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The NHL At The Quarter Mark

20 Nov 2009 17:11:34 PST

Written by Paul
NEW YORK (November 20, 2009)—Fewer than five months after hearing their names called as first-round selections at the National Hockey League Entry Draft, John Tavares of the New York Islanders, Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Matt Duchene of the Colorado Avalanche and Evand...

Original story at Kuklas Korner .

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TeMu: "I need to play [Ivanans] more."

20 Nov 2009 15:39:33 PST

Written by moontheloon23
Quote: As posted earlier, the Kings will skate tomorrow with a third line of Raitis Ivanans, Michal Handzus and Wayne Simmonds, and a fourth line of Teddy Purcell, Brad Richardson and Peter Harrold. Here’s how Terry Murray explained the Ivanans/Purcell flip today…

Original story at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum .

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RAW DEAL FOR NEAL?

20 Nov 2009 14:53:41 PST

Just how costly will the James Neal boarding of Columbus winger Derek Dorsett be for the Dallas Stars? Neal was assessed the 5 minute major and a game misconduct – and now the league has tacked on a two game suspension.

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Blue Jackets-Predators Preview

20 Nov 2009 13:59:16 PST

The surging Nashville Predators have always enjoyed a tremendous home-ice advantage over the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Predators look for a fifth win in a row overall Saturday night as they try to defeat the Blue Jackets for the 12th straight time at Sommet Center. Nashville (11-8-1) has...

Original story at FOXSports.com News for Predators . Related stories include: Predators Win 6th Straight, 4-2 Over Blue Jackets - NYT > Buffalo Sabres , Predators win 6th straight, 4-2 over Blue Jackets - google.com and ... nationalpost.pa-sportsticker.com , topix.net

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Canadiens and Wild Suffer the Same Problem: Farm Team Development.

20 Nov 2009 13:43:29 PST

Written by Sebastien Tremblay
And the fact that, in Montreal, coaches have to speak some french to talk to the media, and Lever doesn’t, probably weighted a lot and he was replaced with Guy Boucher who should be, in a few years, the Montreal Canadiens new coach and again, is said to be a magician with developing young play...

Original story at Bleacher Report .

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New Jersey Devils News and Notes, Nov 20, 2009

20 Nov 2009 05:52:00 PST

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Tibbs)
NEW JERSEY DEVILS Jason Arnott: I'll never forget NJ Devils Stanley Cup in 2000 - (The Star Ledger) Devils fall in shootout - (The New York Post) NHL Standings - (Yahoo NHL) Devils' players stats - (Yahoo NHL) Devils Team Report - (Yahoo NHL)

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NHL: National Hockey League news and blogs - November 23, 2009

23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit NHL: National Hockey League news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Penguins re-assign defenseman Chris Lee -- by Tony from Kuklas Korner
• Avalanche activate F Galiardi, D Liles (AP) -- from Yahoo! Canada Sports - NHL News
• #Kings Manchester update (Hammond) -- by rinkrat from Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum - LA Kings News
• Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pens Dream Of Playing In NHL -- from KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports
• Duck Feed: Pac-10 Statistical Matchup -- from Oregon Headline News
• Penguins-Thrashers Preview -- from FOXSports.com News for Thrashers
• Penguins-Thrashers Preview -- from RUWT? News
• Boston Bruins (9-8-4) at Buffalo Sabres (12-5-1), 7:30 p.m. -- from MiamiHerald.com: Hockey Wires
• Florida Panthers (8-9-2) at Detroit Red Wings (10-6-3), 7:30 p.m. -- from MiamiHerald.com: Hockey
• Rested Canucks host suddenly struggling Avs -- from Sportsnet.ca - NHL

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Caps vs. Canadiens 11-20-2009 Preview

20 Nov 2009 02:05:00 PST

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Caps Nut)
Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. 7:07 pm. Washington TV: Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic. Radio: WFED 1500-AM. Montreal TV: None. Radio: CJAD 800-AM. Canadian National TV: TSN, RDS (French) NHL Center Ice: Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic and TSN feeds.

Original story at Bleatings From a Caps Nut .

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Ruutu, Cole and the Canes snatch victory from the jaws of defeat

19 Nov 2009 23:56:54 PST

Written by David Lee
On Thursday night, the Hurricanes hosted the Maple Leafs with a good chance to stretch their points streak to four games. Although things didn’t go well early on, they battled back. Although they gave up a would-be game winning goal with 30 seconds remaining in the third, they never gave u...

Original story at Kuklas Korner .

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National Hockey League Game Capsules

19 Nov 2009 21:46:00 PST

Patrice Bergeron got the lone goal of the shootout, and Tuukka Rask produced a solid effort with 32 saves, as Boston got by a hot Atlanta Thrashers club, 4-3, at Philips Arena. Michael Ryder scored twice in regulation for the Bruins, who snapped a three-game losing streak. Marco Sturm also s...

Original story at Miami Herald .

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Tuomo Ruutu's shootout goal lifts Hurricanes past Maple Leafs, 6-5

19 Nov 2009 19:38:02 PST

Written by Canadian Press
Tuomo Ruutu and Jussi Jokinen scored in the shootout as the Carolina Hurricanes rallied from three goals down to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-5 on Thursday night. The latest meeting of the NHL's worst teams had a wild finish. Ian White ...

