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Ronco1a's Profile PicRonco1a is an avid fan of the Maple Leafs and it certainly shows in his opinionated blog posts. He's been active in posting to the Hockey.com forums and has linked up with a network of friends, as well.
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  • Age: 35
  • Team: Detroit Red Wings
  • Born: Alberta, Canada
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5-11-2008 - 5-17-2008

World Hockey Championship games welcome reprieve from meetings for Sami Jo Small

Posted by: Sami Jo Small 2 days 11 hours 6 minutes ago.
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Sami Jo Small finished up the Hockey Canada AGM by taking in a classic World Hockey Championship tilt featuring goaltenders Henrik Lundqvist and Evgeni Nabokov(above). (AP)
Sami Jo Small finished up the Hockey Canada AGM by taking in a classic World Hockey Championship tilt featuring goaltenders Henrik Lundqvist and Evgeni Nabokov(above). (AP)

I just got back from Quebec City where Hockey Canada's AGM was held in conjunction with the Men's World Championships. As the player's rep for the Women's National Team, I have a seat on the Board of Hockey Canada and therefore have to attend their meetings throughout the year culminating with the AGM at the end of the season.

Generally, they're not much to write home about, just long days and lots of policy decisions. But this...

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Lastest Blog Posts

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 : Sami Jo Small 6 days 23 hours 57 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 : Hockey.com Editor 9 days 56 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 : Sami Jo Small 9 days 10 hours 6 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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Team Canada is hunting for their fourth global title in six years as the IIHF World Hockey Championships continue on home soil. (CP Images)

World Hockey Championships seemed to have home in Europe

By : Hockey.com Editor 10 days 12 hours 33 minutes ago.
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By Steve Mylemans

With the IIHF World Hockey Championship bragging rights now on the line in Canada, bet you're wondering what it must feel like for the Europeans to have the crown jewel of their hockey season brought to this side of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Nathan Smith of the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins was caught with his pants down last weekend.

Nathan Smith naked prance a bet he shouldn’t have taken

By : Marty Henwood 14 days 1 hour 20 minutes ago.
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Whether your post-game ritual involves dabbing Clearasil on a mountain of pimples after a midget house-league game or staving off the groupies in the bowel of the rink following an NHL game, coaching lingo is pretty universal. And I can pretty well tell you that when a bench boss at any level makes reference to "going balls out", this isn't what they have in mind.

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