Articles filed under NHL
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Khabibulin looks fit, readySep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - While most eyes have been focused on the young players in Blackhawks camp and what they can inject into an otherwise struggling offense, the player who may be the key to...
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NHL drops puck in LondonSep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - LONDON -- If the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings needed another reason to get physical, playing each other in London may be the perfect excuse. With the NHL making i...
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Hawks carry on without Bill WirtzSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - For Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon and coach Denis Savard, it's going to be a hockey season unlike any other they have experienced in their long associations wit...
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Lapointe sees Toews as captain materialSep 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Maybe Blackhawks veteran Martin Lapointe knows something nobody else does. The Hawks may or may not name a team captain before Thursday's opener at Minnesota, but Lapoin...
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Wirtz had a good side that people never sawSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - The last time those of us in the Chicago hockey media saw Bill Wirtz was at the May 29 news conference at the United Center to introduce prized rookie Jonathan Toews. Wi...
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Wirtz's ties to Lake CountySep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - William W. Wirtz was visible as the Chicago Blackhawks' owner, but Lake County is where he pursued some of his other interests. One of the few herds of beef cattle in th...
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Let's hope Rocky Wirtz fights for what's rightSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - For the last few weeks, as word spread through hockey circles that Blackhawks owner Bill Wirtz was quite ill, those in the organization who have silently wished for chan...
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Those who knew him say Wirtz will be missedSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - It's a story Denis Savard had never told publicly. But on the day Blackhawks owner William Wirtz died of cancer at 77, the Hawks' coach felt the need to share...
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Who will run the team now?Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - As unsettled as the Blackhawks have been as a franchise for the better part of the last decade, there are more questions ahead after the death Wednesday of longtime owne...
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Sadly, Wirtz never did correct error of his waysSep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - This could have been the obituary's opening paragraph. "Bill Wirtz, the grinch who stole big-time hockey in Chicago, died Wednesday at age 77." This might be his endurin...