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Avs players in the Olympics

The Colorado Avalanche have three players competing in the Olympic Games. Adam Lanning takes a look at who is playing for which country, and how they are performing.

Northeast Division Weekly: 2/19/10

With the Olympic break leading to a shortened weekly schedule, we'll also take a look at the Northeast Division players in Vancouver. Many NHL players are in the Olympic spotlight as they represent their home countries.

Olympic Ponderings

The catch is that there are three pools and that four teams get byes in the next round. For three teams that win their pool it will be a well-deserved break, because they will have had to beat at least one other Big Seven opponent.

Number of Olympic Teams Should Be Reduced

Most hockey fans can’t wait for the men’s hockey tournament at the Olympics to start, but this best-on-best always gets off to a mediocre start at best. There is an easy solution to that by simply trimming a couple teams from the Games.

Avs players in the Olympics

Northeast Division Weekly: 2/19/10

Olympic Ponderings

Number of Olympic Teams Should Be Reduced

Images of Vancouver

Inside Hockey's own Jake Duhaime is in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics, armed with a camera in hand. Here are some of his best shots so far during the first few days of the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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QMJHL Weekly: February 16th, 2010

This week Denise discusses the players of the week, the CHL player of the week, the length of the suspension handed down to Mario Scandella; the former QMJHLers taking part in the Olympics; the CHL top 10, the games this week and the ones to come and the leaders.

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The smile on their faces

The United States Women’s Hockey Team has spent the last six months barnstorming North America for this very moment, where all of the pre-Olympic practices, meetings and preparation became reality. Where Team USA would take the ice in front of a boisterous crowd of 5,000+ at UBC Thunderbird Arena and the games would finally be real.

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Olympic X-Factors

In the brief history of the NHL-Olympic marriage, we've seen Dominik Hasek steal the show, Tommy Salo go from golden to goat and Henrik Lundqvist carry a team on his back in Torino. So what will we see in Vancouver? The answer might lie within one of the following.

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QMJHL Weekly: January 6th, 2010

This week Denise discusses the World Juniior and World U17 tournaments, the QMJHL players of the week, the trades that were made, the games this week and the ones to come and the leaders

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QMJHL Weekly: December 29th, 2009

This week Denise discusses the results of the World Junior Hockey and QMJHL games, the rosters for the CHL Top Propsects game, the trades that were made, the scholastic players of the month for November, the CHL Top 10, the leaders, and the games to come in the QMJHL, the World Junior Championships, and the World U17 Challenge.

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Canada off to Fast Start in WJC

As expected, Canada was easily able to defeat Latvia 16-0 in their first game of the tournament. Over the next few weeks, Canada will now continue on their quest towards winning a sixth straight World Junior gold medal.

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To Go or Not to Go?

Next year, the National Hockey League will take a break for the league's brightest stars to play in the Olympics for the fourth time, but will Vancouver be the last such stint for the league? And if so, what will the future hold for Olympic hockey?

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