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E.J. Hradek: Some teams hog the top center in the NHL.
Well, we lost the Edmonton Oilers over the weekend. Pat Quinn's team was officially eliminated from the playoff chase after a 6-4 loss in Toronto. If ...
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Stanley Cup - Hradek - previewing each first round series
Did you know that there were 6,803 goals scored this season? Don't feel bad, I didn't either until I got a nice note from Allison Loucks and Andrew Da...
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Stanley Cup - Hradek - Upsets rock Stanley Cup openers
Ho hum, the first night of the playoffs went as planned, eh? I think we all knew that Ottawa would skate into Pittsburgh and smack the defending champ...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - E.J. Hradek: The Red Wings looked bad against the Sharks,...
Not surprisingly, skating on short rest after a Game 7 win in Phoenix on Tuesday night, the Detroit Red Wings weren't at their best against the Sharks...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - E.J. Hradek: Now, more than ever, the San Jose Sharks are...
Hockey is a funny game. Sometimes the twists and turns are so hard to figure. For instance, who knew that Dan Boyle's accidental overtime own-goal wou...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - On Jumbo Joe, Nicklas Lidstrom's future and the...
After another busy weekend of playoff hockey (can you believe we're almost through the second round?), here are 10 thoughts for the beginning of the w...
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NHL playoffs 2010 - Despite 3-0 hole, don't expect San Jose Sharks to quit
CHICAGO -- If the Sharks don't go all Philly on us and come back from their 3-0 series deficit against the Blackhawks, the teal gang will regret letti...
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NHL playoffs 2010: Chicago Blackhawks heading to Stanley Cup finals
CHICAGO -- At the 7:35 mark of the second period in Game 4, the Chicago Blackhawks looked like they were headed for another trip to the West Coast. ...
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NHL: Previewing the 2010 Stanley Cup finals: Philadelphia Flyers versus...
Tom Petty was right: The waiting is the hardest part. After near nonstop playoff hockey for the past six weeks, we've been cooling our skates since th...
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NHL: Why the Philadelphia Flyers will beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, and other...
With the playoff races in both conferences so tight, the games are growing tougher and tougher to pick. That's why I was fairly content with splitting...
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NHL: Pittsburgh Penguins wing Matt Cooke deserves a hefty suspension from the...
I really don't want to waste a lot of time talking about Penguins left wing Matt Cooke. Here's the bottom line: At the very least, Cooke deserves an e...
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2011 NHL Playoffs: Picking winners for the Western Conference's second-round...
What a first round! Is there any way that Round 2 can be close to as thrilling? We've had at least one overtime game on a record nine straight days. W...
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