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The Ice Sheet: Coyotes Dogging Their Fans

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.The Phoenix Coyotes haven't qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs since 2002, and have never advanced past the first round. If you want to use last night's win in...

Support for Avalanche Rapidly Melting

Last month, Jes Golbez lit a powder keg on FanHouse with a post about the eroding attendance numbers for the once-infallible Colorado Avalanche, covering everything from the argument that the team has too few stars to the debate about the effect the League's national TV ratings have on Denver. After Jibblescribbits fired...

Hockeytowns Without Pity

Last month, Sports Illustrated's Michael Farber identified St. Paul, Minn. as the city with the credentials to call itself "Hockeytown, U.S.A." As for previous H-town Detroit, Farber kicked some sand in its face when he said the Hockeytown moniker for the Red Wings' base of operations "seems as appropriate as, well,...

The Ice Sheet: As the Leafs Turn

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.There are plenty of easy jobs in the world: Marty Brodeur's back-up goalie; weed wrangler for The Black Crowes; the assistant who has to clip positive film reviews...

Ice Sheet: Philadelphia Has Run Out of Hats

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.Yes, it was the final game of a road trip that saw them swing through Western Canada and then to the opposite side of the Keystone State. No, they did not have...