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NHL Trade Deadline: Columbus Blue Jackets

The Blue Jackets are in the same position as a number of teams in the West. One minute they're out of contention, the next they are right in the thick of things. Coming off a 2009-10 season that saw them struggle along in the 14th spot, the Blue Jackets have had one of those inconsistent years that coaches dread -- the...

Super Mario and the Cups Turned a Football City Towards the Ice

In this five-part series, Adam Gretz looks at the growth of USA Hockey and the number of "non-traditional" cities and regions that are now producing players in the wake of NHL expansion. This week, we'll run a new installment every day. Southwestern Pennsylvania has always been known as a football hot-spot, not only due...

Backchecking With ... R.J. Umberger

We get to know NHL players with some quick questions. Today we meet Columbus Blue Jackets center R.J. Umberger. What are your earliest hockey memories? I remember the first time I went ice skating, it was at a public skate, an open skate and I was 6 years old. I didn't know how to skate so I just slid forward (mimics a...

Ovechkin Hurt in Loss to Columbus

The Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets played an overtime thriller on Sunday afternoon, with the Jackets picking up the 5-4 win thanks to R.J. Umberger's game-winner (and second goal of the game) at the 1:45 mark of the extra frame. Perhaps the biggest concern for Capitals fans isn't the outcome on the...

Offseason Roadmap: Central 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 Central Division. The Chicago Blackhawks are trying to build off a magical season. Columbus got its first taste of playoff hockey, while St. Louis...

Background on RJ Umberger

Richard Allen "R. J." Umberger, Jr. (born May 3, 1982) is an American professional ice hockey center and an alternate captain of the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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