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EHFD: Slovnaft Extraliga
A couple of weeks ago, Puck Worlds started a series of introductory posts for the various European professional hockey leagues. The response has been great so far, but in case you missed them, here's my introduction post (European Hockey for Dummies), and my follow-ups on the Czech Extraliga, the...
Olympic Gameday: Come Back Ziggy
Today's Games: Brave Norway vs. Switzerland, 12 PM (MSNBC) Latvia vs. Slovakia 4:35 PM (MSNBC) Germany vs. Belarus, 9 PM (MSNBC) Wrong Ziggy, but still: awww. These Olympics have been great for a few reasons: not only did I get to reignite my quadannual love affair with curling (the only other...
New York Islanders in Olympic history
It started, I suppose, with Ken Morrow's season of a lifetime, and resumed with Pat LaFontaine's almost-as-dreamy year. While Mark Streit is the Islanders' only Olympic representative this year, there have been many players who doubled as Olympians the same season they played for the Islanders. In...
Czech Republic vs. Slovakia: Beer trumps civil war
Olympic Hockey: Czech Republic vs. SlovakiaFreaking midnight EST (CNBC/SNET/RDS) The flag of Czechoslovakia (ca. 1920-1992) The flag of the Czech Republic after the Slovaks took their puck and went home. If you have a brother, you guys probably did your share of fighting, right? But at the end...
15 Years Ago: The New York Islanders' tailspin begins...
Lighthouse project uncertainty be damned, things are finally looking up for the New York Islanders. There is a healthy coach-GM partnership, the approach of John Tavares fever -- along with some promising youngsters from the last couple of drafts -- and Garth Snow's pledge that we finally won't be...
Crosby In Gretzky's Mold
(Article transcribed from a Bertrand Raymond piece dated April 14th.)A large photo of Sidney Crosby adorned the front page of last Saturday's Ottawa Citizen accompanied by the headline, "Show Some Class Ottawa, Don't Boo This Boy".Crosby was sought out by the boo-birds each time he touched the puck...
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