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Happy 19th birthday to … Henri Richard, the Pocket Rocket!
* * * Three great Montreal Canadiens pivots reunited at the club’s centennial celebrations in 2009. Jean Beliveau, who always towered above his contemporaries on the ice, is now 80 years old and...
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What will new NHL Divisions be called?
While the NHL keeps stalling on its 2013-2014 schedule with the rejigged divisions or conferences because they haven’t hammered out an agreement with the IOC and IIHF on NHL participation in the Sochi...
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Wayne Gretzky on top of The Cult of Hockey’s Top NHL Player Rankings
Nicklas Lidstrom best player of modern generation, while Ovechkin best player right now Who are the 50 best players in the history of the National Hockey League? Ask 50 fans and you’ll get 50...
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Saku Koivu was fire and ice throughout his NHL career
I remember being in Calgary in early September of 2001 at the Canadian Olympic team’s evaluation camp when word spread through the stands that Montreal Canadiens’ captain Saku Koivu, then only 26, had...
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All-around, Gordie Howe is the best to ever play
The regal Jean Beliveau has left us. Same with the colourful cigar-chomping Pat Quinn, the quiet winger Murray Oliver and the tyrannical Russian coaching bear Viktor Tikhonov, all gone in the last 10...
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Ten numbers Oilers fans need to know
Oilers fans should keep these 10 numbers in mind as the highly anticipated 2015-16 NHL season approaches. 3,374 As in 3,374 days since the Edmonton Oilers were last in the playoffs. Since owner Daryl...
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Cult of Hockey: If Chiarelli's succeeded, what will that look like?
There are some pundits and fans who believe that Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli should have been fired after he traded Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson. There are others who believe that while the trade isn’t...
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