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Reports dropped Saturday that the NHLPA agreed to grant each of the locked out players a $10,000 stipend in light of the fact that they have now missed four paychecks as a result of the...

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With the NHL lockout moving into its third month, some players have hinted that it’s not NHL commissioner Gary Bettman that they hold the most disdain for. In fact, it looks as though Boston Bruins...

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Toward the end of September, Minnesota Wild goaltender Josh Harding did not feel right. According to an article in the Star Tribune, he felt a tweak in his neck followed by dizziness and seeing black...

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Nearly 11,000 hockey diehards gathered together at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey to watch an exhibition hockey game with a collection of players from The New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and New Jersey Devils, in the...

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For Black Friday, the NHL got us what we’ve always wanted: more canceled games! Wait, what? Yes, the NHL lockout continues to drag on, and we’ve lost all faith in there ever being a 2013...

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All we want for Christmas is a hockey season! Unfortunately, it is not looking good. On Friday, the NHL canceled all games through December 14, including the All-Star weekend in Columbus, Ohio in January. The...

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As the lockout continues, it seems like no good news can come out of the hockey world. Brad Richards, however,  has changed that for at least today. After making a connection with Matt Long, a...

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Last Tuesday, as 10- and 11 year-old players from the Blizzard and Cyclones squads of the A-Game Peewee House League prepared themselves for their game, a cameraman walked through the locker room to take video...

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Many of the players around the NHL are getting mad about the fact that the league doesn’t seem to even want to try to negotiate an agreement for the rest of November. Case in point:...

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It’s been said many times before, but I think it bears repeating: at this point, when games return to the NHL calendar, it would do fans a lot of good to not show up at...

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