NHL Talent Comes Home
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Andrei Nazarov and Oleg Saprykin were supposed to be teammates this year for the Phoenix Coyotes of the National Hockey League. Instead they squared off against each other Thursday in Novokuznetsk
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A look at European hockey rosters shows that Sweden&#39;s MoDo might have benefited the most from the NHL&#39;s lockout. By Karl Gehring, AP/The Denver Post.
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Alexei Kovalev, Brad Richards and Nikolai Khabibulin became the latest NHL players to join a European team during the lockout, agreeing to play in Russia.
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National Hockey League teams appeared  united in their determination to solve the league's economic  problems as the NHL's lockout of players became official on  Thursday.
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Toronto Sun. They&#39;re whistling a new tune in the lockout trenches, not quite the Hockey Night In Canada theme, but more pleasant to the ears than three months of bombast.
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Jerry York's players are getting a lot of ice time at the TD Banknorth Garden. It's not just the Boston College players, who competed in last night's Beanpot final against Boston University; the Bruins added their third former Eagle Saturday night when they traded Brad Stuart and Wayne Primeau to the Calgary Flames for Andrew Ference and Chuck Kobasew .
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An infusion of young talent and a change of scenery has done wonders for the former Orlando Miracle. Reborn last year as the Connecticut Sun, the team landed in the WNBA Eastern Conference
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With the final sands of the National  Hockey League's season slipping through the hourglass due to a  labor dispute, many players are desperately turning to far  flung regions to salvage some playing time.
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Matt Stairs and Dustin McGowan did their best to make sure the Toronto Blue Jays would have a pleasant flight home from their longest road trip of the season.
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The newest member of the Mets slid into home to give the team a victory as they returned from the All-Star Game break.
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The veteran NHL player was playing hockey in his home city of Riga when he became ill near the end of a game. Zholtok was drafted by Boston in 1992, 55th overall, and played 588 NHL games with the Bruins, Ottawa
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Alex Ovechkin wasn't around to see the Washington Capitals finish off the Eastern Conference's best team, but his teammates used their superstar's absence as a rallying point.
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A Hall of Fame induction. With the NHL headed into ruins, if it&#39;s not there already. Talk about a maddening irony. It&#39;s kind of like having the winning lottery ticket the same week the state lottery commission goes belly-up.
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The Capitals former captain Jeff Halpern returns to Verizon Center wearing a Dallas Stars uniform for the first time since leaving behind his hometown hockey team.
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It was a longer and more exciting night than usual for goalies, sharpshooters and fans in NHL arenas all around the country.
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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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The team&#39;s NHL affiliation has changed from Dallas to Phoenix. The coaches and players who will dress in the new team colors are also new.