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Trashing Danbury
The FBI probe of Danbury Trashers owner James Galante extends into his UHL operations. Will there be more hat tricks in the Hat City? Will the stink of the sting rub off on the UHL? [Article]
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When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Chris Dyment suits up for the Providence Bruins after a near career-ending eye injury [Blog]
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When the Message Owns the Media
Leagues and teams that cover themselves are often covering themselves in ways that protect them from an independent media. Or do they? [Blog]
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The New NHL
While the players associations call the shots in the other major leagues, often to the detriment of the games played, vets like New Jersey Devils Alexander Mogilny and Dan McGillis are finding out that perform or perish has returned to hockey. [Article]
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Molly Makes Her Mark
Molly McMaster Becomes the First Female Hockey Player in the league as the UHL Cross-Checks Colon Cancer Tour gets under way to bring attention to National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. [Article]
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Family First and 60 Minutes
For Adirondack Frostbite coach Marc Potvin, his motto may hold the key to both his life and the tragedy that ended it. [Article]
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MLN FAB50 Hockey 2006
Special Issue
Who are the fastest moving players on ice? The hockey players zooming to the NHL on the fast track. The FAB50 once again picks and prognosticates the top fifty players in the development systems of the NHL. Corey Perry is No. 1, and we'll give you a hint about the Development System of the Year: Quack.[Article]
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Hockey from the 'Hood
Can Gerald Coleman, the first graduate of the NHL Diversity Program, lead a new wave of minority players into hockey? Ask NHL legend Willie O'Ree. [Article]
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The Nuclear Option
Albany River Rat Mike Sgroi goes Nuclear on Providence Bruins enforcer Garret Stroshein in the penalty box and draws a whopping AHL suspension. [Article]
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Playing in Providence
P-Bruins goaltender Jordan Sigalet understands the true meaning of providence, excelling in the net as he faces down Multiple Sclerosis [Article]
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MLN Sports Zone - The Year in Covers: 2005
We take a look back at the stories that graced the cover of MLN Sports Zone, in a year of change that saw a major strike, one major league commissioner's visions dashed and another commissioner's blueprint for the future of his sport reborn in the minor leagues. [Article]
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Viva Montoya!
Hockey goes Havana in Hartford as the Rangers Groom Someone Who Could Be the First Cuban-American Goaltender in NHL History. [Article]
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Rookies
on the Rise
A talented crop of players are making their AHL debuts in 2005-06. [Article]
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2005 Ralphie Awards
They're the Masters of Minor League Media. Five who represent the best media relations people and broadcasters chosen from more than 600 minor league teams and 100 major league clubs. Who won the coveted annual "Ralphie"? [Article]
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2005-2006 Central Hockey League Season Preview
With six teams affiliated, a darkened club in New Mexico, and a new franchise in Youngstown, Ohio, the CHL is poised for a pretty exciting season. The lowdown on each club and each division [Article]
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Central Hockey League Named MLN 2005 Business of the Year
They made hockey bloom in the desert in the last decade. What does the Central Hockey League, and parent Global Entertainment Corporation, have in store for the next decade? A revival of the business of hockey that even the NHL can only dream about. [Article]
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Punked by Baseball America: An MLN Anniversary Tribute
As we celebrate our 5th anniversary, Baseball America punks our prowess at list making. Sr. Editor Brian Ross has a few choice words for them about the FAB50 and the future of sports publishing.
[Opinion]
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Sports' Other Season
While major league clubs seldom are impacted by natural disasters, hurricane season can end a minor league season, or shutter a team for good. Who has been impacted by the double-whammy of Katrina and Rita? From Corpus Christi to Pensacola we check in with our favorite Gulf teams in baseball, hockey, and football.
[Article]
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Abandoning
the AHL
The Utah Grizzlies have already decided to move their den to the
ECHL. Are the San Antonio Rampage also looking for a new league?
[Article]
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Hockey
Hotbed
Will changes in the landscape threaten the abundance
of AHL teams in the New England region? [Article]
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