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sports.espn.go.com - 11/13/2008

LeBrun: Scoring's up, the parity is there … hockey's fun to watch right now

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There's been so much focus on other issues this season -- from hits to the head to the economic crisis -- it's easy to lose sight of an important fact: The hockey is pretty good right now.

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The Hockey Is Good
KK Hockey — from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN, In the midst of a wild 7-6 overtime win by Pittsburgh in Detroit on Tuesday night, Red Wings GM Ken Holland crossed paths with his Penguins counterpart Ray Shero. “He goes, ‘Hey, the new NHL,’” Shero recounted to ESPN.com on Wednesday. “I went, ‘Yeah, no kidding.’” There’s been so much focus on other issues so far this season—everything from hits to the head to hits from behind to the economic crisis and its possible effect on NHL teams—that it’s easy to lose sight of an important fact. “The hockey is pretty good right now,” said ...

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IllegalCurve.com — Gregg Drinnan at Taking Note offers up his thoughts on the Overtime/Shootout point system. Good points all. I think it will be a while until we see this implemented, but count me in as a fan of removing the 1 point for the loss. World of Junior Hockey has an updated Russian roster for the ADT Challenge. Kristina Rutherford has an interesting article about playing through concussions. Adam Proteau has a little more on concussions here. I agree with Proteau in that all leagues, not just the NHL, should be proactive in tackling this issue lest old hockey players end up like old football players. Miss Virginia is a ...