit Red Wings legend in 2010, it's voted on by members of the...
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Did Nashville, Trotz work refs well enough to affect Game 4?
"I'd never thought I'd say this to my hockey team. We've got to start diving because it's working. It is working. They're getting power plays because of the diving. I can go through the list of...
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Video: Vancouver Green Men meet Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban
The Green Men, those spandex-clad super fans, traveled to Nashville to see their Vancouver Canucks win Games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference semifinals. While they weren't seated in their usual roles...
View ArticleThursday’s Three Stars: Kesler’s beauty puts Canucks up 3-1
No. 1 Star: Ryan Kesler, Vancouver Canucks Kesler hadn't make his mark on the scoresheet in these playoffs until tonight when he broke out with a two-goal, one assist performance as the Canucks took a...
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How Lightning fan outwitted petty HOA over playoff sign
Steven Paul, 28, is a Tampa Bay Lightning season ticket holder who's justifiably excited with his team in the Eastern Conference finals, eight wins away from the Stanley Cup. Like many other Bolts...
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Jaromir Jagr on NHL return, concussions and fighting his coach
Jaromir Jagr hasn't played in the NHL in three season now, but he is the kind of player fans do remember. Recently, Montreal radio station CJAD announced that "a well-placed NHL source tells CJAD Jagr...
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Red Wings’ Modano healthy scratch for Game 4; retirement next?
If the San Jose Sharks complete the sweep on Friday night against the Detroit Red Wings, this is how it likely ends for Mike Modano: a night in street clothes, as a healthy scratch. Modano told...
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Pass or Fail: San Jose playoff anthem ‘Mack The Shark’
We're predisposed to loathe any parody of Bobby Darin's swingin' "Mack the Knife" because, well, it's a classic. But when the original classic has lyrics like, "when that shark bites, with his teeth,...
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Listen To Puck Daddy Radio for Stu Grimson, playoff eliminations
It's a Friday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star: Stu "The Grim Reaper" Grimson talks Nashville Predators hockey and fighting in the...
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Bourne Blog: Canucks need Ryan Kesler in ‘Horse Mode’
You don't have to be a pro scout to know that Ryan Kesler of the Vancouver Canucks fits the very enviable description of what the hockey world refers to as a "horse." You could hook up a plow to the...
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Puck Headlines: Lidstrom’s NHL future; Flyers vs. Bruins preview
Here are your Puck Headlines: a glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. • Five reasons why Nicklas...
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Sharks sharing burden of leadership, performance in Cup run
After seven playoff wins in nine playoff games, you can see it coming together for the San Jose Sharks. Which means you start picturing the previously unimaginable: Gary Bettman, through lusty boos as...
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Trending Topics: What’s this ‘Fire Bruce Boudreau’ nonsense?
Trending Topics is a new column that looks at the week in hockey according to Twitter. If you're only going to comment to say how stupid Twitter is, why not just go have a good cry for the slow, sad...
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Glendale may pay NHL $25 million for another Coyotes season
Time was not on the side of the Phoenix Coyotes. The Goldwater Institute had them by the stones over the bond sale issue. Prospective owner Matthew Hulsizer, the NHL and the Board of Governors were...
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Bruins sweep Flyers; where did Philly go wrong in playoffs?
After his team swept the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday night, Milan Lucic of the Boston Bruins was asked if it was a relief to finally have questions about their seven-game collapse to the Flyers in...
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Friday’s Three Stars: Bruins eliminate Flyers; Wings survive
No. 1 Star: Milan Lucic, Boston Bruins The Bruins power forward scored 30 goals in the regular season but didn't have a single tally through 10 playoff games. He picked a hell of a time to get...
View ArticlePatrice Bergeron suffers ‘mild’ concussion after Giroux hit
As the Boston Bruins were celebrating their first trip to the Conference Final since the 1991-92 season after sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers last night, they were missing a vital cog in their engine...
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Who are the favorites for NHL’s coaching vacancies?
As the Tampa Bay Lightning showed this season, a new coach with the right philosophy can turn a franchise around in a hurry. Yet scanning the latest scuttlebutt for the NHL's five current coaching...
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