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The history of the NHL: The Expansion Era
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, Editorial, NHL,
The history of the NHL spans almost 100 years, and to make things easier, it has been broken in down into several eras. The third era is commonly referred to as the “Expansion Era”, taking place from 1967-1992, when the NHL doubled in size by adding six new franchises to the Original Six to create a more competitive league and grew to allow more teams into the playoffs, and more seven-game series. Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and St. Louis still operate where they were, the Minnesota North Stars moved to Dallas where they now play, and the California Seals ceased operations in 1978 after merging with the aforementioned North Stars.
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Another record has been broken in Vancouver. Meghan Agosta, forward for Team Canada’s women’s ice hockey unit, has scored nine goals in four games for her country, breaking the record at the Olympics. Agosta scored a hat trick in Canada’s 18-0 win over Slovakia, two more in the 10-1 win over Switzerland, and another hat trick over Sweden 13-1. In the 5-0 semi-final win against Finland on Monday night, Agosta netted another goal to bring her running total to nine.
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Just where exactly is Detroit anyway?
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Editorial, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL,
Does anybody know where Detroit, Michigan is? Clearly sport doesn’t. Detroit has a franchise in each of the four major North American Sports, the Pistons (NBA), Lions (NFL), Red Wings (NHL), and Tigers (MLB), and all of them are in a different geographically-defined league or conference, based on the sport they play in. Detroit itself is a part of the Midwestern United States, as defined by the United States Census Bureau. However, in the world of sport, Detroit is the nexus of North America.
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The history of the NHL: The Original Six Era
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, Editorial, NHL,
The history of the NHL can be divided into four unique eras, each spanning roughly 25 years. The second era, and most historic of those past, is the Original Six era, where six oldest existing teams battled each other year after year for the Stanley Cup. Toronto, Montreal, NY Rangers, Boston, Chicago an Detroit formed intense rivalries amongst each other and carried the NHL through a golden age of competition unlike any other in sports; one defined by heroes, dynasties and defining the game.
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Sports’ biggest busted curses
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, Editorial, MLB, NHL, Rumors,
Sports and superstition go hand-in-hand like peanut butter and jelly. Some athletes believe that “lucky” equipment isn’t allowed to be washed or the team will lose, or that the right batting glove must always be put on before the left. But there is also the darker side of sport superstition – the curses. For whatever reason, thousands of people believe that a hex exists on their favorite teams, which has prevented them from winning major championships for decades, but even the strongest curses can be broken.
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Manny sticking around for years to come
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Athletes, Editorial, MLB,
Manny Ramirez has come out and said that this will be his last year in a Dodger uniform. He’ll play as much as he’s asked to play, but once his contract expires, he’ll either look for a DH role with an American League team or even consider retirement. After teams failed to show significant interest prior to 2009, Manny signed a deal with Los Angeles that could have seen him test free agency again for this year, but he opted to stay in California, which was probably in his best interests.
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I wrote an opinion story a few days ago about how Mets pitcher Johan Santana blatantly told the media that he was the best pitcher in his division and how that was wrong. A reader left a comment calling me an idiot saying I didn’t know anything about Santana and that he’s the highest paid in his division, as if that warrants him calling himself the best. The reader then said that Santana was asked a stupid question to begin with. Regardless of the ignorance of the commenter’s words, I began wondering if there was, in fact, any merit to his opinions. There aren’t.
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Albert Pujols is going to play. He faced the media this weekend after his first spring workout and has said that his elbow is fine and there’s a good chance he’ll never need the dreaded Tommy John surgery. After going under the knife last October to repair and clean the bones in his elbow, the St. Louis slugger was happy to say that his elbow is responding well and he hopes he’ll be able to play a full season.
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The history of the NHL: The Founding Era
Posted by Adrien Griffin Categories: Championship, Editorial, NHL,
While not as extensive as baseball or football, the history of the National Hockey League is a long and interesting one. Like most upstart leagues of the era, the early days of the NHL were chaotic and filled with uncertainty. Over a dozen teams were part of the league in some form during its first 10 years, but only six of them managed to survive what is now known as the first era of the NHL; it’s Founding Era.
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The NHL has seen its share of brothers. The Richards, the Hulls, the Drydens, the Sedins. They’re all part of proud hockey families. Perhaps the most famous NHL family is that of the Sutter family of Viking, Alberta, who saw six brothers reach the NHL in the 70s and 80s. All six of them wore an NHL jersey from 79-87, but the generation as a whole played in over 5,000 regular season and playoff games between 1976-2001 and won six Stanley Cups.
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