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The Playoffs Will Bend Your Wookie [NHL Closer]
deadspin.com - 4/2/2008
The Playoffs Will Bend Your Wookie [NHL Closer]
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The NHL Closer is written by Greg Wyshynski, of FanHouse and The Fourth Period . He is also the author of Glow Pucks And 10-Cent Beer . What a gratifying night of pucking. Nashville pulls off a Frank Wycheck-level miracle. The Capitals win their first playoff game since 2003. The Oilers are dead, Ottawa's shitting the bed, and I'd give Zach Parise a hug if it weren't journalistically and ...

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Mile High Hockey — ... Greg at Deadspin (and Fanhouse and like a billion other blogs), offered this great recap of the Avs' huge win over Vancouver last night: ...

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