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Team Canada Still Big IIHF World Championship Favorites

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: May 12, 2015

Team Canada cruises into the IIHF World Hockey Championship quarterfinals as a big favorite against Belarus.  Team Canada has secured a place in the World Hockey Championship in Prague, Czech Republic, but the tournament won’t be a success unless the Canadians bring home their first IIHF gold medal since 2007. After thrashing Austria 10-1, Canada...

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Team Canada vs. Norway Olympic Hockey: Live Updates and Results

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 13, 2014

Well, Team Canada hockey fans, the wait is finally over. Canada opens the Sochi 2014 Winter Games as a big favorite against Norway. Canada is currently listed as a 4.5-goal favorite (-177) and that line may grow before the drop of the puck. Put simply, Canada is expected to blow Norway out of the water...

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Sochi 2014 Men’s Ice Hockey: New Odds Make Team Canada Favorite

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 10, 2014

Months ago, when odds were released for the Sochi 2014 men’s hockey tournament, Team Canada and Russia were listed as co-favorites. Now, with the competition’s opening puck drop looming, Team Canada is alone at the top of the odds board. Canada is set as a +109 favorite at Sports Interaction, with Russia pegged at +234....

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NHL Team Canada Players Planned for Tight Lodgings at Sochi Winter Olympics

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 4, 2014

Just because Team Canada has a slew of millionaire superstars on its men’s hockey roster for the Sochi Olympics doesn’t mean they’ll get special treatment in Russia. Amid growing concerns about the facilities in Sochi, a photo of one of Team Canada’s rooms featuring three small beds surfaced on social media Tuesday morning. It may...

Olympics

Who Will Carry Team Canada’s Flag at Sochi 2014 Olympics?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 22, 2014

If you were to choose Team Canada’s Olympic flag bearer based on a combination of sporting excellence and global appeal, you’d have to think Sidney Crosby would be the guy. But it’s not that simple at all in making this choice as the Canadian Olympic Committee gets set to announce its decision Thursday afternoon. While...

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Team Canada: Captain Crosby Surprised by St. Louis Snub

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 21, 2014

Just because Sidney Crosby is the captain of Team Canada’s men’s hockey team doesn’t mean he didn’t raise an eyebrow when Martin St. Louis was left off the team roster for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Crosby, who was named Team Canada captain last weekend, recently told reporters he expected the reigning Art Ross Trophy...

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Team Canada's Case for Chris Kunitz at Sochi 2014 Olympics

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 3, 2014

If you look at the numbers alone, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Chris Kunitz will be a member of Team Canada’s hockey team for the Sochi Olympics when the team’s squad is announced Jan. 7. But, of course, it’s not nearly that simple. Kunitz has spent the better part of his time with the Penguins riding shotgun...

NHL

Tuesday's Best NHL Picks: Sens Happy For Road Trip

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 3, 2013

Puck Luck Ottawa Senators at Florida Panthers (-110, 5) You have to think the Senators are happy to get Daniel Alfredsson’s return to Ottawa behind them. They hung around with Detroit for a while Sunday but ultimately took their sixth loss in the last eight games. The Sens are much better on the road this...

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Wednesday’s NHL Puck Luck Betting Picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 20, 2013

Frank drops tonight’s best hockey bets in NHL Puck Luck. Pittsburgh Penguins at Washington Capitals (+105, 5.5) Star power is factoring into this line and the total. Yes, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Alex Ovechkin, and Nicklas Backstrom will be sharing the ice tonight, but these teams play under the total more than you might realize....

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NHL Puck Luck: Wednesday's best hockey odds and picks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 13, 2013

Toronto Maple Leafs at Minnesota Wild (-160, 5) Until Toronto does something to fill their hole at center, their offence could be in real trouble. The Maple Leafs don’t generate many good scoring chances at the best of times, so playing without Tyler Bozak and Dave Bolland is a recipe for disaster. Toronto has scored...

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Crosby vs. MacKinnon in first Battle of Cole Harbour

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 21, 2013

Colorado Avalanche rookie Nathan MacKinnon is already turning heads, but he’ll have a chance to see how he matches up with Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby Monday night. MacKinnon had better get used to being compared to Crosby too. With both players hailing from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia and being No. 1 overall picks, it’s easy to...

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Doctors Clear Crosby to Practice With Penguins

• Dale Perth

• Last Updated: April 26, 2013

After taking a thunderous slapshot square to the jaw in a game on March 30, Sidney Crosby looked like he was down for the count. Doubts were raised about his ability to return to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup; after all, a fractured jaw takes time to mend. But now Crosby has practiced after getting medical...

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NHL Saturday Give and Go: Bruins to Beat up on Flyers

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 8, 2013

HNIC NHL Odds, Preview and Predictions Like it or not, the Boston Bruins are the team to beat in the Eastern Conference almost halfway through this shortened NHL season. Habs fans, sit down. Leafs supporters, let’s be serious. Pittsburgh, get a goaltender already. Most days, I’d rather go through a Jersey Shore marathon than subject...

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NHL Saturday Give and Go: Questioning the Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 1, 2013

Saturday’s NHL Preview, Odds and Picks Since we’re closing in on the midway point of the NHL season, we figured it was high time we get a weekly column together. Frank will check in on a handful of Saturday’s games, giving his picks. What you go do with those picks are entirely up to you....

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Three years on, Crosby’s goal is still golden

• Al Dannity

• Last Updated: February 28, 2013

Al Dannity remembers a moment when all of Canada came together, first in tension and then in jubilation, as Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in the Olympic Hockey Final and looks ahead to the challenge in Sochi. In this gig you watch a lot of Hockey games. Most are a blur, some jump out...

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NHL Preview: Sleepers, Schedules and Best Bets

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: January 18, 2013

NHL Fantasy, Team Betting Targets, NHL Schedule Conflicts As the NHL runs out apologies all across the league, fantasy freaks, bettors, and traditional fans are all scrambling to get ready for Saturday’s opening day. There are a lot of variables to consider this season. Firstly, we’re obviously dealing with a 48-game shortened schedule that will...

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Ballard Returns, Sedin Exits as Concussion Haunts Canucks

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: 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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Flyers Host Rangers Outdoors in NHL's 2012 Winter Classic

• Joe LaTengo

• Last Updated: January 1, 2012

Despite an infamous incident during the last edition, there are many reasons to like the NHL Winter Classic. Joe LaTengo laces up his skates to preview the 2012 version. The Hit. It’s all anyone really remembers about the 2011 Winter Classic, where former Washington Capitals forward David Steckel delivered a shivering check to the head...

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The Kid is Back – Can the Crosby-Ovechkin Rivalry Return Too?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 23, 2011

Frank Doyle celebrates the Return of the Kid, and previews St Louis at Pittsburgh and Winnipeg at Washington. All sports fans you know that sports are graced by the greatest players, no matter where they play. The guy might break your heart every year but if he’s great you can see it and you have...

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NHL Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins

• Charlie Boccanegra

• Last Updated: October 6, 2011

The Pittsburgh Penguins are the best team in the NHL. When healthy. Charlie Boccanegra reports. Last year’s loss of the league’s best player Sidney Crosby & top 10 scorer Evgeni Malkin pretty much eliminated any realistic chance of them winning the Cup. However, what it did do was force coach Byslma to find new ways...