Hockey returns to outdoor roots to start New Year
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BUFFALO, New York  - The NHL will start 2008 by returning to its outdoor roots in a bid to take the sporting spotlight when the Pittsburgh Penguins face off against the Buffalo Sabres in the Winter Classic on Tuesday.
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The hockey season started early this year and, after two entertaining weeks of the World Cup, it ends for who knows how long. Despite the impending announcement of an NHL lockout today
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Celebration replaced trepidation inside a Manhattan club. The NHL hosted a big bash this week, kicking off a new season free of lockout clouds, labor unrest and questions about the league's viability.
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A new era in Boston University hockey begins this season, with the Terriers set to open spanking new Harry Agganis Arena in January.
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A small group of National Hockey League  players are to begin testing heated skate blades designed to  cut down on friction and allow players to move faster and save  energy.
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Someday, after the NHL lockout ends, there will be stories to tell about how this hockey hiatus changed the direction of people's careers. Because things will never be the same.
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While the Devils have the kind of stability that the other N.H.L. teams are pursuing, the Rangers took a huge step forward last season by making the playoffs for the first time since 1997.
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Hope for an end to the nearly three-month-old National Hockey League lockout, which has hurt Pittsburgh-area businesses and forced some Penguins players to find work overseas, got a boost Thursday when the NHL Players&#39; Association said it would make a new
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The imperial tradition of winter balls is being revived in St Petersburg.
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The Ducks and Kings open the NHL regular-season schedule in the upcoming weekend, facing off in London (the Merry Old version, not the Canadian knockoff), with one game Saturday and another Sunday. It's about building the brand, expanding the reach of the iconic shield, and hawking a few sweaters and ballcaps to East End boys and West End girls.
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The NHL will return to Europe to open next season, announcing Saturday that two games each will be played in Prague and Stockholm.
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NEWARL, N.J., (Sports Network) - The New Jersey Devils,  once they resume play in the locked-out NHL again, will be  moving a few miles south to downtown Newark.
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Final details need to be worked out, but it appears Lightning goalie Nikolai Khabibulin will return to his native Russia to play during the NHL lockout.
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A decade ago, the N.H.L.âs Canadian franchises were the leagueâs economic weak links. Now the skate is on the other foot.
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If it's January, it's time to go out on a limb again.
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For months, Buffalo Sabres fans compared the clubÂs new logo to a slug and a toupee. But now that the team is preparing for action, all is forgiven.
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The Boston College and University of Maine men's hockey teams made up half of last season's Frozen Four, and at least in the pollsters' eyes, they're good bets to make it back there.