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Fever49
Fever49's Profile PicFever49 is one of Hockey.com's most opinionated posters, with a handful of entertaining reads in his blog section. Inside the forums area, the fan of the Blue Jackets is also starting to throw down the mitts and toss ‘em in several threads.
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5-11-2008 - 5-17-2008

Jim Balsillie, NHL team dream still very much alive

Posted by: henwood 1 day 12 hours 47 minutes ago.
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Despite two failed attempts at purchasing an NHL franchise, Jim Balsillie is still in the game in his quest to bring another team to Canada. (CP Images)
Despite two failed attempts at purchasing an NHL franchise, Jim Balsillie is still in the game in his quest to bring another team to Canada. (CP Images)

Maybe, instead of schmoozing in Detroit or wherever else he found himself Thursday night, Gary Bettman should have flown into Toronto to hear Jim Balsillie speak at the Canadian Press Annual Dinner.

Chances are he may have left with a clue.

Then again, who the hell am I kidding?

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Despite two failed attempts at purchasing an NHL franchise, Jim Balsillie is still in the game in his quest to bring another team to Canada. (CP Images)

Jim Balsillie, NHL team dream still very much alive

By : henwood 1 day 12 hours 47 minutes ago.
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Maybe, instead of schmoozing in Detroit or wherever else he found himself Thursday night, Gary Bettman should have flown into Toronto to hear Jim Balsillie speak at the Canadian Press Annual Dinner.

Chances are he may have left with a clue.

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Norway gave Canada all they could handle Thursday at the World Hockey Championship before the Canadians scored late to eke out a triumph.

World Hockey Championship proving rest of world is catching up to Big 7

By : pakarinen 2 days 10 hours 5 minutes ago.
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For all you people out there, thinking that the World Hockey Championship tournament is mostly just a waste of time, because the best players aren't going to the be there anyway and because there are only seven big hockey nations in the world, let me tell you this: for a hockey lover, there's no better place to be than the World Championships.

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It has been once year since the CWHL was formed after the demise of the NWHL, giving national team members such as Sami Jo Small a place to play.

CWHL celebrates first birthday as women's hockey league rises from ashes

By : samismall 2 days 13 hours 49 minutes ago.
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Exactly one year ago, many of the elite players in Canada, including myself, received news via emails that our league was folding. The former NWHL, the league started after the inaugural Olympics in 1998 as a place for us to hone our skills and to be able to play against the best players in the world, was suddenly no longer.

The former owners of the NWHL teams decided to take a hiatus for the 2007-2008 season to determine how they could make the league profitable — and I don't blame them.

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Longest games in NHL history - Video of the Week

By : Editor 4 days 14 hours 48 minutes ago.
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Sometimes it took a highlight-reel goal, while at other times a bad bounce or fluke shot put an end to a marathon NHL overtime game. One thing is for sure: all were memorable.

That pretty much sums up many of the overtime goals you'll find in this video montage featuring the top ten longest games in NHL history (post-expansion).

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Longtime Team Canada women’s star Vicky Sunohara (left, with Hayley Wickenheiser) was recently released from the Canadian National Team. (vickysunohara.ca)

Vicky Sunohara – women’s hockey sees worst cut in history

By : samismall 4 days 23 hours 58 minutes ago.
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Women's hockey has been witness to some pretty controversial cuts or releases over the years, but none have made me shake my head in such disbelief as the recent release from Team Canada of superstar Vicky Sunohara.

One person doesn't necessarily make a championship team but Vicky was definitely sorely missed at the recent World Women's Hockey Championships in Harbin, China.

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