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Goalie Fights? Yeah, Goalie Fights!
Although bench clearing brawls are more than rare compared to hockey of yesteryear, there’s still a line where a brawl can cross over to the next level. Typically that line...
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Red Wings Alumni Roster Continues To Grow, Still Missing Big Names
On Thursday afternoon the Detroit Red Wings announced some noteworthy additions to their 2012 Sirius XM Hockeytown Winter Festival Alumni Showdown lineup with the aid of a highlight package that...
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Top 10 Worst Mike Milbury Trades, Contracts, and Transactions
Many might remember Mike Milbury as the hockey player who jumped into the MSG stands and beat a fan with his own shoe. Others might remember Milbury for his many...
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The “Success” Of Joey MacDonald May Be Bad For The Detroit Red Wings
That headline sounds preposterous upon first glance, doesn’t it? How could the high-end play of one of Detroit’s own players harm the team in any way? If Joey MacDonald plays...
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Chris Osgood – Oz-Good As They Get
During the summer of 2011, Chris Osgood decided that 17 years of service as a NHL goalie merited him the ability to retire from playing a sport that he...
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Hungry Howie: Jimmy Howard’s Appetite for Excellence
Boasting an 8-4-1 record and a tied-for-league-best 3 shutouts, Jimmy Howard is attracting attention from around the league much like he did during his rookie campaign 2 seasons ago, and...
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Anno Ch/Kristopher: The End of an Era in Detroit
Summer is the the cruelest season for romance and hockey. It is a time when attachments that felt so secure are suddenly loosened and connections are changed or severed completely. Those cuts, whether bitter or sweet or a bit of both, are always accompanied by declarations of future happiness to come. In the case of that sun-kissed romance, it can be the promise of continued contact. In hockey, its a little less clear that Danny’s kissing Sandy but thinking of getting back home to Rizzo -um- Danny is thinking of retiring or possibly changing the colour scheme of his work wardrobe until the announcements hit the news outlets.
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Revisiting The Classics: King with the late winner for the Canucks
Over the summer, I will keep the Canucks section of TheHockeyWriters.com updated by looking at classic Canucks games from the West Coast Express era. Today’s featured game took place on...
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Odd streak to end with Luongo?
by Jason Kurylo Roberto Luongo came within one win of being the first #1 goaltender since 1976 to win a Stanley Cup while also wearing the number 1...
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Down the Stretch They Come: Seeding Battles to Watch For in the West
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent Through much of the 2011 portion of the NHL schedule, the jockeying for position in the playoffs has been endlessly entertaining to watch. While teams like...
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Injured Red Wings Return to Columbus
Tonight the Detroit Red Wings are back in Columbus nearly two months after their last back-to-back with their Central Division rival Blue Jackets; and a lot has happened since then. It...
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Bergeron for Selke?
With most of Massachusetts closed down due to the snow, it is a great time to reflect upon the goings-on in the world of hockey … a show-day edition of...