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Keeping A Competitive Balance

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01/24/06 at 10:46 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Mercury News via the Centre Daily Times,

The San Jose Sharks and the team's charter air carrier are the worst violators of the overnight curfew at Mineta San Jose International Airport, arriving after-hours 10 times in the past season and a half, according to city officials. San Jose has issued more than $20,000 in fines and sued the charter service in November 2004 to end the violations, but to no effect. Despite the lawsuit, the Sharks broke the curfew four more times since hockey resumed in October, landing as late as 3:14 a.m. on Dec. 4, airport records show. Sharks President Greg Jamison admitted to breaking the curfew but said it was necessary ``to keep a competitive balance in the NHL'' because there are nights when the Sharks are on the road and return for a home game the following day, while an opposing team is waiting and rested in San Jose.

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Lundqvist In Action

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01/24/06 at 10:45 AM ET | Comments (0)

If you missed the feature NBC did on Ranger goalie Henrik Lundqvist on Saturday, you can watch it here (you will need to use IE in order to view the video).

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My Teeth Were Swimming Around

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01/24/06 at 10:44 AM ET | Comments (0)

from the Mercury News,

Missing incisors are as much a part of hockey as the Zamboni. But the San Jose Sharks are in the midst of an odd losing streak. Three players -- Cheechoo, Joe Thornton and Scott Hannan -- have suffered fractures in a combined nine teeth since mid-November. "Nobody goes through a lifetime of hockey without losing a few Chiclets,'' said defenseman Kyle McLaren. "But this has been worse than I've ever seen it. It's been kind of freaky.''

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Blogging From JLA

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01/23/06 at 09:12 PM ET | Comments (0)

I am going to the Wings/Preds game tonight. Should be a great game and the Wings finally have a divisional game that means something. Oh boy, Legace gave up a goal early, pull him, put in Osgood now! update 7:00pm, Zetterberg is on the ice for pre-game warmup, but he also did that on Colorado on Saturday.

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OLN Settles Lawsuit

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01/23/06 at 07:34 PM ET | Comments (0)

via Mutichannel,

The National Cable Television Cooperative, which sued OLN last fall over carriage issues relating to the National Hockey League, has settled that litigation with the sports network, officials confirmed Monday. The terms of the settlement between the NCTC and OLN, owned by Comcast Corp., are confidential, according to a spokesman for the co-op. The case, filed in Kansas District State Court in November, was settled last month, the co-op said. OLN issued a statement Monday regarding the resolution of the suit. “The NCTC has been an excellent partner to OLN for many years,” the statement said. “We are pleased that we were able to come to a resolution and look forward to our continued relationship.”

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Complaint Dismissed Against NHLPA

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01/23/06 at 07:12 PM ET | Comments (0)

via the NHLPA,

TORONTO (January 23, 2006): The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) today announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has notified the NHLPA that it will not proceed on any of the complaints brought against the NHLPA by attorney Robert Lanza, who represents Trent Klatt, Chris Chelios and a small group of players. “I’m pleased that the U.S. Department of Labor has made its ruling and the NHLPA can move forward without this distraction,” said Ted Saskin, NHLPA Executive Director. “I have said all along that these claims, including the offensive allegations of illegal conduct by Robert Lanza, were completely without merit and would be dismissed.”

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Do You Still Billet

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01/23/06 at 06:53 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Brandon Sun,

Doesn’t anybody billet anymore?” That question came from one of our hockey moms, Terri McLaughlin, when our female midget team participated in a recent tournament in Holland and checking into the issue was like pulling on the innocent-looking thread that unravels a whole garment. “It was a huge job, much more so than most realized,” said Don Jessiman, who served as Brandon’s billeting coordinator for several seasons. “We looked after 64 teams (that’s upwards of 900 boys, folks) each year and had to keep on top of everything including communications with the parents. We’d get the list of players and then hit the community looking for places for them. If we were short homes, people would just double up.

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Best Team In The State

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01/23/06 at 06:31 PM ET | Comments (0)

from the Brunswick News,

Normally, this is when I start yelling at you to get ready for spring training or auto racing. But not this time, at least not yet. Instead, I'm saying you should be paying attention to one team as January creeps closer to February: Your Atlanta Thrashers. Yeah, I know, there's not exactly a whole lot of ice in Glynn County, except in my glass of tea. But that's not the point. The point is the Thrashers may be the best sports team in the state, and yes, I'm including my beloved Braves and your beloved Bulldogs in that blanket statement.

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Sim To Florida

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01/23/06 at 05:01 PM ET | Comments (0)

via Sportsnet,

Sportsnet has learned that the Florida Panthers have traded for Philadelphia Flyers winger Jon Sim. Sim has seven goals and seven assists in 39 games played this season. Going to Philadelphia is the Flyers' sixth round draft pick in 2007.

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Are The Olympics Worth It

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01/23/06 at 04:57 PM ET | Comments (0)

from Scott Burnside of ESPN,

Bryan McCabe is the reason many NHL owners and GMs quietly wish the Olympics would go away. And Alexander Frolov. And Joni Pitkanen. And Robert Esche. And a host of elite players recovering from serious injuries on playoff and/or Stanley Cup hopeful teams that nonetheless want desperately to play in the Olympics next month in Torino. Since NHL players were given leave to take part in the Olympic tournament in 1998, it has been the classic case of big picture versus small picture. Is the value of interrupting the NHL routine for two weeks every four years and compressing the schedule to put NHL players on the world stage worth the inherent dangers to individual franchises?

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