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The Greatest NHL Name Bracket: Championship Results
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Tuesday, 08 December 2020 04:10
ESPN's 64-player "Greatest NHL Name" tournament bracket dropped this week and garnered the expected reaction from hockey fans: passion, amusement, obsession and countless people vehemently protesting that Slater Koekkoek should have been a No. 1 seed.To recap, we took some of the greatest names to grace NHL ice -- and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, a Buffalo Sabres prospect whose name just couldn't…
The Greatest NHL Name Bracket: Bronco Horvath, Hakan Loob, Jaromir Jagr and more
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Monday, 07 December 2020 10:08
The Stanley Cup is something that sets the National Hockey League apart from other sports. Not only because it's the rare championship trophy from which you can drink, but also because the names of those who won it are etched along its rings, forged into hockey history.Oh, the names hockey has produced. Gretzky. Orr. Yzerman. Ovechkin. These are memorable names…
Sources: NHL aiming to start season mid-January
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Friday, 04 December 2020 09:26
The NHL is now aiming for a mid-January start date with a 52- or 56-game schedule at best, sources confirmed to ESPN.The NHL's initial target of Jan. 1 became unfeasible because of necessary time for training camp -- plus extra time promised to the seven teams that did not make this summer's expanded playoff field -- as well as quarantine…
Erik Cole's old injuries and new focus in life after hockey
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Friday, 04 December 2020 04:19
Nearly 15 years ago, Erik Cole lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed with two fractures in his vertebra, wondering about his future.Brooks Orpik had crushed him with an illegal check from behind in a game on March 4, 2006, an act for which the Penguins' punishing defenseman was suspended three games. One fracture came from the top of Cole's vertebra.…
Sources: Several teams explore outdoor options
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Thursday, 03 December 2020 14:13
Several NHL teams are exploring the possibility of playing some 2020-21 home games in outdoor venues and in front of fans if local COVID-19 restrictions on mass gatherings would allow for them, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.The Boston Bruins confirmed they're exploring home games at Fenway Park, which has hosted NHL and NCAA games in the past."We are in…
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