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OHL History: The Connor Brown Double Dip
Over the course of hockey history, it has not been too unusual to see players with the same name. With the commonality of both first and last names, the chances...
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Book Review- “Hockeytown Doc” Gives Readers Rare Perspective
“I’d never before seen a player leave the bench and go into the medical room in the middle of a game unless he was injured and needed immediate attention …...
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Epic Flyers Moments: Sami Kapanen’s Heart VS. Toronto Maple Leafs
In 2004, the diminuitive Sami Kapanen was one of the fastest players in the NHL. Standing only 5’9″, his speed went unmatched in both “Fastest Skater” events before the All-Star...
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Rock Out for the Lockout: “Champion” featuring Alex Ovechkin
With the NHL lockout firmly in place and both sides entrenched for what may be a long, drawn out battle, we’re taking this opportunity to explore the musical side of...
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New York Rangers: The Mark Messier Essentials – October 7, 1991
When the New York Rangers acquired Mark Messier from the Edmonton Oilers on October 4th, 1991, few could have predicted that the trade would be the finest in the Blueshirts’...
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History Will Be Made: Let the Best Women Play for the Stanley Cup
The preset deadline of September 15th has come and gone and little to no ‘public’ progress has been made between the NHL Board of Governors and the NHL Players Association. ...
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The Greatest All-Time New York Islanders
Many hockey fans might remember the New York Islanders of the 1980s because of their collection of Stanley Cup Championships, but those championships were built through careful drafting and key...
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Quotes of the Week: Lockout Nastiness 2003-2005
The following lengthy quotations come largely from editorials written by the media back around the time of the last lockout, with quotations from some owners and a few former players...
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Rock Out for the Lockout: “Hockey Sock Rock”
With the NHL lockout firmly in place and both sides entrenched for what may be a long, drawn out battle, we’re taking this opportunity to explore the musical side of...
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Quotes of the Week: Negotiations
This week’s quotes of the week are a loose confederation of negotiation-related quotations, which sounds far more boring than it really is. Four quotes come from a still-relevant editorial written...
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Book Review: Hamilton’s Hockey Tigers
Hamilton’s Hockey Tigers. By Sam Wesley with David Wesley. (2005, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 96. $24.95. ISBN 978-1-55028-887-2.) Published during the last NHL lockout, who knew...
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Lokomotiv Yaroslavl: One Year Later
On September 6, 2012, there was cause for celebration in Yaroslavl, Russia. For the first time in nearly a calendar year, the city’s hometown hockey team, Lokomotiv, took to the...