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Monthly Archives: January 2008

The NHL's New Golden Boy

23 January, 2008

I know everyone’s as sick of hearing about Sidney Crosby and his league-debilitating injury as I am, but when I read Bob Duff’s MSNBC column this morning, I was entertained. It has everything- humor! Pathos! Despair! Duff opens the column rather auspiciously: Quick. Name the most important player in the National Hockey League right now. [...]

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Angel On The Ice

23 January, 2008

Hockey fan David Boreanaz, star of the show Bones (and formerly of Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer), hit the ice with other celebrities and former NHLers at the Sundance Film Festival for the Luc Robitaille Celebrity Shoot Out. The event raised money for Echoes of Hope, a charity Robitaille started with his wife to [...]

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3-Year Extension Negotiated

23 January, 2008

Mike Green still needs a deal, but the NHL and the Versus network do not. According to a CBC report, both sides agreed to a 3-year extension. The NHL and American cable network Versus agreed Tuesday to extend their broadcasting deal by three years. Financial details were not disclosed. Versus, formerly known as the Outdoor [...]

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Hockey Hearts Under Construction at Wilson High

22 January, 2008

Today’s Washington Post chronicles the extraordinary story of the District’s Woodrow Wilson High School hockey team and its heart-wrenching struggle to overcome the death of head coach Paul McKenzie last year. It’s about as must-read as must-reads get.

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1,000 Words?

22 January, 2008

Here’s a great picture from Getty Images.

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NHL Play of the Night – 21 January, 2008

22 January, 2008
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Good Guys Win: White 6, Black 5 (Shootout)

22 January, 2008
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Mission Possible: Trim the Dinged-Up Mullets, Move Above .500

22 January, 2008

Once again I’m couch-side on Capitol Hill with my Penguins’-hating partisans and season ticket holders Mike and Marleen. We had some choice reactions to the Caps’ last visit to Mellon Arena, so if something approaching a repeat performance ensues, I’ll keep a chronicle of it in a bit of an open file. Actually, my party [...]

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Shall We Dance?

21 January, 2008

A little weekend humor for you (or “humour” since both play for Canadian teams). Aaron Downey and Brad Norton, you’re the next contestants on Dancing with the Stars!

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Bears Beat Baby Pens 3-1

21 January, 2008

In what is a hopeful foreshadowing of Monday night’s Igloo visit by the Capitals, the Hersey Bears beat the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Baby Pens 3 to 1. Joe Motzko scored the game winner with Chris Bourque notching two assists. With the win, the Bears climbed into a second place tie in the East Division standings with 50 [...]

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