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Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Preview: St. Louis Blues (3-2-1) at Pittsburgh Penguins (7-1-0), 7 p.m. EST. Your Versus/Not on DirecTV game of the night. Did you know Disco Dan Bylsma played for Blues Coach Andy Murray when he was coaching the Los Angeles Kings? Murray, to the St. Louis Post Dispatch: "You could tell he was going to be a coach ... He always asked a lot of ...

Many remember Vladislav Tretiak as a legendary goaltender: Winning three Olympic gold medals and a silver, while becoming the first Russian player to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1989. He may also be a part of future Russian hockey glory as well.Tretiak, 57, was named the general manager for the Russian Olympic hockey team. "My main responsibility is to create the right conditions for team selection and to create the right conditions for the work of our team in Vancouver," he said. "It includes pretty much everything: logistics, lodging, the team. Everything that depends on the ...

Love him or hate him, there's no disputing that Riley Cote(notes) of the Philadelphia Flyers is an interesting dude. He's a hockey brawler who trains in MMA during the offseason. He has his own personal Web site at RileyCote.com and is, perhaps, one of the few NHL goons on Twitter. Now, Cote's engaging in quite a fascinating hobby: Tattoo artistry. The Philadelphia Daily News brought Cote's inking to the masses today, after blogs like The 700 Level reported on it last month. His favorite tattoo artist, Jeff Gemma of Secret Society Tattooing in Worcester, Mass., requested that Cote give him ...

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.• Wayne Gretzky has been off the grid since parting ways with the Phoenix Coyotes, and Elliotte Friedman reports that NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman is seeking an audience with one of the game's greatest ambassadors to smooth things over. Gretzky said he needs more time to process things, which is also partially what he told Team Canada executive director Steve Yzerman. If we're Stevie Y, we keep Gretz on the sidelines until Canada ...

When news broke yesterday that the AHL's Chicago Wolves (the Atlanta Thrashers' affiliate) had fired head coach head coach Don Granato and assistant Jason Christie after a 1-5 start, we're sure we weren't alone in experiencing this hockey epiphany:Say hello to Chris Chelios(notes), player/coach of the Chicago Wolves.The notion of Chelios, the former Detroit Red Wings defenseman seeking an NHL audition with the minor league team, becoming a modern day Reggie Dunlop from "Slap Shot" would have been the stuff of hockey legend: The 47-year-old ex-champion, playing his heart out to get back to the show while leading a rag-tag ...

It's early. Very early. Players that look like the weight of the world has crushed their spirits seven games into a season can end up leading their teams in points by the end of it. But scanning the stat sheets in the NHL, there are a few notable names that are off to sluggish starts. Some are expected -- Jonathan Cheechoo(notes) (0-2-2 in seven games) struggling is as much as harbinger of autumn as pumpkin pie and postseason baseball -- but others are a bit unexpected. Here are 10 notable position players off to inauspicious starts this season.LW David Booth(notes), Florida ...

In 1997, the Hartford Whalers relocated to become the Carolina Hurricanes. Since then, the Whale have gained a blissful nostalgia -- from die-hard fans attempting to resurrect the franchise to hockey gear-heads who collect and trade the distinctly colored Whalers fashions.While T-shirts and other branded merchandise have been readily available from Shop NHL and Mitchell & Ness, Whalers jerseys were only found on auction sites like eBay and typically secondhand. Unlike other defunct franchises like the Quebec Nordiques and the Winnipeg Jets, the NHL's swag partners didn't produce Hartford Whalers sweaters. Strike up the Brass Bonanza, because that's about to ...

No. 1 star: Devin Setoguchi(notes), San Jose SharksHuge 7-3 road win for the Sharks (video), and Setoguchi put it away against the New York Rangers in the second period with a pair of goals: A hard-working power-play tally near Stephen Valiquette's(notes) crease and a sniper shot on a Patrick Marleau(notes) feed for his seventh of the season. Setoguchi later assisted on Marleau's seventh for a three-point night. San Jose snaps the Rangers' seven-game winning streak. No. 2 star: Justin Williams(notes), Los Angeles KingsRyan Smyth(notes) led the Kings with three assists, but it was Williams who gave Los Angeles the lead ...

Here are your Puck Previews: Spotlighting the key games in NHL action, news and views as well as general frivolity. Make sure to stop back here for the nightly Three Stars when the games are finished. Preview: Los Angeles Kings at Dallas Stars, 8:30 p.m. The big news here is the benching of Alexander Frolov(notes), who is a healthy scratch tonight after Coach Terry Murray said he's been unhappy with the Russian's play "for several games." Said Dean Lombardi to Rich Hammond of Kings Insider: "He's either going to get on board or we'll go in another direction with him." ...

Please recall back in June when the good folks at HockeyBarn.com bestowed upon this silly blog its New Media Hockey Writer of the Year Award. The grand prize included a chance to hang at the 2009 Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremonies as the personal guest of Glenn Anderson, the HOFer that starred for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers. It was a humbling prize that we told the Barn was an honor to receive, but one we ultimately felt could do more than to just offer us an open bar and a brush with immortality. ...