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Game of the week: January 21-27
Whether you measure by games played or the All-Star Break, the middle of the season is upon us. Are you an optimist and see all the hockey remaining on the schedule? Or is the glass half empty, formerly full with games now gone by? While you’re figuring that out, here’s the NHL’s offering of games…
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Game of the week: October 8-14
Observant, loyal fans of Down the Frozen River have probably noticed the absence of the Game of the Day series to start this season. For that, as well as the fact that this trend will likely continue throughout the month of October, I apologize. However, I can offer the next best thing as a replacement…
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Pre-Draft Grab Bag
We’re just a few hours away from the NHL Draft, so I thought I would put together a few quick hits to tide you over before Gary Bettman gets up to say “we have a trade to announce” for the first time and every NHL GM talks about how wonderful Dallas is as a city.…
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Fleury off to third-straight Stanley Cup Final
The Campbell Bowl is the possession of the Vegas Golden Knights after they beat the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 at Bell MTS Place in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. Winnipeg did all it could to win this game and prolong its postseason: the Jets matched Vegas in shots on goal (32 apiece), earned…
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Vegas escapes whiteout with 3-1 victory
With a 3-1 Game 2 victory at Bell MTS Place, the Vegas Golden Knights have leveled their Western Conference Finals series with the Winnipeg Jets at one game apiece. As would be expected from the Winnipeg Whiteout crowd, all the energy was with the Jets at the opening puck drop. In fact, the fan-power…
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Jettisoned: Predators bow out in Game 7, Jets punch Conference Finals ticket
Well there you have it, folks. The second round of the 2018 Stanley Cup Playoffs has come to a close with an almost-fitting end to the series that played out exactly how we thought it would without ever really playing out how we thought it would. Perhaps the most hyped matchup of the postseason,…
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Western Finals are Golden
With a shimmering defense that yielded only 28 shots against, the Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 3-0 in Game 6 to advance to their first-ever Western Conference Finals. What was so impressive about that defense is not only how it seemed to improve as the game wore…
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Jones Shuts Out Knights; Evens Series at 2
The San Jose Sharks got quality goaltending from Martin Jones and buried the Vegas Golden Knights 4-0 to send the series back to Las Vegas tied at two. Jones had 34 saves on the night and bested Knights goalie, Marc-Andre Fleury, who seemingly had Sharks circling him all night long.…
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Both power plays roll, Vegas wins 4-3
Having suffered their first-ever playoff loss Saturday, the Vegas Golden Knights rebounded in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs’ Second Round to beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 in overtime at SAP Center to reclaim a one-game advantage in their series. Play was back-and-forth across all 200 feet of…
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