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Fans unite for hockey – and a good cause

Organizers of a city-wide mega bash expect faaan-de-monium as thousands of hockey fans hungry for Olympic gold rally to support Team Canada.

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Fans unite for hockey – and a good cause

Organizers of a city-wide mega bash expect faaan-de-monium as thousands of hockey fans hungry for Olympic gold rally to support Team Canada.

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GTHL fight club shocks parents who urge crackdown

Young hockey players in Toronto are engaging in a uniquely dangerous pre-game workout: Locker-room boxing.

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Ajax tykes ’shaken up’ after arena roof collapses

Ajax players believed unhurt in arena collapse

A close game may have saved Canadian minor hockey players who narrowly escaped after a partial roof collapse at a suburban Pittsburgh ice rink.

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Crash kills Leafs GM Brian Burke’s son

Brian Burke's family

Brendan Burke – the youngest son of Leaf general manager Brian Burke – has been killed in a car accident in Indiana.

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GTHL’s new get-tough rules lauded

An unprecedented crackdown on violent play and racial slurs in the Greater Toronto Hockey League has won praise from minor hockey officials, parents and coaches.

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GTHL cracks down on dangerous play

The world's largest minor hockey league has announced sweeping new enforcement rules designed to protect young players from life-altering injuries.

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Contribute to quake victims at Raptors, Leafs games

Fans of the Raptors and Leafs have a chance to donate to the Haiti relief effort over the next week. For Sunday's Raptors game and Tuesday's Leafs game at the ACC, cash donations are being collected and will be matched by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment. Also, $20 from every Leafs, Raptors, Marlies and Toronto FC jersey sold at CentreSports inside the ACC will be donated to UNICEF Canada Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund.

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