Doctors clear Manny Malhotra to return for Stanley Cup Final
On Mar. 16, Manny Malhotra was thought to be done for the season after taking a puck to the eye in a game against the Colorado Avalanche. Concerns quickly went from whether or not Malhotra could return...
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Winnipeg-born Jonathan Toews talks Thrashers relocation
When you're a hockey star born in Winnipeg and your hometown is thisclose to landing another NHL franchise, you're guaranteed to be peppered with questions about it. Especially when you have a lake...
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NHL Conn Smythe 2011 ranking: Which Canucks, Bruins have edge?
The Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks begin the 2011 Stanley Cup Final on Wednesday; and after either team earns its fourth victory, the Chalice will be carried out and awarded to that victor's...
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Fans cyber-squatting on the new NHL Winnipeg team name
On May 5, Jeff Malcovich made an unusual hockey purchase. The former CBC Radio traffic reporter lives in Winnipeg, where the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers are headed. The official name of the new Winnipeg...
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How much are 2011 Stanley Cup Final tickets? Prepare to sell kidney
A quick economics lesson about Vancouver Canucks Stanley Cup Final tickets, courtesy of Joellen Ferrer of StubHub.com: "The demand well surpasses supply. You have a lot of these fans who aren't going...
View ArticlePass or Fail: Canucks playoff anthem with Southern rock harmony
The majority of the Vancouver Canucks 2011 Stanley Cup Playoff anthems — there are roughly 250,000 of them at last count — veer toward hip-hop or current pop standards. (Well, save for that polka.) But...
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What We Learned: Old Man Mark Recchi’s astonishing longevity
Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend's events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each...
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Bruins/Canucks Stanley Cup Preview: Who has better forwards?
Leading up to Wednesday's Game 1, Puck Daddy's Sean Leahy and Greg Wyshynski are previewing every facet of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks— on the ice and...
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Listen to Puck Daddy Radio for Bruins/Canucks, concussions
It's a (gettin' down on) Friday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star Part 1: Mike Halford from the Kurtenblog joins us to talk...
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Bruins/Canucks Stanley Cup Preview: Who has better special teams?
Leading up to Wednesday's Game 1, Puck Daddy's Sean Leahy and Greg Wyshynski are previewing every facet of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks— on the ice and...
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Puck Headlines: Thrasher Day in Winnipeg expected Tuesday
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. • That's Lil' Alex Ovechkin,...
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Bruins/Canucks Stanley Cup Preview: Who has the better coach?
Leading up to Wednesday's Game 1, Puck Daddy's Sean Leahy and Greg Wyshynski are previewing every facet of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks— on the ice and...
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Bettman and the Jets: Tales from the NHL’s flight from Winnipeg
By all accounts, the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North will be completed this week, with a formal announcement of the NHL's return to Winnipeg coming as early as Tuesday. It'll be a joyous...
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Winnipeg to announce Thrashers relocation, party hard on Tuesday
The weeks of shifting deadlines, false starts and various Canadian media outlets falling over each other to claim they were the first ones to break the news were all rendered irrelevant on Tuesday...
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The 10 oddest places the Stanley Cup has ever visited
The first team to win the Stanley Cup was the Montreal Hockey Club in 1893. The silver chalice has been handed to the National Hockey League's champion each year since 1927. The number of players who...
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Thrashers still selling season tickets 1 hour before Winnipeg event
At 10:49 a.m. ET, just over an hour before the formal press conference announcing the sale of the Atlanta Thrashers to True North and the franchise's relocation to Winnipeg for the 2011-12 NHL season,...
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Live Blog: NHL, True North announcement of Atlanta to Winnipeg
The story has been "broken" at least once a day since the end of the regular season, but Tuesday is finally the day that the NHL and True North Sports and Entertainment announced that the sale of the...
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Listen to Puck Daddy Radio for NHL in Winnipeg, Canucks’ Tanner Glass
It's a Tuesday edition of Puck Daddy Radio, and we're chatting about the following and much more: • Special Guest Star Part 1: Bobby Holik, former Atlanta Thrashers forward, offers his take on the...
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Bruins/Canucks Stanley Cup Preview: Who has better defensemen?
Leading up to Wednesday's Game 1, Puck Daddy's Sean Leahy and Greg Wyshynski are previewing every facet of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Boston Bruins and the Vancouver Canucks— on the ice and...
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True North unveils Winnipeg’s ‘Drive to 13′ ticket campaign
With the announcement of the Atlanta Thrashers moving to Winnipeg for the 2011-12 season, it's now time for True North Sports and Entertainment to begin the preparations for the return of NHL hockey....
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