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The Ice Sheet: Instigator Won't Sideline Malkin for Game 3

Late in Sunday night's 3-1 Detroit Red Wings victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals, Pittsburgh forward Maxime Talbot helped set off a melee that could have very well wound up costing him and his teammates dearly if NHL disciplinary czar Colin Campbell had followed the letter of the law...

The Ice Sheet: NHL May Adjust Finals Schedule

Just a few hours after the league announced its tentative schedule for the Stanley Cup Finals on May 22, it's safe to say a number of hockey fans weren't exactly happy. Why? Thanks to the demands of television, specifically the requirements of the NHL's broadcast television partner, NBC, the league was looking at a Finals...

The Ice Sheet: Return of 'Cane Season

It must be tough to be a Carolina Hurricanes fan. Consider this for a moment: twice in the last seven years the franchise formerly known as the Hartford Whalers has fought its way to the Stanley Cup Finals -- winning it all in the first year after the lockout in 2006 -- only to miss the playoffs the following two...

The Ice Sheet: The Playoff Agony of the Long Distance Driver

Normally, I would have spent last Saturday afternoon sitting in the press box at Verizon Center to cover Game 1 of the semifinal series between the Capitals and the Penguins. To say this game has been eagerly awaited by most of the hockey world would be an incredible understatement, and as I outlined on Friday over at The...

The Ice Sheet: All Eyes on Game 7

All over North America this morning, hardcore hockey fans are saying a word or two of thanks to the Washington Capitals and the Carolina Hurricanes. Thanks to those two teams and the guts they displayed on Sunday by staving off elimination in their respective playoff series, we'll all get to enjoy the rare treat of a...

The Ice Sheet News From the Web

12/05/11 The Beginning of the Last Ice Age Melt Source: Environmental News Network (ENN) The end of the last ice age and the processes that led to the melting of the northern and southern ice sheets supply information on changes in our climate.
08/01/11 Antarctic ice and future sea level rise: big questions Source: Ars Technica There has been considerable angst and uncertainty about projections of the sea level rise that accompanies rising global temperatures.
03/10/11 Melting Ice Sheets Now Largest Contributor To Rising... Source: The Huffington Post Ice sheets are now the largest contributor to rising sea levels, a new report has found.
11/04/10 Water flowing through ice sheets accelerates warming,... Source: YubaNet.com - Nevada City CA Melt water flowing through ice sheets via crevasses, fractures and large drains called moulins can carry warmth into ice sheet interiors, greatly accelerating the thermal response of an ice sheet to climate change, according to a new study involving the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Background on The Ice Sheet

The Ice Sheet at Ogden, also known as the Weber County Ice Sheet, is located north of Salt Lake City on the campus of Weber State University in Ogden.

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