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NHL FanHouse's Best of the Week: Anthony Stewart's Surprising Hat Trick

Every Monday morning Adam Gretz and Chris Botta will recap the best performances and plays that you might have missed from the previous week's action. The Top Individual Performances of the Week 1. Anthony Stewart, Atlanta at Anaheim: The Thrashers forward had four goals in the first 104 games of his NHL career. On...

Slovakia Names Olympic Roster

After a surprising run through pool play in 2006 ended with a quarterfinal loss and a fifth-place finish, Slovakia is hoping to be a darkhorse medal candidate in the 2010 Winter Olympics.To do so, team general manager Peter Bondra had the challenge of finding the right depth to compliment a front-line group that includes...

Ovechkin's Trick Tops Crosby's, Pens

WASHINGTON -- For those of you who are tired of all they hype around the Alex Ovechkin-Sidney Crosby clash in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, I have bad news. You better get ready for more. A whole lot more.In a duel that evoked memories of the titanic struggles between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson in the NBA...

Caps Trade Offense for Grit, Victory

WASHINGTON – It became custom sometime ago that the hero in a victorious Capitals locker room received a shower of shaving cream from his happy teammates.I didn't see late Tuesday night how much of the foamy white stuff the Capitals' game-seven winning shot maker Sergei Fedorov was left to clean from his face, but I...

Caps Pile On Early, Force Game 7

There were plenty of distractions entering Sunday's Game 6 between the Capitals and Rangers. New York head coach John Tortorella was suspended and watching from a sky box; winger Sean Avery, who was a healthy scratch for Game 5, was back on the ice; and Rangers GM Glen Sather was doing his best to provide the press with...