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Leafs’ Kessel delivers OT shock to Tampa

Phil Kessel

Steven Stamkos started it. Phil Kessel ended it. In a wonderful game featuring Stamkos and several of the Leafs young guns, it was the Leafs who prevailed 4-3 in overtime at the Air Canada Centre Thursday night.

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Cox: Richards hit pushed many NHL GMs to act

David Booth

They don't have a name for it yet, but the Mike Richards Rule sounds about right.

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Tampa’s Steven Stamkos takes aim at 50 goals

Markham's Steven Stamkos has shot at 50

Steven Stamkos makes his homecoming Thursday night as not only the hottest points producer in the NHL. He also arrives with the chance to become the first 50-goal scorer from the GTA in almost two decades.

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Cox: Feel-good Coyotes can’t escape financial cloud

Gary Bettman speaks outside bankruptcy court

Maybe it's time Gary Bettman looked at owning an NHL team of his own. After all, Bettman's record, or at least that of the league, is pretty good when it comes to operating bankrupt organizations and nursing them back to health.

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Cox: Feel-good Coyotes can’t escape financial cloud

Gary Bettman speaks outside bankruptcy court

Maybe it's time Gary Bettman looked at owning an NHL team of his own. After all, Bettman's record, or at least that of the league, is pretty good when it comes to operating bankrupt organizations and nursing them back to health.

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Cox: Feel-good Coyotes can’t escape financial cloud

Gary Bettman speaks outside bankruptcy court

Maybe it's time Gary Bettman looked at owning an NHL team of his own. After all, Bettman's record, or at least that of the league, is pretty good when it comes to operating bankrupt organizations and nursing them back to health.

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Decline for fired NHL referee Warren confounds union head

The NHL unfairly "mischaracterized" the abilities of referee Dean Warren when it fired him in 2008, a labour board hearing heard Wednesday.

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Decline for fired NHL referee Warren confounds union head

The NHL unfairly "mischaracterized" the abilities of referee Dean Warren when it fired him in 2008, a labour board hearing heard Wednesday.

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Decline for fired NHL referee Warren confounds union head

The NHL unfairly "mischaracterized" the abilities of referee Dean Warren when it fired him in 2008, a labour board hearing heard Wednesday.

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As Cooke gets pardoned, Tampa’s Lecavalier speaks out

Marc Savard

Vincent Lecavalier, long a voice of reason in the NHL, was stunned to learn that Pittsburgh Matt Cooke has escaped without suspension for his vicious, blindside shoulder to the head of Boston’s Marc Savard.

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Leafs’ Kulemin more at ease, and it’s showing

Nikolai Kulemin

There is an argument to be made that soon-to-be-one-year-old Alexei, who props himself up against his dad in front of their television, has helped Nikolai Kulemin’s career more than any coach.

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Sidney Crosby’s missing Olympic gear found

Crosby wins game for Canada

It turns out that Sidney Crosby’s missing stick was accidentally shipped to Russia after the gold medal game. That and his missing glove have been found.

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Sidney Crosby’s missing Olympic gear found

Crosby wins game for Canada

It turns out that Sidney Crosby’s missing stick was accidentally shipped to Russia after the gold medal game. That and his missing glove have been found.

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Hard-hitting Leafs welcome new rule on head shots

Dion Phaneuf

Toronto Maple Leafs defencemen Dion Phaneuf and Garnet Exelby, both known for their physical play, say something had to be done about hits that target other players’ heads.

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Caputi the pride of both Maple and the Leafs

Nikolai Kulemin

On this night, they really were the “Maple” Leafs. With a sizeable portion of Maple, Ont., on hand to watch favourite son Luca Caputi make his home debut in a Toronto uniform, the kid shook off that added pressure and delivered.

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