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More Russians on the Vancouver Canucks? Nyet, Says Gillis

Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis is saying nyet to the idea of drafting Russian players on his team. During the team's Summer Summit for season ticket holders, Gillis indicated that he will refrain from drafting Russians because the Canucks could lose them to Russia's high-paying Continental Hockey League...

Dominik Hasek Signs One-Year Deal With KHL's Spartak Moskow

As expected, former six-time Vezina Trophy winner and two-time Stanley Cup champion goalie Dominik Hasek has signed a one-year deal with Spartak Moscow of the KHL in Russia on Monday. The deal is rumored to be in the $3 million (U.S.) range for the 45-year-old. After retiring from the NHL in 2008, the Czech netminder took...

Czech Republic Captures Gold at Hockey World Championships

In international sporting events, the teams with the best individual players are not the ones who often take home the gold; the best collective teams do. In a game full of dramatic twists and turns Sunday night, the 2010 World Ice Hockey Championship game between the Czech Republic and Russia turned out to be one of the...

Silly Swede Coach Upstages Championship Day at Worlds

COLOGNE, Germany -- It was a childish moment by a veteran coach at the final day of the IIHF World Hockey Championship. With his team winning 3-1 in the bronze medal game and with 0.7 seconds left on the clock, Sweden coach Bengt-Ake Gustafsson called a time out. He summoned goalie Jonas Gustavsson to the bench and...

Jaromir Jagr Looks for One Last Hurrah Against Russians

COLOGNE, Germany -- He wears No. 68 in honor of the 1968 Prague Spring rebellion in Czechoslovakia that was squashed when the Soviets invaded his homeland. Now Jaromir Jagr -- the elder statesman of Czech hockey -- will try to derail Russia in the gold medal final of the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Sunday. "I am...

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05/21/12 Jaromir Jagr Free-Agent Rumors: 5 Reasons He'll Likely... Source: Bleacher Report GMPaul Holmgren signed Jaromir Jagr at above-market price despite a history in Philadelphia that can be described as anything but pleasant.
05/12/12 NHL Playoff Notes Source: n+1 The hardest thing to do in hockey is catch a pass properly.
05/11/12 When Flyers return, Jagr may not be with them Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA Jagr, 40, who had a 19-goal season, was given several chances to say he wanted to return to the Flyers.
05/11/12 Kovacevic: On penalty-killing, pouty coaches and... Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA Plus: The Devils followed the PenguinsÃ¢ historically pathetic penalty-killing performance by choking the Flyers into just three goals on 19 chances, and they did so by pressuring aggressively.
05/10/12 Flyers GM on Bryzgalov: âIt's not Comedy Central' Source: Globe and Mail Ilya Bryzgalov had plenty of time this season to babble on about bears, the universe, the woods, and other arcane bits of knowledge.