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Jamie's Hockey Blog March 2005 Archive

By Jamie Fitzpatrick, About.com Guide to Hockey since 2002

Hockey's Odd Couple Back for Another Revival

Wednesday March 30, 2005
For those who can't get enough of their zany antics and pratfalls, hockey's favorite dysfunctional couple is back. The NHL and NHL Players' Association will meet Monday, with plenty of ... Read More

Junior Hockey Fans Envision a Clash of Titans

Monday March 28, 2005
On many evenings, they look like grown men taking advantage of high school kids. Defensive systems, line matching, goon tactics, great goaltending - none of it stops the London Knights. ... Read More

One More Title for the Golden Gophers

Sunday March 27, 2005
The University of Minnesota has won its second straight NCAA women's hockey championship. Harvard settles for second place again. The rematch of last year's final appeared headed for overtime as the ... Read More

NHL Cancels the Crosby Draft, For Now

Thursday March 24, 2005
The 2005 NHL Entry Draft is cancelled. "In the absence of a Collective Bargaining Agreement, we are not able to conduct an Entry Draft in the traditional sense on the dates ... Read More

Are Drug Cocktails the Fuel of Pro Hockey?

Tuesday March 22, 2005
For years, the NHL and NHL Players' Association have declared performance-enhancing drugs a non-issue in hockey. A couple of defensemen say otherwise. Dave Morissette, a minor-league goon who played a handful ... Read More

Pick a Salary Cap, any Salary Cap

Thursday March 17, 2005
Two offers from the NHL today. In hockey labor jargon, they are classified as the "linked" and "de-linked" proposal: Linked: Salaries are linked to a fixed percentage of annual NHL revenues. ... Read More

"One of the blackest nights in Canadian sport."

Thursday March 17, 2005
Think the NHL lockout is ugly? You should have been in Montreal 50 years ago today. Beat an opponent's face in with a stick and you get suspended for the season. ... Read More

Pressure Shifts as NHL Talks Resume

Wednesday March 16, 2005
The NHL and NHL Players' Association meet tomorrow, and the media consensus gives labour the upper hand on management. With or without a collective agreement, NHL players aren't due another paycheque ... Read More

World Hockey Association Renews Its Quest for World Domination

Wednesday March 16, 2005
Like Elvis at Burger King, the World Hockey Association has surfaced again. The WHA promises hockey in May, with a tournament called the Bobby Hull Invitational. Bobby is right there on ... Read More

Who's the Best Hockey Player in the Land?

Monday March 14, 2005
Whoever she is, you will find her somewhere in Minnesota. The NCAA favored big offensive numbers today, in selecting three finalists for the Patty Kazmaier Award, which goes to the top ... Read More

What's Next? Lava Lamps and Black-Light Posters?

Monday March 14, 2005
If your misspent youth included too many hallucinogens, you might want to avoid the HSBC Arena in Buffalo this weekend. Flashbacks are a definite possibility. The idle home of the Buffalo ... Read More

What's Going on With Peter Forsberg?

Friday March 11, 2005
Sportsnet.ca throws journalistic caution to the wind with its report that Peter Forsberg's career might be over. "Forsberg Finished in Hockey?" is the Sportsnet headline after the game's dominant player suffered ... Read More

Investing in the Future of the NHL

Wednesday March 9, 2005
Plenty of folks - bloggers and sports columnists, mostly - will tell you the NHL is dead, or at least fatally wounded by the current lockout. The money says otherwise. A ... Read More

"The impasse is less about hockey than it is about history"

Monday March 7, 2005
Stepping back from the petty details, the New Yorker takes the long view of the NHL lockout. James Surowiecki says the dispute points to a broader trend in the age-old ... Read More

Those Wacky, Wacky NHL Talks Are Back On Again

Monday March 7, 2005
Hockey fans can look forward to an all-new episode of the Bob and Gary Show. TSN.ca reports that NHL labor talks will resume this week, with representatives of the league and ... Read More

Are Replacement Players A Realistic Option?

Saturday March 5, 2005
There will be NHL hockey in 2005-06, one way or the other. Commissioner Gary Bettman and several team owners have sworn to it. That means they intend to drop the ... Read More

$3 Billion on the Table for the NHL

Thursday March 3, 2005
Why think small? A couple of investment firms have made an offer to buy the NHL for over three billion dollars. That's $3 billion for the works: the league, its 30 ... Read More

Whose Stanley Cup Is It Anyway?

Wednesday March 2, 2005
Frustrated NHL fans are rallying around a movement to pry the Stanley Cup from the NHL's greasy little hands. The Free Stanley campaign began with three men in Edmonton, who believe ... Read More

NHL and NHLPA Resume Hot Air Emissions

Tuesday March 1, 2005
What now? The NHL and NHL Players' Association held seperate meetings today, seeking answers to that very question. There is almost nothing worth reading in the stories filed from these meetings. Each ... Read More

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