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• Steve Yzerman: Most Gracious Superstar
• By Susan Slusser 11/09/2009 10:00 AM ET
• In an age of look-at-me professional athletes, full of boasting, silly taunting and big celebrations over routine plays, Steve Yzerman is a reminder that the best and most talented shine all the ... More »
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• Joe Sakic's Career Highlights: Only a Snow Blower Could Stop Him
• By Adam Gretz 7/08/2009 4:19 PM ET
• When Joe Sakic officially announces his retirement, the NHL will not only be losing one of its best players of all-time, it's also going to be losing one of its best leaders and captains, and from ... More »
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• NHL Hall of Fame Class of 2009: Do We Underrate Steve Yzerman?
• By Adam Gretz 6/23/2009 5:20 PM ET
• The NHL's Hall of Fame class of 2009 features a reunion of the Detroit Red Wings' 2001-02 Stanley Cup Championship team, and the completion of the best father-son duo in the history of the league. On ... More »
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• Game 7 in Hockeytown Is Hockey Heaven
• By Lisa Olson 6/11/2009 11:45 PM ET
• DETROIT – Sure, the flying octopi help. So do the throngs of rabid fans wearing jerseys ringed in the color of blood, and a no-nonsense building that doesn't require fancy bells and whistles in ... More »
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• Let's Not Give Up On Hockey Just Yet
• By Adam Gretz 5/16/2009 12:00 PM ET
• There was a time when my favorite sport was, without hesitation, baseball. Recently, however, my interest in the game has been lost. Not because of a steroid scandal or the incompetence of Bud Selig, ... More »
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• Selke Trophy Nominees Announced, Is It Datsyuk's to Lose?
• By Adam Gretz 4/28/2009 1:15 PM ET
• If Detroit Red Wings center Pavel Datsyuk is going to claim his second straight Selke Trophy as the league's best defensive forward, he's going to have to overcome two excellent players in ... More »
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• What If ... Gretzky Had Gone to Detroit?
• By Eric McErlain 8/08/2008 12:25 PM ET
• While most of the rest of the sports world is preoccupied with the trade of Brett Favre from Green Bay to New York and the possibilities that deal presents going forward, the hockey world has been ... More »
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• Hawks Give Toews the Captain's "C"
• By Jes Golbez 7/12/2008 10:56 AM ET
• After going without a captain all of last season, Hawks coach Denis Savard has decided to award a "C" to one of his bright young Turks: Jonathan Toews. This star-in-the-making is one of the most ...
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• Penguins vs. Red Wings: Who was the REAL "Team of the 90's?"
• By Jes Golbez 5/22/2008 3:14 PM ET
• Our esteemed leader asked me a simple question: "Between Pittsburgh and Detroit, who can rightly claim to be the 'Team of the 90's?'" While blurting out "Detroit, dummy!" was my first instinct, I ... More »
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• Sakic vs. Yzerman: Who Is the King of 19?
• By Jes Golbez 11/23/2007 5:00 PM ET
• Hockey Night in Canada is doing a feature called BY THE NUMBERSHockey Night in Canada is doing a feature called BY THE NUMBERS, which attempts to rank the best players to ever wear a particular ...
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• Maybe Ron Wilson Should Just Go Ahead and Fire Himself
• By Greg Wyshynski 5/22/2007 2:34 AM ET
• San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson took two weeks to mull over his team's collapse in the Western Conference semifinals, and appears ready to shake up the Etch-a-Sketch. Using phrases like ... More »
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