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Wild vs. Blue Jackets: A Shutout Says “What?”
Afternoon games are tricky things. People are at work, teams aren’t awake yet, what are you going to do? But when it’s the holidays, you can bet the fans are going to show up, you just can’t be sure about the players. And so it was that the Wild clashed with the Blue Jackets, and…
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Avs vs Oilers: More Like it
Some nights, hockey is very disappointing. It rarely goes completely the way you want. Your team wins, but so does your hated rival. You pull out a single point in overtime from a sub .50 team, and you wonder why for the next day. A single play kills momentum, and so goes the rest of…
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Avs vs. Stars: WTF???
This was not what I was hoping for. Following this game online during the show was too painful to keep up with. Actually, it was more like a scene from a really bad play, but you paid for the thing, so you might as well stick around and find out what happens. So, if it…
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Notes From a Hockey Day
I just wanted to pop in here with some notes and thoughts from the last few days. Anyone see Gretzky drop the F-bomb right after Grier scored the first goal in last night’s game between San Jose and Phoenix? I don’t know who he was directing it towards, perhaps an assistant coach said something stupid,…
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NHL.com Stats Suck
I am not one to put the word “Suck” in a post title too often, but I am feeling compelled. One of my coworkers is from Pittsburgh, and all fired up about the Pens and Sidney Crosby. Of course, he hasn’t had much to cheer about lately, and I have been the barer of bad…