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NHL playoff preview/predictions: First round
Hockey’s second season kicks off Wednesday night with the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the hardest championship to win of all the major sports. With league parity continuing to be high, the...
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Watch Capitals fans haunt Tim Thomas with Obama masks
Tim Thomas, meet giant Barack Obama head. ( Nick Wass/AP) Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas made his first trip to Washington since the infamous White House snub in January. For those unaware of the...
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Photos: See famous hockey fans
With the ratings for the first round of the Stanley Cup the highest in recent years, and more and more celebrities popping up at games, we put together a gallery of some of hockey’s most famous fans....
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Stanley Cup playoff predictions: Round 2
Meet the panel: Mike Damante ( Hockey Stop blogger, music journalist, rec league player) Mike McColgan ( lead singer of Street Dogs, Bruins fanatic) Greg Okuhara ( Houston Chronicle copy editor, rec...
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Conference finals predictions: Will history repeat itself?
Hockey Stop’s Mike Damante and Chronicle copy editor Greg Okuhara give their predictions. Eastern Conference finals: New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils The Rangers-Devils rivalry lives on. ( Kathy...
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Watch Shane Doan DDT Drew Doughty
Shane Doan does his best Jake 'The Snake' Roberts impersonation. (Getty) Is this the Stanley Cup playoffs or WWE Smackdown? While this year’s playoffs have been marked with intense, physical and most...
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Ten things you need know about the Stanley Cup finals
With the Stanley Cup finals kicking off Wednesday, here is your primer for the Los Angeles Kings vs. the New Jersey Devils broken down in 10 easy steps. 10. Flare for the dramatics Both the Kings and...
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Jonathan Quick joins Tim Thomas, Brian Leetch as American-born Conn Smythe...
Kings goalie Jonathan Quick’s breakout season continued Monday as the Los Angeles goalie took home the hardware, twice. Quick helped lead the Kings to their first Stanley Cup by allowing just seven...
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The Hockey Stop NHL mock draft: Who will the Wild select at No. 7 spot?
The buzz word leading up to the 2012 NHL Draft in Pittsburgh is “organizational needs.” This year, general managers seem more inclined to addressing their teams needs at position, rather just...
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10 things we miss about the NHL
Thursday the NHL and owners will meet with the players association to see if a full 82-game season can be salvaged, if not, then talks will resume as will the lockout. Here is what fans are missing the...
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