Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES_As the Ilya Kovalchuk saga turns, so do the legs of Austin Wagner. The latter turned phenomenally fast midway through Saturday's game when Wagner shook up Staples Center with a terrific second-period goal in a 3-2 overtime win against the

Los Angeles Times

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - None of the last 10 days really mattered and that included Monday, when the United States cruised to a 5-0 victory over Finland in the semifinals of the women's hockey tournament. The 17 games played up to this point have s

The Atlantic

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A decision by the International Olympic Committee has all but guaranteed a loss for Team USA in hockey. But don’t count them out just yet.

Chicago Tribune

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WEST DUNDEE, Ill. - People attending the 14th annual Toyota-USA Hockey Disabled Hockey Festival may get a chance to meet the man who helped launch the event and for whom a rink at the Leafs Ice Centre in West Dundee, is named. J.J. O'Connor chairs th

Chicago Tribune

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CHICAGO - Gustav Forsling speaks softly and carries a regular-sized hockey stick. The Blackhawks defenseman's play lately, particularly during Friday night's 3-2 overtime victory over the Sabres, has been loud and clear. Forsling was happy to lend hi

Chicago Tribune

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Corey Crawford's recovery from a concussion he suffered last season entered a new phase Monday when he participated in the Blackhawks' regular team practice for the first time during training camp. "That was good," the goalie said afterward. "I was a

Chicago Tribune

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NEWARK, N.J. - With a shrug and a grudging acceptance, Jonathan Toews admits he's having a pretty good season. But he'll never admit he can't do even better. The Blackhawks captain is coming off a couple of seasons that by his standards were not up t

HOME MAGAZINE LEBANON

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An interview with Charles El-Mir, Lebanese Ice Hockey Federation president based in Montreal, Canada. Ice hockey — one of the most popular sports — is played at the Olympic Games. Today hockey is a major sport, especially in North America where it is

Los Angeles Times

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GANGNEUNG, South Korea - Listening to the national anthem play for them, seeing the U.S. flag rise above the ice at Gangneung Hockey Center in their honor after they had defeated Canada in a six-round shootout to earn Olympic gold, members of the U.S

Los Angeles Times

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NEW YORK - By the end of practice, the ice badly needed to be re-surfaced and the puck could barely slide. The Kings didn't care. It was time to be kids again. They held practice outdoors, at Lasker Rink in Central Park, on a sunny, 34-degree Wednesd

Chicago Tribune

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Around sixth grade, Blackhawks first-round draft choice Adam Boqvist started hating homework more than most kids his age did. His teachers noticed. His parents, Patric and Helena, agreed. What was wrong? "It was tough on Adam in the beginning," Patri

Los Angeles Times

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GANGNEUNG, South Korea - This is why they put their lives on hold, why members of the U.S. women's Olympic hockey team left their loved ones behind and gathered to train in Florida in mid-September, hoping to find even the smallest mental or physical

Los Angeles Times

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ANAHEIM, Calif._There was Corey Perry, bending his way in front of the crease, but the puck struck iron. There was Brandon Montour, gliding down the ice with Rickard Rakell alongside him, and only one defender to deal with, but the defenseman's wrist

Chicago Tribune

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They liked to carouse at the Cottage, a hangout on Clark Street in the 1960s that attracted the biggest names Chicago sports had to offer. Mike Ditka and Stan Mikita, two of the city's toughest professional athletes ever, developed a soft spot for ea

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES_The pure joy and emotional release from the Kings took on several forms. Nikita Scherbak knelt down to give a big fist pump. Matt Luff stood straight up and quickly jabbed the air with his fist. Jeff Carter's gap-toothed smile made for a

Los Angeles Times

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ANAHEIM, Calif._Suddenly, almost all of the 16,609 fans were on their feet in a deafeningly display of emotion for an Anaheim Ducks squad that was finally living up to their vast expectations. Sure, they had just packed the penalty box with three ska

Los Angeles Times

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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Germany recorded the biggest upset of the men's Olympic hockey tournament on Friday by pulling off a 4-3 semifinal upset of defending champion Canada, setting up an unexpected gold medal matchup on Sunday against the Olympi

Los Angeles Times

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LAS VEGAS — Judging by how the Los Angeles Kings went over to greet Jack Campbell at the horn, one would have thought it was a victory. They tapped helmets with their beloved teammate in what looked like congratulations, but it was essentially apolog

Los Angeles Times

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The U.S. men's Olympic hockey team, forced to recruit from the college and European professional ranks after the NHL refused to halt its season to allow players to represent their homelands next month at the Pyeongchang Games, will feature only one p

Chicago Tribune

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LAS VEGAS - If you haven't noticed, there's a new kid in town in the NHL this season. And that kid is making a lot of noise. The Vegas Golden Knights have been one of the league's most compelling stories early in their first season. The Knights are 6

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES - It was a thousand-yard stare for a game decided by a quarter of an inch. Jonathan Quick sat at his locker postgame still wearing his leg pads, along with a drained, distant look on his face that illustrated the latest Kings loss. His an

Los Angeles Times

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PARK CITY, Utah - Americans playing hockey in Europe are likely to make up the majority of the U.S. men's team for the Pyeongchang Olympics, Olympic coach Tony Granato said Monday, adding that he will fill the remaining spots with players who are sig

Los Angeles Times

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LOS ANGELES_Being a man down turned out to be the best thing to happen to the Los Angeles Kings. It was quite a twist to a Kings' season gone wrong, but they'll take any approach that leads them out of this abyss. After having their momentum crushed

Los Angeles Times

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OTTAWA, Canada - From the other end of the ice, Darcy Kuemper had an unobstructed view of how teammate Adrian Kempe signed a masterpiece of a game. Kempe skated slowly in on Ottawa Senators goalie Mike Condon, faked a stick handle to freeze him and e

Los Angeles Times

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PEYONGCHANG, South Korea - The result was so unfathomable, so absurd, forward Marcel Goc was sure he was dreaming when the final buzzer sounded on Germany's 4-3 upset of defending champion Canada in their Olympic hockey semifinal Friday night. Many o

Los Angeles Times

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DALLAS - He treated warm-ups like it was another game in this building, which it was in some sense. Jack Campbell had served as backup goalie at American Airlines Center, and that was as he began to patch his career back together through heavy period

Los Angeles Times

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The NHL will begin its second century with a franchise in Las Vegas, its marketing sights set on China, and its players unhappy that they can't compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics. None of those concepts would have made sense to the men who gathered

Chicago Tribune

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GLENDALE, Ariz. - Lance Bouma's first Blackhawks goal came at an opportune time as he stuffed in a rebound off a shot from Tommy Wingels 15 minutes, 36 seconds into the third period that proved to be the game winner in a 4-2 victory over the Coyotes.

Los Angeles Times

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The Anaheim Ducks rewarded right wing Ondrej Kase for a breakout season with a three-year contract worth $2.6 million annually. A restricted free agent, Kase, 22, scored a career-high 20 goals to tie Adam Henrique for the second-most on the Ducks. Ka

Los Angeles Times

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GLENDALE, Ariz. - Austin Wagner skated back to the bench slowly, showing little emotion as his team's fate became increasingly sealed on Monday night. Moments earlier, the Los Angeles Kings' speedy forward had streaked down the ice for a third-period