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2008 NHL SCHEDULE ANALYSIS: Best game: Wings at Wrigley (Detroit Free Press)
Sporting News writer Craig Custance recently ranked the top 10 can't-miss games of the 2008-09 NHL schedule. Here's a portion of the story:
19 Jul 2008, 3:02 am | click here for more
NHL: Wang going the wrong way (The Record)
For some reason, the Islanders' announcement earlier this week that they had fired head coach Ted Nolan took some NHL followers by surprise. It's not that Nolan's performance warranted such action, but these sort of odd moves are business as usual in Wang's World.
19 Jul 2008, 12:35 am | click here for more
Blackhawks centre Toews becomes third-youngest captain in NHL history (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
CHICAGO - The Chicago Blackhawks announced Friday that centre Jonathan Toews will serve as the team's captain for the 2008-09 season, making him the third-youngest captain in NHL history.
18 Jul 2008, 8:44 pm | click here for more
IIHF suspends contracts of 6 NHL players (The Arizona Republic)
Yotes' pick Tikhonov named; NHL says point's moot.
18 Jul 2008, 6:21 pm | click here for more
NHL back on schedule again (Miami Herald)
The sick-fated unbalanced schedule that the NHL decided to employ following the lockout is finally dead, and it's more than okay to rejoice in its passing.
18 Jul 2008, 2:18 pm | click here for more
NHL back on schedule again (The Sports Network)
NHL back on schedule again
18 Jul 2008, 2:07 pm | click here for more
Openers in Prague, Stockholm highlight 2008-09 NHL schedule (USA Today)
The NHL will play in three foreign venues this season.Two will be in Europe, the other inside a baseball stadium.The league will repeat and expand on a popular format from last seasonas the New York Rangers and Tampa Bay Lightning will open in Prague and the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators will play in Stockholm.
18 Jul 2008, 1:06 am | click here for more
Del Biaggio may have skirted full NHL review (USA Today)
A potential investor in the Nashville Predators says troubled financier William J. "Boots" Del Biaggio III told him the NHL allowed Del Biaggio to bypass some of the league's strict financial background checks for prospective owners.
17 Jul 2008, 9:18 pm | click here for more
European openers light up NHL regular season schedule (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Four games in Europe, an every-Star game in Montreal and the Winter Classic at Wrigley Field are the highlights of the 2008-09 NHL regular season schedule released on Thursday.
17 Jul 2008, 1:14 pm | click here for more
Canadian NHL teams will each play one another home and away next season (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
NEW YORK - every six Canadian NHL teams will play each other home and away next season for the first time since before the lockout.
17 Jul 2008, 12:58 pm | click here for more