Original story at NHL.com .

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Phillips leads Senators past Penguins

19 Nov 2009 19:16:15 PST

Chris Phillips scored twice in his 800th regular-season game and Pascal Leclaire made 25 saves, leading the Ottawa Senators to a 6-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

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Worcester Sharks To Host Heroes Night-A Tribute To The Worcester 6

19 Nov 2009 15:06:18 PST

Written by What's News
The previous story is excerpted from a Press Release by the Worcester Sharks for the AHL. What's News is the alternate profile of Bleacher Report writer Todd Civin and is used to repost Press Releases for the AHL, The WPS and the NY-PENN baseball League. Civin is a supporter of the award winni...

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Puck Previews: Howard vs. Stars; Kings host the Flyers

18 Nov 2009 15:54:00 PST

Written by Greg Wyshynski
Preview: Phoenix Coyotes at Minnesota Wild, 8 p.m. EST. The Coyotes are trying to snap a seven-game road losing streak against Minnesota. The Wild, meanwhile, are trying to preserve their sellout streak by any means necessary, according to Michael Russo. Watch The Game Live Via Hockey Night...

Original story at Yahoo! Sports .

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Avalanche at Oilers, G22, 09-10

18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Lowetide)
Up front, Dustin Penner is a smidgen from actually walking on water and Ales Hemsky is sublime. Our man Horcoff is picking up the pace despite once again playing at less than 100%. Young Andrew Cogliano seems to have some jump and Patrick O'Sullivan cannot go through an entire season with his...

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Opinion: Top Three Reasons Why the Pittsburgh Penguins Are Slumping

17 Nov 2009 17:11:05 PST

Written by Eric LaForge
The Pittsburgh offense has started to get better during the past few games against Anaheim and Boston, but it was a bigger factor during the four game losing streak that the Penguins dealt with. Read more Pittsburgh Penguins news on BleacherReport.com

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UCLA upset 68-65 in double OT by Fullerton

17 Nov 2009 00:23:55 PST

Aaron Thompson scored a career-high 22 points and Cal State Fullerton upset UCLA 68-65 in double overtime Monday night, snapping a nine-game losing streak against the Bruins. Gerard Anderson added 14 points and Jacques Streeter 11 for the Titans (2-0), who blew a 10-point lead in the sec...

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Flyers snap Devils' eight-game win streak

16 Nov 2009 19:14:00 PST

Darroll Powe, Scott Hartnell, and James van Riemsdyk scored goals as the Philadelphia Flyers edged New Jersey 3-2 to snap the Devils' eight game winning streak on Monday night.

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Canucks GM: Forsberg staying in Sweden

16 Nov 2009 13:39:43 PST

An NHL general manager says Peter Forsberg is going to stay in Sweden this season. Mike Gillis of the Vancouver Canucks was considering signing the former Colorado star, but said he learned Monday that Forsberg wanted to stay in his home country. Forsberg, who is playing for Modo of the Swed...

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Opinion: Kings over Bolts 2-1....some pontification

15 Nov 2009 11:08:04 PST

Written by Hipcheck
I am not sure there are that many coaches in the NHL who after a loss in that fashion could seem even keeled-the fact it comes from Tocchet is even more surprising giving his style as a player. One could only imagine what the reaction would have been from Marc Crawford.

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Video: Leafs discover logic has no home in goal reviews

14 Nov 2009 08:14:00 PST

Written by Greg Wyshynski
It's a little surprising there isn't more outrage on the Interwebs over the no-goal call during the Toronto Maple Leafs' 3-2 loss to the Chicago Blackhawks last night. Maybe we've all accepted that inconclusive is inconclusive; maybe Leafs fans have already used up all of their indignat...

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Opinion: New Jersey Devils News and Notes, Nov 13, 2009

13 Nov 2009 05:59:00 PST

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Tibbs)
NEW JERSEY DEVILS NJ Devils move into first place in Atlantic Division with 4-1 win over Pittsburgh Penguins - (The Star Ledger) Game #17 - Devils at Pittsburgh Penguins - (In Lou We Trust) Devils' players stats - (Yahoo NHL) Devils Team Report - (Yahoo NHL)

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Surging Kings Hand Penguins 1st Road Loss

06 Nov 2009 00:12:26 PST

Jarrett Stoll scored the go-ahead goal with 7:51 to play, and the Los Angeles Kings roared from behind with a four-goal third period in a 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night.

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Doughty Leads Kings to 5-3 Win Over Coyotes

02 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

Written by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Drew Doughty scored the go-ahead goal with 4:51 remaining and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the Phoenix Coyotes 5-3 Monday night.

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Raymond, Kesler pace Canucks' win over Avs

01 Nov 2009 21:38:51 PST

Written by Associated Press
Mason Raymond and Ryan Kesler each had a goal and an assist, and Andrew Raycroft made 18 saves to lead the Vancouver Canucks over the Colorado Avalanche 3-0 on Sunday night.

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Isles' Biron earns 200th win, Tambellini has trick

31 Oct 2009 18:51:00 PDT

Martin Biron earned his 200th NHL win and 26th career shutout, and Jeff Tambellini scored three goals for his first career hat trick as the New York Islanders routed the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 Saturday night to stretch their winning streak to three games.

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