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NHL Playoffs: New Jersey To Bedevil Underdog Panthers

• Joe LaTengo
• April 10, 2012

The last week of the NHL regular season contained some surprises for hockey fans, one of those being the unexpected result of the Florida Panthers capturing the Southeast Division championship and grabbing the third seed in the Eastern Conference. The Panthers hadn’t seen the post-season since 2000, yet here they are with their 94 points...

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NHL: Draft Lottery has Teams Planning for Next Season

• Al Dannity
• April 10, 2012

We don’t know who is going to win the Stanley Cup but one winner will be crowned tonight. The NHL Draft Lottery will see one of five teams emerge with the brightest hope for tomorrow. Al Dannity explains what we can expect at tonight’s event. A quick primer Unlike its NBA equivalent, the NHL Draft...

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NHL Playoffs: Capitals Face Defending Champion Bruins

• Joe LaTengo
• April 9, 2012

Most observers expected the Boston Bruins would be facing the Ottawa Senators in the first round of the playoffs. Then the Sens lost three in a row, the Washington Capitals scored back-to-back victories and the Florida Panthers won their way into the third seed in the Eastern Conference. Now it’s Washington which draws the unenviable...

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NHL Playoffs: Rangers Must Confront Surprising Senators

• Joe LaTengo
• April 8, 2012

They came within a game of winning the President’s Trophy, but that doesn’t matter now. The New York Rangers proved themselves to be the class of the Eastern Conference, and in the first round of the playoffs they will face an Ottawa Senators team which has confounded almost all predictions. The Broadway Blueshirts benefited from...

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NHL: Oilers, Canucks Conclude Regular Season

• Joe LaTengo
• April 7, 2012

The final day of the 2011-12 NHL regular season has arrived, and the 16 teams which will be in the playoffs are now known. What had yet to be decided at the time this article was posted is the seeding of the teams. This story is about two clubs going in different directions: one will...

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NHL: Pugnacious Penguins Tangle With Bruising Bruins

• Joe LaTengo
• April 3, 2012

While this preview is supposed to focus on Tuesday night’s game in Boston between the Bruins and the Penguins, Pittsburgh’s clash with Philadelphia on Sunday is the talk of the hockey world. It even prompted analyst Mike Milbury to jump into the fray, calling Penguins captain Sidney Crosby “a little punk.” More on that later:...

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NHL: Playoff-Seeking Kings Welcome Spoiling Oilers

• Joe LaTengo
• April 2, 2012

After having been shut out of the playoffs for most of the past decade, the Los Angeles Kings have qualified for the past two post-seasons. They’re currently tied for first place with the Phoenix Coyotes in the Pacific Division, and they’d like to be the third seed in the Western Conference this time. Keeping that...

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NHL: Familiar Foes Face Off As Canucks Host Stars

• Joe LaTengo
• March 30, 2012

Sometimes it’s tough to know what the NHL schedule-makers are thinking. After the two teams had not seen each other all season, the people who plan these things decided the Dallas Stars and Vancouver Canucks must play each other four times within the final seven weeks. This is the final meeting of the regular season...

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Ballard Returns, Sedin Exits as Concussion Haunts Canucks

• Frank Doyle
• March 30, 2012

Concussion is the dark spectre that haunts modern day hockey. Frank Doyle reports. The Vancouver Canucks’ Keith Ballard has returned to the ice after seven weeks on the injured reserve list. The defenseman took a double whammy of hits over two games, at Colorado on February 4th and then three days later at Nashville, that...

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NHL: Kings Meet Canucks In Presidents’ Trophy Hunt

• Joe LaTengo
• March 26, 2012

They’ve been confirmed as the Northwest Division champions once again (thanks to Calgary’s loss in Dallas on Saturday), and they will definitely be one of the top three seeds in the Western Conference. Now the Vancouver Canucks might even launch themselves back into the Presidents’ Trophy race. Currently the Canucks stand four points behind the...