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Atlanta Trying To Reach Goal

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04/04/06 at 10:22 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun,

Thrashers GM Don Waddell made a bold move before this season, guaranteeing Atlanta fans the first playoff berth in the team's short history. But with only eight games left on the schedule, the Thrashers still aren't guaranteed anything. Instead, they're in ninth place in the Eastern Conference and on the outside looking as time ticks down on the regular season.

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Sheldon Kennedy Hit Rock Bottom

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04/04/06 at 10:16 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun,

Holed up in the furnace room of his ranch house south of Calgary, Sheldon Kennedy sat with a loaded shotgun in his hands and a bag of cocaine by his side. In a the midst of a week-long drug and alcohol binge that saw him leave the house only to pick up more cocaine, the former NHL player's paranoia had him convinced there were strangers in the house.

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Sore Hip For Golden Boy

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04/04/06 at 10:09 AM ET | Comments (0)

via the NY Post (reg. req.), Golden-boy goalie Henrik Lundqvist, suffering from a sore hip flexor, will not start tonight's Atlantic Division showdown against the rival Flyers. Lundqvist, who will not be in uniform tonight, doesn't know exactly when he got injured - either in Thursday's loss to Ottawa or during Friday's practice. He did not say anything about it to coaches or the training staff until practice yesterday.

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Shootouts Hurt Sharks

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04/04/06 at 10:04 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the San Francisco Chronicle,

The big question when the NHL added the shootout to decide tie games this season -- guaranteeing a winner in every game -- was how it would affect the standings. Would teams earn "cheap" points and would others possibly get aced out because they didn't take enough advantage of the new rule? ...Only one team has been hurt by the new rule: If you guessed that one team is the Sharks, you are correct. If shootouts had not come into being, and teams earned one point each for a tie after regulation and five minutes of sudden death, the Sharks would have 84 points, good for eighth place in the West and three points ahead of Edmonton.

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Knee On Knee Night

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04/04/06 at 02:26 AM ET | Comments (0)

Marchment tried to take out Zetterberg tonight and just missed. Tucker had a knee hit on Hecht and Lindy Ruff is not a happy coach (will open wmp audio). Babcock was asked about the Marchmant move and said the game was very agressive, which is fine, but you have to keep the hits clean.

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Ref To Celebrate Milestone

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04/04/06 at 01:54 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Hockey Refs,

NHL referee Don Koharski will join a select group later this week when he officiates his 1,500th regular season game. The 50-year-old will achieve the mark Saturday when Tampa Bay plays host to Pittsburgh.

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The Maven On The NHL

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04/04/06 at 01:46 AM ET | Comments (0)

from Stan Fischler of MSG Network,

-Toronto’s resurgence should guarantee Pat Quinn’s return behind the bench. If we were making the choice, John Ferguson will be back as well; Toronto media vultures notwithstanding. -Andy Murray may be history in Tinseltown, but the deposed Kings coach looms as candidate for any one of the three teams – the Islanders being one – depending on the next g.m -Jim Devellano justified naming Steve Yzerman Red Wings’ captain at age 40 on the grounds that Stevie Y was the best player on the team. The “C” sure didn’t hurt SY nor the Wings. With that it mind, the Penguins should get it over with and give the captaincy to its best player, Sid (Der Bingle) Crosby.

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Sea Wolves Forced To Suspend Operations

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04/04/06 at 12:24 AM ET | Comments (0)

via the AP,

The Mississippi Sea Wolves will suspend hockey operations for the 2006-07 season, operating owner Mike Rogers said Monday afternoon. The deadline was supposed to be at 8 a.m. Monday, but the ECHL extended it until the end of the business day. But with the money to repair the Mississippi Coast Coliseum unavailable by the ECHL's deadline, the Sea Wolves now are forced to wait until 2007 before taking the ice again on the Coast.

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Stats Report For March 2006

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04/03/06 at 10:39 PM ET | Comments (0)

March stats report and a breakdown of what each report means. A 'Session' is defined as a series of clicks on your site by an individual visitor during a specific period of time. A Session is initiated when the visitor arrives at your site, and it ends when the browser is closed or there is a period of inactivity. A 'Pageview' is defined as a request from a visitor's browser for a displayable web page, generally an HTML file. Urchin's configuration controls which file extensions are treated as Pageviews. In general, images and other embedded content, such as style sheets and javascript, are not considered to be Pageviews. A 'Hit' is simply a successful request to your web server from a visitor's browser for any type of file, whether an image, HTML page, an MP3 file, or any other type. A single web page can cause many Hits -- one for each image included on the page, etc. * Session: A series of Hits to your site over a specific period of time by one visitor. * Pageview: A request to the web server by a visitor's browser for any web page; this excludes images, javascript, and other generally embedded file types. * Hit: Any successful request to a webserver from a visitor's browser. * Bytes: The quantity of network bandwidth used by the files requested during the selected Date Range.

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Start Disclosing Injuries

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04/03/06 at 09:05 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Delaware County Times,

..."Why not disclose injuries as the playoffs near?" The answer most commonly given around the league? Targeting. That’s right, targeting. As in, a player with a bum shoulder will be checked into the boards harder and with more regularity if the opposition knows about the player’s malady. "When you start talking about injuries in a series and injuries against an opponent, people pay attention," said Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock. "Why give another team more fuel for the playoffs to focus on your players?" It’s a fair question, but one that shouldn’t have to be broached in a professional sports league.

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