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Pronger Is Menace to Others, Self
Pronger Is Menace to Others, Self

Pronger Is Menace to Others, Self

Another hit to the head, another suspension for Ducks enforcer

(Newser) - Chris Pronger will be suspended for Game 4 of the NHL Finals for administering a blow to the head of Ottawa winger Dean McAmmond, who may also miss Game 4 with lingering wooziness.  It is the second suspension of the playoffs for Pronger, who left Detroit's Tomas Holmstrom bloody...

Home Cooking Proves Delicious for Ducks

Third-period goal gives Ducks 1-0 victory, 2-0 series lead in finals

(Newser) - Anaheim outshot Ottawa 31-16 at home in Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals, but had nothing to show for their advantage until Samuel Pahlsson scored the game's only goal with less than six minutes remaining. The series heads now to Ottawa, where the Senators will try to overcome a...

Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice
Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice

Nashville Doesn't Take to the Ice

Canadian billionaire may move Predators north of the border

(Newser) - BlackBerry magnate Jim Balsillie will pay $220 million for the Nashville Predators, one of the NHL's best and lowest-revenue teams, and likely move them out of Tennessee. Possible new homes include Kansas City, which is courting teams for its new arena, and Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton in Ontario, threatening the theft...

Ducks Clip Wings in Overtime
Ducks Clip Wings in Overtime

Ducks Clip Wings in Overtime

Detroit demoralized by last-minute equalizer; Anaheim takes 3-2 series lead

(Newser) - Playing six on four during a power play and without a goalie, the Ducks tied the Red Wings with 48 seconds remaining, and Teemu Selanne scored on a steal to win Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals in overtime.  Detroit had outshot Anaheim 34-18 in regulation and kept...

Ottawa Continues Playoff Rampage
Ottawa Continues Playoff Rampage

Ottawa Continues Playoff Rampage

Senators on brink of finals after sheathing Sabres

(Newser) - The Ottawa Senators needed only one goal from their vaunted line of Heatley, Alfredsson, and Spezza to extend their playoff winning streak to six, as python-owner and goalie Ray Emery scored his third shutout of the postseason. Ottawa, a fourth seed, hopes to sweep the NHL's highest-scoring team at home...

Senators on Verge of Exorcising Devils

Ottawa takes a 3-1 series lead against the East's top seed

(Newser) - Ironman goalie Martin Brodeur was good, but the Ottawa front line was even better in a 3-2 Game 4 victory that has New Jersey on the verge of crashing out of the playoffs. Winger Dany Heatley played the hero before an electrified home crowd; he assisted on Daniel Alfredsson's goal,...

Crosby Wins Scoring Title
Crosby Wins Scoring Title

Crosby Wins Scoring Title

(Newser) - At 19 and in his second season, Pittsburgh's Sidney "Sid the Kid" Crosby has won the league scoring title at 120 points and is taking his team to the playoffs. He's achieved both milestones in far less time than it took Mario "Super Mario" Lemieux, the Penguins' current...

Lamoriello Pulls Another Riley
Lamoriello  Pulls Another Riley

Lamoriello Pulls Another Riley

Devils GM takes his own coach's job for second year in a row

(Newser) - Despite his team's first-place standing in the NHL's Atlantic Division, New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello has summarily dismissed coach Claude Julien and will coach the team himself for the remainder of the season, which consists of a week and then the playoffs.  This is the second time in...

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