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Where NHLers come from: Ontario and Quebec
Where NHLers come from: Ontario and Quebec

jmirtle jmirtle posted 14 days ago from www.fromtherink.com

There was a time, way, way back in the beginning, that the NHL wasn't just a Canadian-dominated league — it was an Ontario-led one. Seventy per cent of the games in the first 11 years of professional hockey were played by players from the province, with Quebec coming a distant second ...

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Avery gets six games
Avery gets six games

jmirtle jmirtle posted 14 days ago from www.fromtherink.com

The National Hockey League came down hard on Dallas Stars superpest Sean Avery Friday, handing him a six-game suspension for making inappropriate public comments prior to the Stars' game in Calgary on Tuesday. The move is retroactive to Tuesday's game

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What Wrigley will look like
What Wrigley will look like

jmirtle jmirtle posted 14 days ago from www.fromtherink.com

The NHL released this preview of the rink at Wrigley Field for the Winter Classic, which is 20 days away: If you look closely at the high-res version (and why wouldn't you?), it appears they're employing a three-referee system here.

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Scoring on the rise in the West
Scoring on the rise in the West

jmirtle jmirtle posted 14 days ago from www.fromtherink.com

As of today, we're 34 per cent of the way through the season, with teams having averaged just more than 28 games played apiece. Scoring is up in general, and it's really up in the Western Conference, which has been the lower scoring conference the past few seasons. A look at some stats ...

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Meet Raffi Roenick (and other NHL mutants)
Meet Raffi Roenick (and other NHL mutants)

jmirtle jmirtle posted 18 days ago from www.fromtherink.com

This is Raffi Roenick. He was created on The Island of Doctor Moreau (Ethan's dad) and has some serious company among the legions of NHL mutants on this here Flickr page.

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Where NHLers come from: Alaska and California
Where NHLers come from: Alaska and California

jmirtle jmirtle posted 18 days ago from www.fromtherink.com

Minor hockey has exploded in popularity in California in recent years, and we're likely just now seeing the cusp of what will be a full-scale invasion of elite-level players over the next decade.

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A look at the draft-day deals
A look at the draft-day deals

jmirtle jmirtle posted 6/24/2008 from mirtle.blogspot.com

An extensive breakdown of the winners and losers of the five trades made during the draft

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Meet Sidney Crosby, the turtle
Meet Sidney Crosby, the turtle

jmirtle jmirtle posted 5/28/2008 from mirtle.blogspot.com

An interview with the small reptile who owns SidneyCrosby.com

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Meet Ville Leino
Meet Ville Leino

jmirtle jmirtle posted 5/12/2008 from mirtle.blogspot.com

Fabian Brunnstrom may have gotten all of the attention, but the Finnish star the Red Wings scooped up might be the real free-agent prize. Meet Ville Leino.

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Flyers eliminate the Habs
Flyers eliminate the Habs

jmirtle jmirtle posted 5/4/2008 from mirtle.blogspot.com

No, Carey Price wasn't very good in this series, but neither were his teammates. The better team won it tonight, and given we're talking about the sixth seeded Flyers, a club that narrowly avoided a late-season meltdown to make the playoffs, that speaks volumes. Still, it's worth noting that there was really little separating these teams in the regular season.

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Ovechkin '08: One of the greatest goal-scoring seasons of all time?
Ovechkin '08: One of the greatest goal-scoring seasons of all time?

jmirtle jmirtle posted 2/6/2008 from mirtle.blogspot.com

If Ovechkin keeps up his torrid 68-goal pace and, in fact, hits somewhere in the high 60s, it should go down as one of the all-time greatest goal-scoring seasons.

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Another Downie cheap shot

jmirtle jmirtle posted 1/7/2008 from mirtle.blogspot.com

Steve Downie may face a suspension for sucker punching Toronto's Jason Blake

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Richards's big deal

jmirtle jmirtle posted 12/13/2007 from mirtle.blogspot.com

Mike Richards's 12-year deal is a gamble for the Flyers and could be a very bad thing for the NHL

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The best penalty killers

jmirtle jmirtle posted 12/11/2007 from mirtle.blogspot.com

Skaters with the best shorthanded statistics so far this season.

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A pint-sized hockey brawl
A pint-sized hockey brawl

jmirtle jmirtle posted 11/28/2007 from mirtle.blogspot.com

A hockey fight between teams of 8 year olds has made headlines across Canada in recent days

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Tlusty was targeted
Tlusty was targeted

jmirtle jmirtle posted 11/21/2007 from mirtle.blogspot.com

The Jiri Tlusty photo business has already begun to fade out of the press, aside from a few well-played jibes, and that's a good thing. But from the beginning, and still now, there were a few details that didn't get a lot of ink. Jiri Tlusty's first problem was that he has too many friends.

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Being big in goal

jmirtle jmirtle posted 11/14/2007 from mirtle.blogspot.com

6-foot-6 Rangers netminder Steve Valiquette is the tallest goalie to ever play in the NHL — and soon he'll have some company

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The Forbes figures

jmirtle jmirtle posted 11/11/2007 from mirtle.blogspot.com

Adjusting the recently released Forbes revenue figures to compensate for revenue sharing

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Lindros belongs in the Hall
Lindros belongs in the Hall

jmirtle jmirtle posted 11/9/2007 from mirtle.blogspot.com

Now, if Lindros was one of hockey's beloved figures, I honestly believe the above refrain would be a common one — and that the prevailing sentiment would be to induct him into the Hall, no questions asked.

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The big small markets

jmirtle jmirtle posted 11/8/2007 from mirtle.blogspot.com

Ten years ago, a "small-market NHL team" meant something quite a bit different than it does today.

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