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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
A pair of future Hall of Famers, fresh of championbship seasons, have retired this week.
Michael Strahan said goodbye today, with a press conference at Giants Stadium. Dominick Hasek did the same, walking away after his second tour with the Red Wings.
Hasek has to be included in the conversation ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
Red Wings 3 Penguins 2 - Detroit showed that experience and hard work were enough to hold off the young upstart Penguins. Goals by Brian Rafalski and Valtteri Filppula put the Red Wings up 2-0 and things looked bleak for Pittsburgh. Marc Andre Fleury, who was on top of his ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Penguins 4 Red Wings 3 - Petr Sykora told NBC's Pierre McGuire he was going to score between plays earlier in the 2nd overtime. And score he did. Sykora took a Evgeni Malkin pass and beat Chris Osgood short side over the left shoulder to send the series back to ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Penguins 3 Red Wings 2 - The high scoring Penguins were held scoreless for the first two games of these Finals. Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom were mostly responsible for bottling up Sidney Crosby. But that changed when the Pens got back to Mellon Bank Arena. Crosby scored ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
I spent the weekend in lovely Montreal Canada, where I have always been led to believe hockey is more important than anything else on the planet.
Apparently there is a new world order. Because Saturday night, walking down Crescent Street (Rue Crescent?!?), every single bar had it's big screen tuned ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Red Wings 3 Penguins 0 - Like every other team Detroit has stomped their way through in the playoffs, Pittsburgh can not figure out Chris Osgood. The hottest goalie in the game stopped another 22 shots for his third shutout this postseason, second of the Stanley Cup Finals. The Red ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
The outcome of game 1 could have been foreshadowed with the Penguins first step on the ice.
Penguins goalie Marc-André Fleury fell leading the Eastern Conference champs into their pre-game skate. With Chris Osgood stopping everything Pittsburgh shot at him and little talked about Mikael Samuelsson's two goals, the Red Wings ...
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Forget Obama and Clinton. Here's your real Dream Ticket. With the exception of having the Rangers play themselves in the finals, the NHL couldn't have asked for a better matchup. A dynamic young team, led by a pair of high scoring superstars, takes on a collection of old ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
After recovering from a lacerated spleen, New York Ranger Sean Avery felt healthy enough to fulfill his summer internship at Vogue. What type of work does a "famous" hockey player have to do? He does what every other intern does. According to Jossip, he makes photocopies. He also says that ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Red Wings 4 Stars 1 - Detroit advances to the Stanley Cup finals with a convincing win over the Dallas Stars. First period goals by Kris Draper, Pavel Datsyuk and Dallas Drake gave the Red Wings a unsurmountable 3-0 lead. This sets up an All-American final with Pittsburgh, the ...
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