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Maclean’s Live: The worst NHL game ever?
Buffalo Sabres center Tyler Ennis (63) scores against Arizona Coyotes defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson (23), of Sweden, during the first period of an NHL hockey game Thursday, March 26, 2015, in...
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Recap: The worst game in NHL history? Probably.
Buffalo Sabres’ Brian Gionta (12) trips over Arizona Coyotes’ Sam Gagner (9) and Tobias Rieder (8), of Germany, during the third period of an NHL hockey game Monday, March 30, 2015, in Glendale, Ariz....
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Playoff joy is everywhere! Well, everywhere but Hogtown.
David Cooper/Toronto Star/Getty Images For hockey fans, spring is all about the rituals. In Winnipeg, they stopped traffic at Portage and Main when the Jets clinched a playoff berth. The “Sens Army”...
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The worst team in hockey wins yet again
Claus Andersen/Getty Images Maybe the most natural metaphor for the Edmonton Oilers’ victory in the 2015 NHL draft lottery is a life preserver. Specifically, a life preserver thrown into the water a...
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Here’s how to decide which U.S. team to back in the playoffs
(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) The NHL playoffs started with such promise that maybe, just maybe, a Canadian team might finally bring the Stanley Cup north of the border for the first time since 1993. That...
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What can Mike Babcock really do for Toronto?
Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock talks to his team during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (Nam Y. Huh/AP) I remember...
View ArticleWhat it feels like to be the keeper of the Stanley Cup
Looking after the Stanley Cup is more intense than you might realize. The high-stakes job, which requires white cotton gloves to make sure the cup stays shiny and fingerprint-free, gives you serious...
View ArticleWhat it feels like to be a Winnipeg Jets fan
Winnipeg Jets fans don’t mess around. These hardcore hockey fans finally had a team to cheer for again when the NHL franchise was brought to Winnipeg in 2011. You can expect serious team spirit...
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Mike Babcock: 23 men, 23 ways to coach
NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock sits down with Maclean’s magazine during Leaf’s training camp at the Mastercard memorial centre in Toronto, ON. It’s been almost half a century since...
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The last days of the hockey brawler
Jarred Tinordi #24 of the Montreal Canadiens fights with Cody McLeod #55 of the Colorado Avalanche in the NHL game at the Bell Centre on October 18, 2014 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Francois...
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Edmonton vs. Calgary: A hockey rivalry, but also more than that
(Andy Devlin/NHLI/Getty Images) Back when life consisted of nothing more than work and “the Oil,” Darren Bakke shelled out thousands of dollars to fly to Raleigh, N.C., to catch two games of his...
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