12-1-2013 Media criticises the St. Louis Blues
We've been kicking ourselves for this streak but it seems like nothing is helping us right now said St. Louis Blues coach Joel Quenneville after today's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The St. Louis Blues have now a 7 game winless streak.


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10-1-2013 World Junior Championships quarterfinals
World Junior Championships have reached quarterfinal stage. Here are the final standings for the starting groups.
Group A PTS GF GA Group B PTS GF GA
Slovakia 6 17 10 Canada 4 16 11
Finland 4 16 11 Czech 4 15 12
Slovenia 2 12 16 France 4 14 13
Poland 0 10 18 Latvia 0 9 18
Group C PTS GF GA Group D PTS GF GA
Russia 6 16 7 Sweden 6 17 9
Germany 4 9 9 USA 4 16 11
Switzerland 2 13 14 Belarussia 2 11 16
Austria 0 7 15 Ukraine 0 9 17

For quarterfinals, the pairs are:

Slovakia-USA
Sweden-Finland
Canada-Germany
Russia-Czech



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10-1-2013 Player of the week: Henrik Zetterberg (L)
NHL has awarded Henrik Zetterberg (L) of Detroit Red Wings as Player Of The Week He registered 5 goals and 4 assists for 9 points in 4 games last week. He also had 1 game winning goal.

A native of Sweden, Henrik Zetterberg was originally drafted to the NHL by the Detroit Red Wings in the 7th round of the 1999 entry draft. He has appeared in 701 NHL games during his career, notching 282 goals and adding 376 assists along with 248 penalty minutes. The 32 year old left wing has played 33 games with the Detroit Red Wings this season, totalling 19+15=34 with 6 PIM.


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10-1-2013 Rick Nash reaches a milestone !
Rick Nash() scored the 600th point of his career in tonight's game against the Calgary Flames on a goal by Derick Brassard. All of them are special, but I'm going to remember this one the most, he said after the game in the dressing room..

A native of Canada, Rick Nash was originally drafted to the NHL by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 1st round of the 2002 entry draft. He has appeared in 717 NHL games during his career, notching 315 goals and adding 285 assists along with 585 penalty minutes. The 28 year old left wing has played 43 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets this season, totalling 13+24=37 with 26 PIM.


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7-1-2013 Media criticises the St. Louis Blues
The St. Louis Blues are spinning in a 5 game winless streak. St. Louis Blues defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk commented about their recent play: It seems like everything is going wrong now. It's not the best of times for us right now...


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7-1-2013 Media glorifies the Carolina Hurricanes
The media is impressed by the team's 5 game winning streak. Much of the credit is granted to the good work of general manager 6 and headcoach Paul Maurice


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6-1-2013 Anze Kopitar injured.
Anze Kopitar () suffered leg injury during the game in an incident with John Carlson (). He is expected to be sidelined for around two weeks. I hit a bad patch of ice, and it's not the first time that's happened here. The league should do something about this Arena, he commented to the media.


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6-1-2013 Media criticises the Minnesota Wild
It isn't the happiest time for the Minnesota Wild as they are on a 7 game winless streak. Minnesota Wild coach Jacques Lemairre had little to say about the way things are going: I don't know. Nothing seems to work...


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6-1-2013 Martin Dargis injured.
Martin Dargis () suffered chest injury during the game in an incident with Dustin Byfuglien (ATL). He is expected to be sidelined for around two weeks. I hit a bad patch of ice, and it's not the first time that's happened here. The league should do something about this Arena, was his comment to the press after leaving the game.


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5-1-2013 Shane Doan reaches a milestone !
Shane Doan() notched the 500th assist of his career in tonight's game against the Phoenix Coyotes on a goal by David Krejci. Making beautiful plays is fun on the ice I think, he commented and was all smiles..

A native of Canada, Shane Doan was originally drafted to the NHL by the Phoenix Coyotes in the 1st round of the 1995 entry draft. He has appeared in 1242 NHL games during his career, notching 334 goals and adding 500 assists along with 1055 penalty minutes. The 36 year old right wing has played 40 games with the Colorado Avalanche this season, totalling 12+21=33 with 8 PIM.


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4-1-2013 Brad Richards reaches a milestone !
Brad Richards() scored the 800th point of his career in tonight's game against the New Jersey Devils on a feed by Kris Letang. My parents came to see this game so I just had to deliver, he commented and was all smiles.

A native of Canada, Brad Richards was originally drafted to the NHL by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 3rd round of the 1998 entry draft. He has appeared in 877 NHL games during his career, notching 252 goals and adding 548 assists along with 205 penalty minutes. The 32 year old center has played 23 games with the New York Rangers this season, totalling 8+13=21 with 6 PIM.


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4-1-2013 Ville Leino injured.
Ville Leino () suffered wrist injury during the game in an incident with Dan Hamhuis (). He is expected to be sidelined for almost a month. Well, there's not much I can say, it happens, he commented from the trainers bench.


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3-1-2013 Player of the week: Steven Stamkos (C)
NHL has awarded Steven Stamkos (C) of Tampa Bay Lightning as Player Of The Week He registered 3 goals and 4 assists for 7 points in 4 games last week. He also had 2 game winning goals.

A native of Canada, Steven Stamkos was originally drafted to the NHL by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 1st round of the 2008 entry draft. He has appeared in 363 NHL games during his career, notching 161 goals and adding 166 assists along with 188 penalty minutes. The 22 year old center has played 38 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning this season, totalling 16+18=34 with 6 PIM.


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3-1-2013 Dany Heatley reaches a milestone !
Dany Heatley() scored the 800th point of his career in tonight's game against the Colorado Avalanche on a goal by Logan Couture. I'm not out here to set records, but it's always nice to get the points, the happy player said in a hockey magazine..

A native of Canada, Dany Heatley was originally drafted to the NHL by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1st round of the 2000 entry draft. He has appeared in 788 NHL games during his career, notching 378 goals and adding 422 assists along with 621 penalty minutes. The 31 year old left wing has played 37 games with the San Jose Sharks this season, totalling 19+18=37 with 23 PIM.


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2-1-2013 World Junior Championships 2013
Icehockey World Junior Championships (U-20) 2013 in Ukraine start in just two days. There are 16 nations battling for the championship in the following two weeks. Many believe that the team of USA will make a good run for the gold.

Here are the starting groups:
Group A Group B
Slovakia
Finland
Slovenia
Poland
Canada
Czech
France
Latvia

Group C Group D
Switzerland
Russia
Austria
Germany
USA
Sweden
Ukraine
Belarussia




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1-1-2013 Nathan Lawson released.
Montreal Canadiens released Nathan Lawson to free agency.