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NHL eyes Mexico as next frontier in expanding Latino fan base
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Tuesday, 05 October 2021 08:50
Over the last three decades, the NHL's expansion into the American Sun Belt has served to diversify the league's geography and fan profile. Markets with high Latino populations such as Phoenix, Dallas-Fort Worth and Miami have reaped the benefits.Now, the league is poised to make its next ambitious leap: Mexico."I was saying a couple years ago, 'How cool would it…
How NHL arenas are welcoming hockey fans back
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Tuesday, 05 October 2021 05:01
Normalcy is a relative term for NHL arenas this season.Of its 32 buildings, the league expects 31 of them to begin the season at full capacity, with the Vancouver Canucks the current outliers. (They're restricted to 50% capacity by provincial health orders.) Just like "normal," fans will be filling NHL arenas again. It's just going to be a different experience…
Preds asst. Richards recovering from heart attack
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Monday, 04 October 2021 18:31
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Nashville Predators assistant coach Todd Richards is recovering from a heart attack.The Predators announced Monday that Richards, a former Minnesota and Columbus head coach, had the attack Friday. Richards has been released from a hospital and is resting at home in Nashville."He is expected to make a complete recovery," the Predators wrote on social media. "We will…
Flyers coach disappointed by Lehner accusations
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Monday, 04 October 2021 12:01
Philadelphia Flyers coach Alain Vigneault has pushed back against accusations made by Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner that appeared to implicate Vigneault and the Flyers in the medical malpractice of players.Lehner posted a series of tweets on Saturday about the treatment of players by NHL teams in an effort to bring attention to the stalemate between the Buffalo Sabres…
Vegas' Lehner accuses NHL teams of malpractice
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Sunday, 03 October 2021 01:07
Vegas Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner accused NHL teams of medical malpractice, including offering benzodiazepines and Ambien to players without prescriptions.Lehner made the allegations on Twitter Saturday in an effort, he told ESPN, to call attention to the surgery stalemate between his former teammate Jack Eichel and the Buffalo Sabres.The Swedish goalie threatened to release one story a day unless…
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