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Dionne16 continues to be an active member in the Hockey.com community and is offering his unique take on the Stanley Cup playoffs in entertaining blogs. Doughty or Bogosian to the Kings? I am sure Dionne16 will let us know in the near future...


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Chris Osgood

Age: 35
Team: Detroit Red Wings
Born: Alberta, Canada

Osgood has shut out the high-powered Penguins twice in the Stanley Cup final and had the best GAA in the playoffs following Game 4 as the Red Wings look to put the finishing touches on their fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years.

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Pittsburgh Penguins aren’t the only Pens in pursuit of a Cup

Posted by: Steve Mylemans 49 days 21 hours 40 minutes ago.

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The Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins, like their parent club in Pittsburgh, are chasing a league championship this spring.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are getting a lot of national attention on both sides of the Canadian-U.S. border. After all they are in the Stanley Cup final and have some of the best young talent in the NHL.

They are without a doubt the most popular team named the Penguins in hockey - except if you live in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania.

Wilkes-Barre is home to Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate - the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Like their parent club they too are in pursuit of a championship. The AHL's version of the Pens is currently facing the Chicago Wolves in the Calder Cup final, which is the AHL's equivalent of the Stanley Cup.

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Sami Jo Small, with Cassie Campbell, is gearing up for another season with the rigors of annual fitness testing. It is something the five-time world champion, and most of her teammates, could do without. (CP Images)

Women's hockey fitness tests part of game Sami Jo Small would rather avoid

By : Sami Jo Small 64 days 17 hours 25 minutes ago.

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I know they have to do it. I know fitness testing is an important evaluation tool in the selection process, however I hate it! This week is the start of the 2008-2009 season with our first round of fitness testing and no matter how "in shape" an athlete is, fitness testing always sucks. And this sentiment is shared by many of my teammates.

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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)

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

By : Sami Jo Small 67 days 7 hours 42 minutes ago.

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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...

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Henrik Zetterberg scored one of the prettiest goals you will ever see in the Western Conference semi final, but was it nothing but luck? You make the call.

Henrik Zetterberg scores for-the-ages goal but was it plain luck?

By : Hockey.com Editor 67 days 8 hours 6 minutes ago.

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The video evidence is in, now let the debate begin.

Detroit's Henrik Zetterberg scored what could be one of the best goals of the past season, let alone the playoffs, last week against the Colorado Avalanche in Game 4 of their Western Conference semi final.

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No wonder Robert Esche is looking behind him as if to say “How did that puck go in?” during Sunday’s USA-Finland game at the IIHF World Hockey Championship. That’s because it didn’t. (CP Images)

World Hockey Championship goal judge snafu – honest mistake or corruption?

By : Marty Henwood 67 days 21 hours 41 minutes ago.

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We've all heard about - how do we say this diplomatically? - corrupt officiating in international hockey circles and North American hockey fans had a bird's-eye-view of it Sunday at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.

All right, no sense tiptoeing around the issue. If the video goal judge that allowed Finland's first "goal" wasn't on the take, he should seriously look for another line of work, because reviewing tape is not his calling.

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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 : Marty Henwood 70 days 19 hours 30 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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