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2013 NHL PREVIEW: NORTHWEST DIVISION

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  Finally, after months and months of everyone involved being morons, causing 113 days, 625 games, and the biggest outdoor hockey game in history to be cancelled, hockey fans can finally say "Game On!"  The NHL has a new 10-year labor agreement, and is set to start the shortened, 48 game 2013 season on Saturday, January 19.  Find out what you need to know about every … [Read more...] about 2013 NHL PREVIEW: NORTHWEST DIVISION

2013 NHL PREVIEW: NORTHEAST DIVISION

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  Finally, after months and months of everyone involved being morons, causing 113 days, 625 games, and the biggest outdoor hockey game in history to be cancelled, hockey fans can finally say "Game On!"  The NHL has a new 10-year labor agreement, and is set to start the shortened, 48 game 2013 season on Saturday, January 19.  Find out what you need to know about every … [Read more...] about 2013 NHL PREVIEW: NORTHEAST DIVISION

Send in the Clowns: Blackhawks Circus Trip Preview

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Even though the Bulls, the Chicago Blackhawks' usual co-tenant of the United Center, are currently locked out as NBA owners and players haggle over who will get a bigger piece of the money pie, the Hawks will still be kicked out of the arena for the next several weeks as the circus comes to town. The annual circus trip has always been a make or break proposition for the Hawks, … [Read more...] about Send in the Clowns: Blackhawks Circus Trip Preview

With Blackhawks Lineup Shakeup Looming, Is Quenneville Overreacting?

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Sunday night was one of the worst nights of the season for the Chicago Blackhawks. They made a slew of defensive mistakes, allowed the Canucks to score five power play goals, and in general looked like a team who was not able to get up for their third game in four nights as they fell to the Vancouver Canucks 6-2 at the United Center. The Sedin twins both torched the Hawks for a … [Read more...] about With Blackhawks Lineup Shakeup Looming, Is Quenneville Overreacting?

2011-12 NHL Northwest Division Rankings and Fantansy Projections

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  The 2011-12 NHL season is already under way, and the action on the ice is already heating up.  After a summer filled with lots of on and off ice movement, but also  much  tragedy, the hockey world looks towards a new quest toward Lord Stanley's Cup.  How do the teams in each division compare to one another?  Who will be the big fantasy players this season?  We take a … [Read more...] about 2011-12 NHL Northwest Division Rankings and Fantansy Projections

Lady Gaga Dresses like Canucks Roberto Luongo at MTV VMAs

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"Don't be a drag, just be a queen." Lady Gaga did the cross-dressing thing tonight at the MTV Video Music Awards, the biggest night of the year (if you're a 14 year old girl). And in the process she resembled Vancouver Canucks goaltender and NHL superstar Robert Luongo. (courtesy of Puck Daddy, check out their other side-by-side pic as well) … [Read more...] about Lady Gaga Dresses like Canucks Roberto Luongo at MTV VMAs

Blackhawks and Canucks Heading Back to Chicago, UNRULY Fans

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With a resounding 5-0 win in game five, the Chicago Blackhawks took a game from the Vancouver Canucks in their building and got right back in goaltender Roberto Luongo's head. They've out-scored the Canucks 12-2 in the last two games, and 17-11 in the series (yet they still face elimination being down 3-2). Maybe the Chicago fans and their taunts are getting to them? Much … [Read more...] about Blackhawks and Canucks Heading Back to Chicago, UNRULY Fans

Blackhawks Look 2010 Style, for 1 Night at Least

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Like the group of very late 20 century American poets, 98 Degrees once said, "Give me just one night, una noche, I'll give you the time of your life." And for the Chicago Blackhawks, that one night stand was as exciting and as invigorating as possible. Facing their first elimination game since '09, they looked like the NHL Stanley Cup Champions of last year, dominating the … [Read more...] about Blackhawks Look 2010 Style, for 1 Night at Least