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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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Martin Biron
  • Age: 30
  • Team: Philadelphia Flyers
  • Born: Lac St. Charles, QC
With a .914 save percentage in the 2008 playoffs, Martin Biron (left) has helped the Flyers advance to the Eastern Conference Final.
5-11-2008 - 5-17-2008

Marty Turco, Stars restore Niskanen’s car for fallen colleague

Posted by: henwood 2 days 16 hours 45 minutes ago.
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Matt Niskanen’s restored car will now be put up for sale in an online auction, with proceeds helping the wife and young daughter of late Stars’ employee Matt McKee. (Dallas Stars)
Matt Niskanen’s restored car will now be put up for sale in an online auction, with proceeds helping the wife and young daughter of late Stars’ employee Matt McKee. (Dallas Stars)

In between writing children's books  and, oh yeah, trying to win a Stanley Cup, Marty Turco somehow found some time to fit a little car restoration into his schedule.

And now, the end result may dry a few tears on the face of a two-year-old girl.

With Turco acting as ringleader, the Stars took the had-seen-better-days ride that was defenseman Matt Niskanen's 2001 Pontiac Sunfire — wheels he has owned since he was 15 — and helped give it a $12,000 facelift.

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Lastest Blog Posts - February 2008

Stanley Cup predictions from a Devil's advocate

By : henwood 73 days 13 hours 20 minutes ago.
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NHL finalists through the eyes of one... 

Devils and Sharks.

There, I said it. On the record. Come early June, not long after you have ditched your parka and hot chocolate for a Speedo and Corona, you'll be singin' it along with me.

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Tags: NHL News   Playoffs   

Gary Bettman holds his own at steroid summit

By : henwood 73 days 13 hours 24 minutes ago.
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Drug use in NHL not an issue, says NHL Commissioner

Needles and pricks, skates and sticks? Not quite.

As he sat in front of a posse of steely-eyed U.S. congressmen at a hearing into drug use in professional sports Wednesday in Washington, Commissioner Gary Bettman didn't seem at all like a fish out of water.

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Tags: NHL News   Gary Bettman   Steroids  

NHL players needing a little anger management

By : henwood 73 days 13 hours 28 minutes ago.
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Every so often, an NHL player has a momentary lapse of reason that ends up on video, which is nothing but good news for the rest of us.

Millionaire athletes can turn into instant jerks when things don't go their way. Here's a little video proof of some unsportsmanlike punks who should be calling the waaaaaahhhhhhhhh-bulance or taking a course in anger management.

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Tags: NHL News   Anger Management   

NHL Trade Deadline Live Blog

By : henwood 75 days 16 hours 36 minutes ago.
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Hockey trades as they happen

It's Christmas Day for hockey fans as NHL Trade Deadline Day has arrived. Hockey.com's Rick Couchman and Marty Henwood are here all day long for the Trade Deadline Live Blog, where we will announce today's deals while allowing you to offer your analysis on who the real winners and losers are.

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Tags: NHL News   trade deadline  

Peter Forsberg signs with Avalanche

By : couchman 76 days 8 hours 55 minutes ago.
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Peter Forsberg is making a return to the NHL.

According to the Colorado Avalanche website, Forsberg has signed a deal to return to play for the remainder of the season.

Questions have surrounded Forsberg's ability to play at a high level. His most-recent concerns have been with his feet. 

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