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Hall of Fame Election Committee Member Acknowledges Burns Snub

Pat Burns is going to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, just not in 2010. The winner of three Jack Adams Awards as NHL coach of the year with three different teams (Montreal, Toronto and Boston), Burns (pictured here with his wife Lynne) easily qualifies for induction in the Builders category. As for the one team...

The Ice Sheet: Looking Back at the Deal That Started it All

For those of us who choose to cover the NHL, there are three times of year when interest in the game becomes most intense. For starters, there's the beginning of the season, when hope springs eternal for fans of all 30 teams. Thencomes the start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, where fans of all 16 teams that qualify for the...

Background on Bill Torrey

William A. Torrey (born June 23, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was a General Manager and executive in the National Hockey League, most famous for building up the expansion New York Islanders into a dynasty that won four consecutive Stanley Cups.

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