Bob Verdi
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Verdi: Hawks' depth fills All-Star ballot boxJan 13, 2015 7:04 am - What is the definition of depth? Is it having five of the first six electees for the 2015 National Hockey League All-Star Game? Or is it sending 10 players to the 2014 W...
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Verdi: Caps rise to occasion, beat 'gold standard' HawksJan 01, 2015 3:04 pm - WASHINGTON - Everybody wants to play the Blackhawks. Then everybody has to play the Blackhawks. Long before his Washington Capitals secured a dramatic 3-2 decision in Th...
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Men of winter thrive in great outdoorsDec 31, 2014 4:03 pm - WASHINGTON - As Kris Versteeg was saying - against a backdrop of the great outdoors - the net looks smaller than ever to a shooter. Not that he has suffered, being the o...
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Verdi: Elegant Beliveau left a lasting impressonDec 08, 2014 12:03 pm - Bobby Hull was in Montreal last month. It was a business trip, but he would not leave without visiting hockey royalty: Jean Beliveau. "I called Jean's wife, Elise, and a...
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Blackhawks' Foley walks, talks among greatsNov 17, 2014 4:00 pm - With boundless passion for hockey, Foley walks among greats
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One more look at Hossa's milestone momentOct 31, 2014 5:04 pm - OTTAWA - Marian Hossa described this as a "special place." And this special place returned the compliment, saluting a special player. Hossa crafted a wraparound goal Thu...
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Quenneville still making all the right movesMay 31, 2014 5:04 pm - On most nights, a hockey coach might feel like an elevator operator. In either job, buttons are at your disposal to control ups and downs. But they are so repetitious th...
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Verdi on the 3 C's of Captain ToewsMay 17, 2014 12:03 pm - If there is a hitch in this "Captain Serious" story, besides the fact that Jonathan Toews does not exactly embrace the nickname, it is the message imparted by such an ap...
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For Hawks and Blues, history always mattersApr 17, 2014 5:30 am - ST. LOUIS — Inseparable if not intimate, the Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues shall renew spring snarls when they commence the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs here Thursday nigh...
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Verdi on Sassone's legacy covering the BlackhawksMar 30, 2014 5:04 pm - In an evolving industry, with people and parameters constantly changing, Tim Sassone represented a bastion of stability. For more than a quarter century, he wrote about ...