Arthur: Being Chara is no big deal

BOSTON — Quick Zdeno Chara story: He’s in Ottawa, and he comes off the ice, and Darren Dreger is waiting to interview him on television. Dreger isn’t 6-9, so he gets a crate to stand on. Chara shakes his head, […]

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Corson suffered teenage illness in ...

WINDSOR — Shayne Corson remembers the blood, the pain and mostly, the fear. He was suffering and as is often the case with teenagers, he opted to suffer in silence. Corson, 42, an NHL left-winger from 1985-2004 with the Montreal […]

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Arthur: Overtime brings out the best...

Jaromir Jagr kept saying he would not talk to Czech media until he scored a goal. No, he would say (usually in English); I told you I would do it when I scored a goal, and if I talked to you now, it would make me a liar.

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Arthur: Working for puck luck

CHICAGO — As the Chicago Blackhawks met in a cloud of howling embraces, with their stadium thundering around them, a microphone clipped to Andrew Shaw appeared to catch his reaction. “I love shin pads!” he whooped. His team had just […]

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Cole: NHL has rebounded quite nicely...

CHICAGO - Life, for the National Hockey League, has no earthly right to be as good as it is.

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Gallagher: Tortorella would keep things...

Perhaps hiring John Tortorella would give the Canucks that long-needed jolt of emotion that was clearly missing in their playoff series these past two seasons. And, yes, he’d end the country club atmosphere that always seems to spring up every time an organization tries to do everything for its players the way this team has done.

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