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DiManno: C’mon, Mr. Commish, let’s get in the Games

Alexander Ovechkin had the right idea and the cojones to state it publicly, emphatically, long before this splendid Olympic hockey tournament began.

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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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Luongo to start against Germany instead of Brodeur

Team Canada is ready to sink or swim at the Olympics with Roberto Luongo in goal.

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Jocks and awe: Canadians have a ball beating U.S.

The most senior American general in southern Afghanistan was talking tough before the ball dropped at Kandahar Airfield on Sunday.

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Summit Series hero Paul Henderson battling leukemia

Summit Series hero Henderson battling leukemia

One of the most popular figures in Canadian hockey history is battling cancer.

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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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Intense Canada-U.S. hockey rivalry ready for centre stage

U.S. hockey team beats Norway

For the Americans, this Olympic hockey tournament is about to go from warmup to sizzling hot—red and white hot.

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Intense Canada-U.S. hockey rivalry ready for centre stage

U.S. hockey team beats Norway

For the Americans, this Olympic hockey tournament is about to go from warmup to sizzling hot—red and white hot.

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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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Brendan Burke: ‘His memory will fan a flame of courage in all of us’

'His memory will fan a flame of courage in all of us'

Brendan Burke dreamed of a kinder, gentler more tolerant world.

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Australian rugby’s lesson for Canadian hockey

Australian rugby's lesson for Canadian hockey

The Cormier elbow has renewed concern about sports violence. In Australia a league's 'sport court' has tamed bone-breaking violence.

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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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DiManno: Lots of Zzzs add up to a W for Giguere

From his seat at the end of the bench, Jonas Gustavsson didn't report for observer duty with a clipboard in hand, nor video-cam for the purpose of capturing a goaltending tutorial.

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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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