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Canucks Gone, Luongo, Schneider Saga Rolls On

• Frank Doyle
• April 24, 2012

The Canucks are over, but the goalie saga rolls on and on. Frank Doyle reports. It looked like a changing of the guard in Vancouver when Canucks head coach Alain Vigneault chose to leave Roberto Luongo on the bench for the Cancucks’ Game 4 against the Kings. But now the Canucks are out of the...

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Canucks Stop Sweep as Schneider Replaces Luongo

• Frank Doyle
• April 19, 2012

It looks like the Luongo era is ending and the Schneider era beginning in Vancouver. Frank Doyle reports. Has the two year debate over Cory or Roberto finally reached its end game? With their backs to the wall and staring at the prospect of being the first President’s Trophy winners to get swept out of...

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Torres' Hit on Hossa Another Headache for Shanahan

• Frank Doyle
• April 18, 2012

Another night, another stretcher case in the playoffs. Frank Doyle reports. In the NFL, they call it “clipping the dummy.” Every player on the field is fair game to get blocked once the ball is snapped. Mostly, they’re left alone, because what’s the point? There’s plenty of hits to made over the sixty minutes. But...

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Flyers, Pens Fight Renew Violence in Hockey Debate

• Frank Doyle
• April 17, 2012

Frank Doyle drops his gloves and gets stuck in to another annual violence in hockey debate. The Rashomon effect is in full force in the NHL Playoffs. Rashomon is the Kurosawa movie from 1950 in which a violent crime is recounted from four completely different points of view. Everybody saw the crime, but nobody recounts...

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NHL: Nail Yakupov has the Hunger of a Number One Pick

• Al Dannity
• April 16, 2012

With Columbus missing out on the top pick despite a valiant Fail for Nail campaign, Nail Yakupov’s status as the first player picked in the NHL Entry Draft went from ‘sure thing’ to ‘highly probable’. Hardly a staggering collapse but Al Dannity says Yakupov is doing all the right things to ensure his name is...

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NHL Playoffs: Predators Keen To Clip Veteran Red Wings

• Joe LaTengo
• April 13, 2012

Before this series started, it was easy to frame this matchup: the Detroit Red Wings and the Nashville Predators are two teams who appear to be going in different directions. The Predators are young and strong and have a great goalie in net; the Red Wings are older and more experienced, and their goalie has...

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NHL Playoffs: High-Flying Blues Meet Slumping Sharks

• Joe LaTengo
• April 13, 2012

Unlike other seasons, the San Jose Sharks had to scratch and claw their way into the playoffs this time. Previously, they were far more used to winning the Pacific Division and grabbing a top seed (usually third) and getting home-ice advantage on their various opponents. Even with those benefits, the Sharks have never won even...

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NHL Playoffs – Toews' Return to Help Blackhawks at Coyotes?

• Frank Doyle
• April 12, 2012

Frank Doyle previews the Western Series between #3 Phoenix and #6 Chicago! So how about them ‘Yotes? Of all the surprising teams in the playoffs this year, Phoenix is the one that was hardest to see coming. All year, whenever people talk about a second Toronto franchise or a franchise in Hamilton or Quebec, people...

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NHL Playoffs: Net Assets Will Fuel Canucks-Kings Matchup

• Joe LaTengo
• April 11, 2012

These guys have done this before: the last time they met in the playoffs, it was two seasons ago. The Vancouver Canucks tallied 103 points and won the Northwest Division title, while the Los Angeles Kings wrapped up their own tidy 101-point effort. It was a close series then, with the Canucks taking it in...

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NHL Playoffs: Expect War In Penguins-Flyers Series

• Joe LaTengo
• April 11, 2012

Of all the matchups in the Eastern Conference, the best-of-seven between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers is anticipated to be the most acrimonious. Based on the bad blood spilled in the regular season between these divisional and state rivals, this Battle of Pennsylvania won’t be taking any prisoners. Accusations of dirty play were...