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Luongo, Brodeur, and Fleury: Three-headed Olympic goaltending monster
The starting goaltender for Team Canada, whoever it will be, will already be facing the scrutiny of an entire country. There can’t be much more pressure than that.
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Brad Richards an Olympian?
By Jon Gabrielle, The Hockey Writers Brad Richards played for the Canadian team in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He scored 2 goals and added two...
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Yzerman takes a closer look at San Jose’s Olympic hopefuls
With the Canadian Olympic team still not set in stone Steve Yzerman is visiting the arenas of the top prospects. This past Friday he was in San Jose and what...
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The Team Canada Debate: Think, Then Speak
:by Michael P. Kelly When it comes to selecting the Canadian mens Olympic hockey team for the 2010 games, everyone is a general manager. The person reading this,...
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Frozen Flames Puck Links – Sutter’s Gauntlet And Cheerleaders At The Saddledome
Chris Ralph – Flames Correspondent at THW *Last week after Coach Brent Sutter run the Flames through a Sutter-tough practice, I discussed if the need would arise for him to...
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Flyers soaring into 2009 stretch run
With early injuries and a rough schedule to contend with, the Flyers got off to a somewhat sloppy start. With five straight wins in hand though, things are definitely looking up for the orange and black.
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Lecavalier Olympic cut?
By Jon Gabrielle, correspondent Hall of Famer, Steve Yzerman, appeared Thursday on the Bill Watters show in Toronto, 640 radio. “Stevie Y” as he is affectionately referred to by thousands,...
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USA Hockey Studs and Sleepers: The Olympic Team Starts to Take Shape
Jim Neveau, Blackhawks Correspondent Way back in August, when the temperature was still pleasant in the Chicagoland area, 34 of the best US born hockey players in the NHL gathered...
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Perfect Storm Brewing as Flyers Prepare for ‘Canes
The Flyers already had the most difficult and rigorous opening month scheduled among all NHL teams going into the season. Nine of their eleven games were against 2008-09 playoff teams, and when added to the most bizarre scheduling the team had seen in years, it has made for some hard times.
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Ovechkin’s Mom Furious over Sochi 2014
While most Olympic talk is focused on the Vancouver games coming up in February, Tatyana Ovechkin is more concerned over the Sochi games five years from now and the ongoing...
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Minnesota Wild ’09-10 Preview
The only way the ‘09-10 Minnesota Wild could look more different from the inaugural ‘00-01 Minnesota Wild is if they started wearing purple uniforms.
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Building a Champion
A Guest post By Chris O’Neil After writing an article for The Hockey Writers entitled “Training Day: What NHL Players do in the Off Season”, I have been given the...