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NHL Eastern Conference Playoff Preview

Exactly 1,230 regular season games have been played. We're down to the best eight teams in each conference. The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin Wednesday night with four series lid-lifters.In the Eastern Conference, the Boston Bruins rallied from a bit of a swoon around the All-Star Break to easily win the top seed. Even if you...

Ovechkin on 'The Goal', Take Two

As we've noted before, what Russian hockey players say to the Russian press oftentimes is far more revealing than the story told by their North American counterparts. Once again, we're privy to an English translation of an interview between Alex Ovechkin and Pavel Lysenkov of Sovetsky Sport. The topic: last night's...

The Ice Sheet: All-Star Weekend Belongs to Ovechkin

Every Monday morning The Ice Sheet will take a close look at everything that's happened in the NHL since Friday night at 5:00 PM -- or if need be, anything else the author wants to bleat about. To read them all, click here.When all was said and done following the Eastern Conference's 12-11 overtime victory in the 47th NHL...

NHL Suspends Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk, Nicklas Lidstrom

Earlier on Friday, we brought you the absurd report that Gary Bettman, in his own ridiculous way, was attempting to save the NHL All-Star game by threatening to suspend players for declining to take part in the festivities. Apparently, Bettman means business as the league has decided to suspend Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk and...

Sidney Crosby Out of NHL All-Star Game

The NHL All-Star game just became a little more unwatchable, as Penguins superstar Sidney Crosby has withdrawn himself from the weekend's festivities. He will be replaced by Tampa Bay Lightning forward Martin St. Louis. Crosby, currently second in the league in scoring, has been bothered by a knee injury -- and he took a...