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03/02/2010

Cowlishaw: Your comments, my comments on NHL contraction
Lots of good comments and emails coming in on my idea of contracting the NHL to 24 teams. A few thoughts on that and other possible fixes for a league that would love to capitalize on Olympic fever.

Cowlishaw's NHL solution: Cut down to 24 teams
The NHL resumed play after a two-week layoff Monday night. How many people in this hockey-mad country of ours even noticed? The Canada-U.S. gold medal hockey game drew a 17.6 overnight rating on NBC Sunday afternoon. The highest rating for any World Series game played the last five years was a 13.5 for Yankees-Phillies Game 4 last fall.

02/22/2010

Underdog U.S. shocks Canada to earn spot in hockey quarterfinals
Brian Burke, the man who put Team USA's hockey roster together, wanted a team built around youth and speed and grit.

02/10/2010

Olympic Hockey: Mike Heika's Top 6 Teams
The 12-team Olympic men's hockey tournament will run from Feb. 16-28 and will start with pool play in three groups.

Stars players in the Vancouver Winter Olympics

02/03/2010

Stars' Stanley Cup winning coach Ken Hitchcock fired in Columbus
The Columbus Blue Jackets fired defensive-minded coach Ken Hitchcock on Wednesday, less than a year after the club made the postseason for the first time.

01/25/2010

Avalanche rebuilds team on the fly
After watching the Stars twice against Colorado, it's clear the Avalanche is for real, writes DMN's Mike Heika.

01/02/2010

St. Louis Blues fire coach Andy Murray
Andy Murray was fired Saturday as coach of the St. Louis Blues, who have lost four straight games and have the NHL's worst home record. Davis Payne, the coach of the Blues' AHL affiliate in Peoria, was appointed interim head coach.

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