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Report: Ducks' Selanne Has Broken Hand

The Anaheim Ducks are not off to a good start this season. They're in last place in the Western Conference, one point back of Minnesota. Not only that, but a once-stingy defense is now one of the worst in the conference.If that's not bad enough, the Ducks lost one of their best offensive players Thursday night. Trying to...

Offseason Roadmap: Southeast Division

It's officially the offseason, meaning the time is right to look into the future. We continue our division-by-division preview of the potential wheeling and dealing with the Southeast Division.The Southeast is probably going to be the most boring division in hockey this offseason. Three of the teams don't have the...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Kings Hold on for Win in Washington

Kings 5, Capitals 4: Exciting game in Washington as the Caps and Kings combined to light up the scoreboard with nine goals and 80 shots in Los Angeles' 5-4 win. The Kings had a number of two-goal leads throughout the night, including a 5-3 advantage late in the third period. With just over a minute to play in regulation,...

Background on Karlis Skrastins

Kārlis Skrastiņš (July 9, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Latvian professional ice hockey player. Skrastins was a member of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) and was on board the team plane which crashed on September 7, 2011. Skrastins played eleven seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) before joining Lokomotiv in 2011.

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