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Weekly Rebounds: Say Hello to Taylor Hall

Every week there are minor moves and stories around the National Hockey League that tend to fall through the cracks. Consider this our weekly roundup of those stories from the previous week, all wrapped up in one neat little package.If there's a silver lining to rooting for a bad team in a given season, it's that you...

The Ice Sheet: Recchi Rocks

Every day from Monday to Saturday, The Ice Sheet will take a look at the biggest stories in the league that happened on the ice and elsewhere the night before.When Mark Recchi was waived by the Penguins, and then claimed by the Thrashers on re-entry waivers, the "Recchin Ball" vowed, Jean-Luc Picard style, that he would...

The Ice Sheet: "Big E" Officially Retires

To the surprise of very few, Eric Lindros, the "Big E", is officially announcing his retirement from the NHL.Love him or hate him, you had to respect that Eric Lindros was a force to be reckoned with during most of his NHL career. Few players really ever change a game, but Lindros is certainly one of them. Remember how...

John Leclair News From the Web

04/03/12 Kelly Egan: At age 63, John Leclair is graduating from... Source: Ottawa Citizen - Ottawa - ON - Canada John Leclair is talking about the school of hard knocks, where he remains a resident scholar.

Background on John Leclair

John Clark LeClair (born July 5, 1969) is an American former professional ice hockey left winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins. He won the Stanley Cup with Montreal in 1993 but he had his most productive seasons while with Philadelphia, scoring 50 goals three straight seasons - the first American-born player to do so - and being a member of the Legion of Doom line.

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