skate2stick.com - 1/26/2008
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The 56th NHL All-Star Game takes place Sunday at Philips Arena in Atlanta (6 p.m. ET, Versus, CBC, RDS, NHL Radio). The game has evolved quite a bit from the early days, when defense and goaltending dominated. For most of the past two decades, it’s been a goal scorer’s delight; happily for the goalies, they only play a period each these days.
VERSUS’ Brings the Bells and Whistles to “the ATL”
kuklaskorner.com 1/26/2008 — With a three year extension in place to keep NHL games on the network until the 2010-11 season, the VERSUS network will reach fairly deep into it’s bag of tricks (I assume every television network has one) to present the 56th National Hockey ...
Can anyone save the all-star game?
mirtle.blogspot.com 1/26/2008 — Outside of the actual game itself, flawed as it is, all-star weekend's biggest problem is that it's completely and utterly forgettable.
My guess is only a small fraction of hockey fans can even remember where last year's game was. (Dallas.)
The ...
Sharks' Wilson gives Wings big praise--with a caveat
blog.mlive.com 1/26/2008 — San Jose Sharks coach Ron Wilson gave Mike Babcock and the Detroit Red Wings a big compliment--albeit a compliment claiming that his Sharks outplayed the Red Wings last spring--in suggesting that the Wings are playing the best hockey they have...
The Ice Sheet: Wither The NHL All-Star Game?
sports.aol.com 1/26/2008 — Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before. Back on January 1, the eyes of the entire sports world seemed to be focused on an ...
Blueland Blog | Legends Come Out In Atlanta
thrashers.portspaces.com 1/26/2008 — The legendary Gordie Howe was the center of attention at TJ's on Thursday On Tuesday afternoon some of the all-time greats from the hockey world converged on TJ's in Alpharetta. They were there to launch the Alumni Wine Series but but the hundreds of ...
NHL Calendar —
NHL.com News in English 1/26/2008
Jan. 25-28 - All-Star break.
Jan. 26 - CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game, Edmonton, Alberta; Super Skills Competition, Atlanta.
Jan. 27 - All-Star Game at Atlanta.
Feb. 26 - Trade deadline at 3 p.m. EST.
April 6 - Last day of regular season.
April ...