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Team Canada Routs Norway in Hockey Opener

About 12 minutes into the first period of last night's Olympic hockey game between Canada and Norway, I turned to a fellow spectator and uttered a heresy. "The Canadians are playing like a bunch of bums," I said, shaking my head, remembering the series of flubbed games that led to our seventh-place finish in Turin in...

Penguins Advance to Stanley Cup Finals, Touch Prince of Wales Trophy

It's kind of an unwritten rule in hockey that when your team wins the conference championship, you're not supposed to touch the trophy (in the case of the Eastern Conference, the Prince of Wales Trophy) because, in theory, that's not the piece of hardware you strive for. You're not supposed to show it the same respect you...

Pens, Fleury Hold Off 'Canes Rally

Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals certainly didn't disappoint, as the Penguins and Hurricanes took part in an up-and-down track meet while both goalies put on a clinic in net. In the end, Marc-Andre Fleury was just a touch better than Cam Ward, while Phillipe Boucher's power play goal with just over eight minutes to...

Eastern Conference Finals Preview: Where's the Bitterness?

Well this is kind of a letdown. After watching the Penguins take on long-time rivals Philadelphia and Washington in the first two rounds of the Eastern Conference playoffs, they're now taking on the Carolina Hurricanes in the conference final. It's a match-up that offers nothing in the way of hatred, bitterness or rivalry....

The Ice Sheet: Return of 'Cane Season

It must be tough to be a Carolina Hurricanes fan. Consider this for a moment: twice in the last seven years the franchise formerly known as the Hartford Whalers has fought its way to the Stanley Cup Finals -- winning it all in the first year after the lockout in 2006 -- only to miss the playoffs the following two...

EricStaal News From the Web

05/09/12 PHT: Staal's comeback with Rangers going strong Source: Open Mike It's crazy to think of how wild Marc Staal 's season has been.
05/09/12 Rangers defenseman Staal praised by brother Source: New York Post - New York NY It is all that has happened since that moment that creates an audible pride in Eric Staal's voice.
05/09/12 Staal makes his Marc as big bro beams Source: New York Post - New York NY It is all that has happened since that moment that creates an audible pride in Eric Staal's voice.
04/23/12 A beat writer's lament: feeling left out Source: Lord Stanley's Blog It's tough being the fan of a nonplayoff team -- right Caniacs? -- and being on the outside looking in.
04/10/12 Hurricanes optimistic about Year 2 under Muller Source: Asheville Citizen-Times - Asheville NC The Carolina Hurricanes wont have many enjoyable endings to their seasons until they figure out how to start them better.