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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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New Russian hockey league aims to develop, improve hockey worldwide

57 days 8 hours 58 minutes ago.

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MONTREAL - It's being billed as an eventual rival to the National Hockey League based across the pond in Europe, but the man behind a new Russian hockey league set to launch this September has modest goals to start.

Alexander Medvedev makes no secret of the fact his league is eagerly eyeing North American talent to fill out the new Continental Hockey League rosters - but he wasn't pitching the fledgling league as a threat to raid the NHL cupboards in Montreal on Thursday.

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Kovalchuk suspension shouldn't change classic Russia-Finland matchup

Posted: 64 days 11 hours 20 minutes ago.

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QUEBEC - As Russia and Finland got ready on Thursday for their second semifinal meeting in as many years at the IIHF World Hockey Championship, most of the talk was about a skater who won't even play.

Ilya Kovalchuk, the gifted forward for the Atlanta Thrashers who has yet to score a goal in the tournament, got a one-game suspension when he was ejected from Russia's 6-0 quarter-final victory over Switzerland.

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Russians trounce Swiss 6-0 to reach semis at world championship

Posted: 65 days 4 hours 20 minutes ago.

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QUEBEC - Russia has too good a team to hand over easy goals, but the Swiss on the other hand were in a giving mood on Wednesday night.

Swiss defencemen Raphael Diaz and Philippe Furrer put pucks into their own net past a startled Martin Gerber in the opening seven minutes to help Russia to a 6-0 victory in the quarter-finals of the IIHF World Hockey Championship.

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Finland survives late rally to knock out U.S. in OT at worlds

Posted: 65 days 4 hours 45 minutes ago.

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HALIFAX - The United States enjoyed a big high, then suffered an even bigger low.

Sami Lepisto's goal at 3:59 of overtime gave Finland a 3-2 win over the Americans in quarter-final action at the IIHF World Hockey Championship Wednesday before 9,176 fans.

Trailing 2-0 with under five minutes...

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Team Canada's (left to right) Derek Roy, Jonathan Toews, and Ed Jovanovski celebrate a goal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mike Dembeck

Canada hammers Norway to advance to semifinals at world hockey championship

Posted: 65 days 7 hours 52 minutes ago.

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HALIFAX - Ken Hitchcock knew he was leaving Halifax. He just didn't know what mode of transportation he'd be taking.

The Canadian coach went through some nervous moments during an 8-2 quarter-final win over Norway at the IIHF World Hockey Championship on Wednesday. The victory earned his team a semifinal game with Sweden a few hours away in Quebec City.

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Team Czech Republic goalkeeper Milan Hnilicka looks at the puck fly into the net as team Sweden scores their second goal of the afternoon in third period action at the IIHF world hockey championship Wednesday May 14, 2008 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon

Weinhandl scores in OT to lift Swedes over Czechs in world hockey quarter-final

Posted: 65 days 9 hours 12 minutes ago.

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QUEBEC - The no-name Swedes are starting to look familiar at the IIHF World Hockey Championships.

Mattias Weinhandl scored 3:15 into overtime Wednesday to give Sweden a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic and a berth in the semifinals, where it will face Canada on Friday.

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