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7:00 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN To paraphrase Billy Zane in “Titanic,” some teams just seem to “make their own luck,” through their given style of play or the skill of their players. But “puck luck” is very much a thing in the NHL: Sometimes teams and players benefit from it, and other times the puck
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2:04 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has rejected Philadelphia Flyers forward Jakub Voracek‘s appeal of his two-game suspension, citing “clear and convincing evidence” that justified the ban for interference on New York Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk. Last Saturday in an eventual 5-2 win for the Flyers, Boychuk quickly skated towards Voracek and
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9:00 AM ET Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. Gritty is now a household name. But the Philadelphia Flyers’ mascot might not have invaded our lives quite as quickly without his memorable — and painful — first skate. As the Flyers get ready to welcome Washington
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7:00 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Arizona Coyotes began the season with Josh Archibald, Jakob Chychrun, Christian Dvorak and Alex Galchenyuk sidelined with injuries. Then the first hiccup: Starting goalie Antti Raanta‘s lower-body ailment kept acting up. Defenseman Jason Demers would go on to miss 47 games, and winger Michael Grabner would miss 41. Even
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1:02 PM ET The NHL said Tuesday that Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly did not direct an anti-gay slur at referee Brad Meier during Monday night’s game. The league conducted an investigation after microphones picked up a phrase during a game at Toronto against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Online videos appeared to implicate Rielly,
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