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Teemu Selanne's work ethic keeps him young
I had the pleasure of covering the Anaheim at Vancouver game last Saturday night for my first Hockey Night in Canada game of the year, and got to see Teemu Selanne in action, which is always a thrill. He scored two goals, added two assists and didn't look at all rusty, despite admitting to Kelly Hrudey and Scott Oake on After Hours that he didn't think it was his best game
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Five Questions: Suspensions and Coyotes' future
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Five Questions: Getting under the Penguins' skin
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include the polarizing Penguins, playoff overtimes and the Senators' shot at making a splash.
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Five Questions: Surging Senators & Ryan Miller's brilliance
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5 Questions: Flames' Tanguay, Stajan not pulling weight
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Player agents: To speak or not to speak
I am sure if you put a group of NHL agents in a room there would be much debate on whether or not they should publically come out and defend a client.
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Five Questions: Panthers collapse and Phoenix to Quebec City
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5 Questions: Time to blow up Flames and All-Star game?
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Former Leaf loving life in Detroit
When I asked Ian White on Saturday what it's been like to play with Nicklas Lidstrom, the smile was instantaneous.
"I have learned so much from him, he slows the game down and is always
in the right position," White said from inside the visitors' locker room
at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto.
Hockey Day
My favourite place on earth!
Here's a day to mark on your calendar. February 11, 2012. That's when
Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada takes place on Prince Edward Island.
This wonderful island happens to be my favourite place on earth, so
getting a chance to spend a few days there while participating in a
remarkable event will surely be remarkable.
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5 questions: Goalies not fair game & shootout rule
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Odds and sods from Habs-Kings in Hollywood
There's no question that Montreal Canadiens defenceman PK Subban gets under the skin of more than a few players in the NHL. And that's not necessarily a bad thing.
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5 questions: Juggling schedules & goalie bench bosses
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Nashville is a hockey town
It was my first trip to Nashville this past weekend and the city didn't
disappoint. It sure helped that the Predators were celebrating their
1,000th regular-season game - a celebration that honoured 21 staff
members who have been there since day one.I have one thing to say: Nashville is a hockey town.
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Cassie Campbell Pascal: the future of women's hockey
I am a student of Vanier College/CEGEP (Montreal) studying Communications: Arts, Media, Theatre. My chosen path is a future in sports psychology mainly in the hockey industry, which is where you come in.
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Cassie Campbell-Pascall answers your 5 questions
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Answering your 5 questions
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Kings have found leader in Richards
LA Kings fans are in for a treat when one Michael Richards hits the ice later this week. He brings so much needed leadership, as well as a history of winning and a ton of skill as well. I think Richards will help the Kings and some of their younger players, especially in the absence of Ryan Smyth.
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Jets coach Claude Noel focused on team building
It's just over a week before the NHL regular-season hits the ice, and Winnipeg Jets head coach Claude Noel - like the rest of the league's coaches - is working hard preparing his team this season.
Team chemistry is one of Noel's priorities and the Jets got a taste of it on their extended road trip to St. John's to play in the Kraft Hockeyville game against the Ottawa Senators Monday.
Before, I get more into the Jets season, I want to say thank you to all the great hockey fans in Newfoundland!
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Newfoundland, get ready for Hockeyville
Conception Bay South, N.L., became the sixth Kraft Hockeyville champion and this year's celebrations are bigger and better than ever.
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Pressure? What pressure?
I was lucky enough to do the first round between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Pittsburgh Penguins for Hockey Night in Canada. I'll admit I picked the Penguins in seven, and as is well known by now I was wrong.
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Hockey culture change starts at grassroots level
I took part this week in the launch of the ThinkFirst SMART HOCKEY video
that was put out with the support of Scotiabank and Reebok-CCM. It is
an amazing initiative that is expected to help educate parents, coaches
and players about how to make the game safer.
The video was launched in March, as it is Brain Awareness Month. It was
perfect timing, considering everything that has been going on in the NHL
when it comes to concussions. The fact of the matter is that
unfortunately concussions are not just an NHL problem or a hockey
problem, but a sport problem.
While at this conference I was asked by a reporter "How do we change the
culture of hockey?" Many people believe that the culture won't change
unless the NHL changes. I do think the NHL has a role, but I truly
believe changing the culture of hockey has to start at the minor hockey
level and specifically with the adults.
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Bylsma deserves Jack Adams mention, Kovalev could use boost
It was just 117 days after moving from head coach in the AHL to head coach in the NHL that Dan Bylsma won a Stanley Cup. Many didn't give him the credit he deserved, stating that any coach can be part of a winning team in Pittsburgh with the talent they have down the middle with the likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal.
However, what he is accomplishing now without those three players for large chunks of the season arguably puts him in the conversation for the Jack Adams Trophy as coach of the year.
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The Kid is alright
It's been an amazing few years for young rookie forward Jeff Skinner from the Carolina Hurricanes.
From scoring 77 goals in junior with the Kitchener Rangers, becoming the youngest player ever to make an NHL All-Star game appearance and finding himself atop the NHL rookie scoring race for the majority of this season, it would be easy to watch a young hockey player get a little big headed with so much quick success. But that will not happen with Skinner.
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2010 helped grow women's hockey
A year ago, just prior to the 2010 Olympics, I was so excited for my sport of women's hockey.
It was my first trip to the Olympics as an observer and I must admit I
was nervous. I even had to have a little talk with myself to make sure I
was ready to go as a retired athlete.
I was also hopeful it was going to be the best Games ever for women's
hockey, especially in regards to our most pressing issue: parity. To be
honest, when it ended I was frightened for the future of women's hockey,
but at the same time so proud of it!
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Kesler's play makes him one of the best
I was really excited to sit down and watch
the Philadelphia Flyers when they visited the Vancouver Canucks over the
holiday season. I mean, they are two of the strongest teams when it comes to
depth at centre and I was curious to see how the two teams would match up.
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Hockey and the holiday season: a family tradition
Not everyone likes this time of year. Some are suffering through tough financial times and others are mourning the loss of someone close to them, and it's tough.
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No room for Lidstrom in top five
It was day four after my baby was born in November and I found myself
watching Hockey Night in Canada. In fact I have watched more hockey than
I anticipated after giving birth to my first child. She will either
grow up playing or absolutely despising the game, because she has
already seen too much! Either way, we are all happy in the Pascall home.
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Women's hockey and what's been done since Vancouver
The process of growing the women's game to make it truly international is continuing.
From Nov. 8-9 in Zurich, a second meeting will take with the best international minds in the game coming together to brainstorm how to take the game to the next level.
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Flames starting to find stride
The Calgary Flames are finally finding their team identity and finally gelling as a team and it is showing with their recent success on the ice. Here are a few thoughts on their recent success.
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Sweet goalie coaches, sour Souray
When I saw the early positive impact that Roland Melanson has had on Roberto Luongo's game in Vancouver, I became curious. Jamie McLennan, who is currently the goalie coach with the Calgary Flames, put things in perspective: "The key to the relationship between goalie and goalie coach is trust."
Cassie Campbell-Pascall
Canadian women's hockey icon Cassie Campbell-Pascall enters her fourth year with CBC'S Hockey Night in Canada broadcast team as a commentator, bringing more than 20 years of on-ice hockey experience.
During her illustrious career, Campbell took part in three Winter Olympic Games, captaining Canada's women's hockey team to gold in 2002 and 2006, and played in seven IIHF world championships. She retired from competitive hockey in August 2006.
Campbell began her broadcast career in 2002 and in October 2006, she made history when she became the first woman to do colour commentary on Hockey Night in Canada, while filling in for veteran Harry Neale.
