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• Al Arbour Promptly Removes Penguins From His Lawn [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 4, 2007, 1:10 pm

  Tags: Al Arbour, Coots, New York Islanders, Nhl, Nhl Closer

  ...oh, right. Because the NHL has fallen off the mainstream coverage. I keep forgetting that. Chuck Kobasew's back-to-back goals in the second period for Boston were equalized by consecutive power play goals, courtesy of Dany Heatley and Mike Fisher, and the Senators passed a resolution in favor of a 3-2 win over the Bruins. Ottawa is 11-1-0.

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• Yes, That's Right, It's An NHL Closer [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 3, 2007, 11:55 am

  Tags: Nhl, Nhl Closer, Stay Tuned For The Mixed Doubles Curling Closer In February

  3-2. We interrupt this NHL closer to bring you... a hockey fight. Well, At Least They Kept It Close. If There's an NHL team called the Phoenix Coyotes, there needs to be an Albuquerque Roadrunners? Phoenix could replace the goal with a boulder and paint an opening on it, with predictable results. Until then, Mikael Tellqvist

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• Al Arbour Promptly Removes Penguins From His Lawn [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 4, 2007, 1:10 pm

  Tags: Al Arbour, Coots, New York Islanders, Nhl, Nhl Closer

  This Was Actually How The Redskins Wanted To Bring Joe Gibbs Back, But He Thought It Was Permanent, And Nobody Had The Heart To Tell Him Otherwise -- This story about Al Arbour coaching the...

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• Introducing The NHL Closer [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 8, 2007, 9:15 am

  Tags: Nhl, Nhl Closer

  We're gonna try this out for a couple of weeks and see how she works: It's the NHL Closer. We may alternate authors a bit -- those guys at Melt Your Face Off do this quite well themselves -- but for...

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• Introducing The NHL Closer [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 8, 2007, 9:15 am

  Tags: Nhl, Nhl Closer

  see how she works: It's the NHL Closer. We may alternate authors a bit -- those guys at Melt Your Face Off do this quite well themselves -- but for starters, we pass the mic to the kids at Orland Kurtenblog. Their NHL Closer is written by Canadians for Americans. • Flyers Take Battle of Pennsylvania...Finally: Last year, the

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• It's Always Hockey Night In Tampa [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 9, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Nhl, Nhl Closer, Tampa Bay Lightning

  seem to be fans. It's the NHL Closer. We pass the mic to the kids at Orland Kurtenblog. Their NHL Closer is written by Canadians for Americans. 'Ning Win! 'Ning Win!: It would be a sad day (not for Larry Brooks, mind you) if John Tortorella got fired. So we quietly rejoiced as Shane O'Brien scored two goals - bringing his career total to

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• It's Always Hockey Night In Tampa [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 9, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Nhl, Nhl Closer, Tampa Bay Lightning

  We're gonna try this out for a couple of weeks and see how she works; so far, people seem to be fans. It's the NHL Closer. We pass the mic to the kids at Orland Kurtenblog. Their NHL Closer is...

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• Happy Time in Hockeytown [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 10, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Detroit Red Wings, Nhl Closer

  Yes, The Basketball Jones podcast often tells hockey to "go to hell." Guilty. But let's make one thing very clear -- I don't blog on these here Internets for the money or the fame or the chance to...

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• Happy Time in Hockeytown [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 10, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: Detroit Red Wings, Nhl Closer

  And the people love the NHL Closer. So here ya go, you puck-heads. • I Can See Cleary Now. Dan Cleary scored twice, one wearing a visor, to help Detroit tie a franchise record with its ninth victory in a row. Henrik Zetterberg scored his 13th goal of the season with 1:28 left to extend his season-opening points streak to 16 games.

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• Jeremy Roenick Doesn't Daydream; He's Too Busy Giving Other People Nightmares [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 11, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Jeremy Roenick, Nhl Closer, San Jose Sharks

  after he scored his first NHL goal, Jeremy Roenick finally netted number 500 in the Sharks' 4-1 victory over the Coyotes. J.R. became just the third American-born player to reach 500 goals, and ranks 40th in goals and 44th in points on the career lists. But here's what I don't understand: Why does the NHL still refuse to recognize the 900

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• Jeremy Roenick Doesn't Daydream; He's Too Busy Giving Other People Nightmares [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 11, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Jeremy Roenick, Nhl Closer, San Jose Sharks

  • And I'm Not Even Counting The Wraparounds. Nineteen years after he scored his first NHL goal, Jeremy Roenick finally netted number 500 in the Sharks' 4-1 victory over the Coyotes. J.R. became...

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• The Blackhawks Win ... And People Saw It! [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 12, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Nhl, Nhl Closer

  the NHL Closer. We pass the mic to the kids at Orland Kurtenblog. Their NHL Closer is written by Canadians for Americans. • The Blackhawks capped off a nice little weekend for Illinois sports with a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings. Even better for residents of Chicago, they actually got to watch it! The game was the first 'Hawks

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• The Blackhawks Win ... And People Saw It! [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 12, 2007, 10:00 am

  Tags: Nhl, Nhl Closer

  It's the NHL Closer. We pass the mic to the kids at Orland Kurtenblog. Their NHL Closer is written by Canadians for Americans. • The Blackhawks capped off a nice little weekend for Illinois...

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• Truth And Accuracy In Closering [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 13, 2007, 9:14 am

  Tags: Nhl, Nhl Closer

  It's the NHL Closer. We pass the mic to the kids at Orland Kurtenblog. Their NHL Closer is written by Canadians for Americans. Hockey news without access, favor or discretion (or, factual...

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• Truth And Accuracy In Closering [NHL Closer]

  Published: November 13, 2007, 9:14 am

  Tags: Nhl, Nhl Closer

  the NHL Closer. We pass the mic to the kids at Orland Kurtenblog. Their NHL Closer is written by Canadians for Americans. Hockey news without access, favor or discretion (or, factual accuracy): In our brief three-day career as NHL closers, we've already screwed up scores twice. Our bad. It is not surprising, then, that we originally

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