Mike Spellman
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Bollig draws 2-game suspension for hit on BallardMay 10, 2014 1:01 am - Blackhawks forward Brandon Bollig's hit from behind on Minnesota's Keith Ballard late in the second period Friday proved costly for both players involved. The NHL on Sat...
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Time for Hawks to stop kidding aroundMay 10, 2014 1:01 am - On one side, there's the young, confident Wild bunch feeling awfully good about themselves after a pair of home wins, but trying like heck not to get too excited over wh...
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Hawks find themselves in a battleMay 09, 2014 1:01 am - ST. PAUL, Minn - A few nights after being shut out by the Wild in Game 3, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville mixed up his lines big time in hopes of getting some kind of ...
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Sitting out can light a fire insideMay 09, 2014 1:01 am - ST. Paul, Minn. - It happened to Nick Leddy in Game 3, and lately Kris Versteeg has felt its sting as well. It's the dreaded realization that you've been scratched. Brya...
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Bryzgalov's confidence boostedMay 08, 2014 1:01 am - ST. PAUL, Minn - As badly as the Wild needed a victory in Game 3, probably no one on the ice needed it more than struggling goalie Ilya Bryzgalov. "I think every profess...
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Blackhawks shifting into gear for Game 4May 08, 2014 1:01 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. - Patrick Sharp has played for Joel Quenneville since Day One, so when the Blackhawks coach shakes up his lines in a big way, like he did at practice Thu...
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Now Blackhawks have to beware of Wild's CookeMay 07, 2014 1:01 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Wild lineup just got potentially a little wilder with the return of Matt Cooke, the guy with the long rap sheet and the reputation among many as on...
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Hjalmarsson silently presses on for BlackhawksMay 06, 2014 1:01 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. - Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville loves to refer to defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson as a warrior. And why not? The guy sacrifices life and limb every tim...
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'Excited' Leddy doesn't get to playMay 06, 2014 1:01 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. - After being benched for nearly the entire third period of Game 2, Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy admitted two things: "It definitely wasn't my best g...
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Wild makes Blackhawks sit up and take noticeMay 06, 2014 1:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. — The largest crowd in Xcel Energy Center history knew it. Minnesota's coaches and players knew it as well. The Wild's very playoff survival in their sec...