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Young and Restless: The Story of John Tavares and His Last OHL Season
For over three long years, hockey fans have anticipated the arrival of a soft-spoken teenager from Oakville, Ontario; a kid once widely thought talented enough to challenge the NHL's rigid age limit policy...
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NHL: The Greatest Commercials…EVER
There have been a number of great NHL commercials put out by teams, leagues, and by individual companies. Some of the ads are truly awesome, but for completely different reasons. Here are some of my favorites...
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The NHL Has a Successful Night In Utah
The Los Angeles Kings and San Jose Sharks faced off in Salt Lake City tonight and it turned out to be quite a success for the Salt Lake community...
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Maple Leafs Wrap Up Pre-Season With Losses To Detroit, Columbus
The Toronto Maple Leafs wrapped up their pre-season this weekend with back-to-back losses against Central division teams Detroit and Columbus. The troublesome trend continued as the Maple Leafs fumbled a late game lead in both nights taking the loss...
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Dany Heatley Hot, Tampa Bay Lightning Not
Some may feel that the NHL season doesn't really start until October 9. Truthfully, I feel it will be more exciting when games in North America begin—but the season is underway after two days in Europe...
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BT's 2008-09 NHL Season Preview: Ottawa Senators
All right, so the season technically started—but I'll tell you what: If you ignore the fact that the season technically started yesterday in Europe, I'll ignore the fact you "overlooked" ...
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Markus Naslund Rejuvenating His Career with the Rangers
The Rangers' two wins in Prague over the revamped Lightning can be credited to the solid play of veteran Markus Naslund. Naslund scored a goal in the first game and added an assist in the second game, as the Rangers went 2-0 in Prague...
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Could Ian White Be a Good Forward for the Maple Leafs?
A couple of days ago I wrote a comment about the three players that Toronto had on the market—Ian White being among them...
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Did the NHL Season Really Start Today?
I found myself not really caring today that the NHL season started. Maybe I got Sean Crowe's disease; I don't know. But starting the regular season in Prague (Rangers vs. Lightning) and Stockholm (Penguins vs...
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Boston Bruins: Time to Make Decisions
The Bruins' Brass has some work to do this week. They have to make some big cuts that will affect the culture in the locker room as well as the meeting the expectations of the salary cap era...
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Montreal Canadiens' Centennial Year Means Big Hopes
This really is it for Montreal Canadiens fans. Most of them are die-hards. This is going to be a die-hard season. Let's put it into perspective. This is the Montreal Canadiens' 100th year. The Habs are hosting the All-Star Game in early 2009...
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New York Rangers: New Team, Same Old Problems
After watching the opening nights of the NHL regular season from Prague, Rangers fans have to wonder—are we better? There is no doubt who the dominant team was. New York outshot Tampa Bay 41-21 in Game One, and won by a final score of 2-1...
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Penguins-Senators: Dany Heatley Pleads Guilty...to Being a True Goal Scorer
For those of you who aren't familiar with Dany Heatley's recent history, he was drinking, speeding, and was eventually deemed responsible for another human being's death in 2003...
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Senators-Penguins: Ottawa Takes Rematch, Three of Four Points on Opening Weekend
The Ottawa Senators were victorious in their second meeting with the Pittsburgh Penguins in as many days, taking the game 3-1. Dany Heatley scored two goals, giving him a total of three on the weekend...
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Bostons Bruins-Washington Capitals: Game Recap
The Bruins ended their preseason today with a thrilling 5-4 shootout victory over the red hot Capitals. The Bruins end the pre-season 3-4-1 while the Caps dropped to 5-2...
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Rangers' Opening Night Win a Microcosm of 2008-09 Season
Anybody who wants the New York Rangers to win games and go far in the playoffs this year will have to watch the Rangers play more games like their 2-1 opening-night win against the Tampa Bay Lightning Saturday...
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Life as a New York Rangers Fan
On my debut blog post for Ranger Nation, I would just like to re-post a forum article I wrote before today's game. This was a situation that happened last night and I would like to share it with ...
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Penguins-Senators: Ottawa TKO'd by Pittsburgh in Stockholm
Tyler Kennedy led the Penguins with two goals, including the game winner in overtime, as Pittsburgh defeated the Ottawa Senators in Stockholm, Sweden...
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Pittsburgh Penguins Win Opener, Start Season in Stride
The Pittsburgh Penguins started their 2008-2009 tour with an overtime victory over the Ottawa Senators. The Penguins' Tyler Kennedy opened the scoring, and also closed the game with an overtime goal with roughly 23 seconds left in the extra period...
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Ty Conklin baffles the Sabres yet again.
Detroit Red Wings goaltender Ty Conklin continued his winning ways against the Buffalo Sabres, winning yet again—3-0, in Sunday's last preseason game of the year for both teams...
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Senators Fall to Penguins in Overtime in NHL Opener
Tyler Kennedy started the scoring, and he also ended it. Kennedy's two-goal performance propelled the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 overtime victory over their Eastern Conference rival Ottawa Senators...
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NHL '08-'09 Season Preview: Power Rankings
Mark Jones' 2008-2009 NHL Season Preview Power Rankings (by conference): Eastern Conference 1. Montreal Canadiens* 2. Washington Capitals* 3. Pittsburgh Penguins* 4. Philadelphia Flyers 5...
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It's the Florida Panthers' Time to Make the Playoffs
The preseason games have dwindled, training camps are over, and the regular season is set to begin for the Florida Panthers. They have not been to the playoffs since the year 2000. It needs to be different this season...
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New York Rangers Pull Out Win Against Revamped Tampa Bay Lightning
It was a hard fought, ugly victory, but it was a win nonetheless. The Rangers earned two points with solid defense, great goaltending and timely goals...
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Is Luke Schenn The Guy For The Maple Leafs?
Is Luke Schenn the guy for the Leafs to build around? Can he possibly be the one the Leafs have waited so long for, their savour? I was saying it all summer,"The Leafs can't rush putting Schenn on the team...



















