Hockey teams playing it safe
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No checking. No fighting. You call that hockey? It is to tens of thousands of American adults who make up a fast-growing segment of the hockey-playing population. And if people like Elizabeth Larkin of Brookline have their way, this nonviolent version of the sport will keep on growing.
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The NHL owners have shut down the league by opting to lock out its players. This stoppage is not the result of the players striking.
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The Washington Capitals are gaining more confidence. The Ottawa Senators will attest to that.
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When the New Jersey Devils strutted into TD Banknorth Garden last Saturday and proceeded to skate past, around, and through the Bruins in a 5-1 win, the visitors looked much too comfortable on enemy ice.
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You can feel the confidence level, not just with Team Canada but with all of Canada. There&#39;s every expectation, from one end of the bench to the other, that Martin Brodeur is going to hold the fort.
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The Montreal Canadiens have perfected a unique method of wearing down their opponents.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (CP) - The American Hockey League&#39;s board of directors has overwhelmingly approved the continuation of a rule restricting goaltenders from playing the puck behind the net.
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The NHL players' association is taking its case public.
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With a slam of his stick on the ice yesterday morning at TD Banknorth Garden, coach Claude Julien pointed out to his players exactly where he wants them to be.
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The lockout of ice hockey players by the National Hockey League is sending a chill through US arena operators who rely on professional hockey as a vital audience puller.
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Facing its toughest opponent of the season, Coyle-Cassidy picked a good time to play its best hockey.
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LOWELL -- The Bruins learned two valuable lessons yesterday. One was from the officials, who repeatedly taught the team what an NHL penalty was. And the other was from the New Jersey Devils, who demonstrated that if you take undisciplined penalties, they will make you pay.
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NEW YORK Sept. 16, 2004 - No shots, no saves, no goals. The National Hockey League locked out its players Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season and perhaps beyond
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Canada&#39;s NHL teams came out Thursday and voiced their support for the league&#39;s decision to lockout its players.
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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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It&#39;s certainly not where Cloutier and the other locked-out NHL players wanted to be Friday night but, given their circumstances, they&#39;ll play anywhere now.
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It was comforting to see Bob Goodenow hasn&#39;t changed much in the seven weeks since the National Hockey League began locking out its players.