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Cinderella Canadiens Following in Footsteps of '93 Islanders

Time to dust off the cobwebs covering the little grey cells in your on-board organic computer. The 2009-10 Montreal Canadiens remind you of which underdog NHL team that also had an improbable run in the Stanley Cup playoffs? Hmm. Try the 1992-93 New York Islanders. Just look at the similarities. Nobody gave the...

FanHouse Chats With 2-Time Stanley Cup Champion Phil Bourque

HOMESTEAD, Pa. -- Phil Bourque spent eight of his 12 NHL seasons as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, helping the team win two Stanley Cups in the early 1990s. Since the 2003-04 campaign, he's worked as an analyst for the Penguins radio network, and we had an opportunity to catch up with him at the team's Championship...

So, Did You Know Jordan and Eric Staal Are Brothers?

It wasn't even 30 seconds into Eric Staal's post game interview on VERSUS Thursday night when we received our first reference to the fact that he and his brother, Jordan Staal, were about to face off in the Eastern Conference Finals. Get used to it, because you're going to hear about it ... a lot. To get you ready for the...

On This Day in 2001: Scott Stevens Buries Shane Willis

On Wednesday the Devils and the Hurricanes will drop the puck on their first-round series. These two teams have quite a bit of history in the playoffs in the 'Canes relatively short term down south; this will be the fourth meeting between the two teams since their first battle in 2001, with the 'Canes winning two of the...

Who Are the Carolina Hurricanes?

With the NHL playoffs just around the corner, FanHouse takes a look at some of the lesser-known teams that qualified. Friday's installment: the Carolina HurricanesWhen the Whalers left Hartford back in 1997 to become the Carolina Hurricanes, they left a lot of things behind: the best jerseys in the NHL, Brass Bonanza, and,...

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05/29/12 Farmers asked to help protect Chalk Creek Source: The Park Record - Park City UT Farmers and ranchers are being asked to think outside of the box and come up with new ways to help protect a local river and save the Bonneville cutthroat trout.
05/29/12 Jinx or superstition? It's a matter of choice Source: Lord Stanley's Blog Many NHL players believe you shouldn't touch the Stanley Cup until winning it â or else.
04/15/12 Hockey World: Time to move injury-prone Hall to centre? Source: Edmonton Journal - Edmonton - AB - Canada If the Edmonton Oilers keep the No. 1 pick and load up at forward with Nail Yakupov joining Taylor Hall, Jordan Eberle and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, would they seriously think of moving Hall to centre?
04/13/12 Billericay Gazette published Dumped store trolleys are... Source: This Is Total Essex Six trolleys belonging to the Basildon supermarket were found in Noak Bridge last week.
04/08/12 Truck purchase resurrects buy-local debate Source: The Daily News - Dowagiac MI Purchasing a snowplow truck after the winter that wasn't stirred a Cass County Board of Commissioners debate Thursday night about taking the lowest bid versus the most local bid.

Background on ron francis

Ronald Michael Francis, Jr. (born March 1, 1963) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 25 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Hartford Whalers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Carolina Hurricanes and Toronto Maple Leafs.

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