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The Ice Sheet: Rally of the Century

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.Once in a while, the depth of hockey's historic traditional winks through a box score or a game summary, providing the kind of century-old context that only Major...

The Most Important 2 Weeks in the Short, Painful History of the Columbus Blue Jackets

"You're hoping the players on this club will understand the magnitude of the situation. We're trying to get this organization into the playoffs for the first time. That's a big deal. I don't think we all appreciate how big a deal that is." -- Michael Peca, center, Columbus Blue JacketsAnd that's why you sign Michael Peca...

Inside the NHL Mascot Summit

Looking at this photo snapped in Atlanta during All-Star weekend, I feel like I'm viewing a grainy snapshot of The Beatles and The Stones jamming together in a London pub back in 1965. OK, maybe it's more like a cell phone photo of the casts of "Knocked Up," "Superbad" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" sharing a hookah....

I Went To a Hockey Game, and a Hot Dog Eating Contest Broke Out

Meet Alex Malycke. He's 23 years old, and he scarfed down seven hot dogs and buns in three minutes in front of 14,000 people Thursday night. The Washington Capitals held a $1 hot dog night for their home game against Toronto, and a student hot-dog eating contest was staged between the second and third periods between...

The Ice Sheet: Lightning in a Bottleneck

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.St. Pete Times reporter Damian Cristodero dropped a bomb the other day, quoting Tampa Bay GM Jay Feaster that huge changes could hit the Lightning if the team hasn't...