News You Can Use Late in the Day

1. Benoit Doucet is lighting up the ECHL and will be getting a look at the AHL.
2. The Kitchener Rangers have put up a 53 win season and are looking forward to the Memorial Cup.
3. An interview with Mark Recchi from the Kamloops Daily News.
4. A little more on the proposed Major Midget league in Canada.
5. Mirtle compiles a list of man games lost.
6. As a little shout out to our reader from Camp Liberty, here is story featuring a National Guard soldier who used to fantasize about hockey while she was in Iraq.
7. Just so we don’t forget the Canadian troops in Afghanistan, former tough guys Chris Nilan and Bob Probert are visiting for a ball hockey rematch. I wonder if the Taliban will go into hiding with Knuckles’ arrival?
8. Scott Burnside writes that it is time to clean house in Atlanta after another disappointing year.
9. Jeremy Roenick hopes this is the year he gets his name on the Stanley Cup.
10. The weekly Hot List from the NHL.
11. Introduce yourself to Lucio Topatigh.
12. Highly touted rookie Kyle Okposo made his NHL debut last night.
13. The new re-alignment in the QMJHL will help to rekindle some rivalries.
14. All Things Avs says that Forsberg needs to focus and play his own game.
15. Rick Dipietro will have season ending hip surgery for the 2nd year in a row. Only 13 more years of this…
16. Puck Stops Here wonders if the Stanley Cup will spend a 2nd year in the West.
17. Craig Simpson discusses the Oilers’ youth movement.
18. Fantasy Spin from the Score.
19. Damien Cox writes that scouting for the Leafs isn’t as fun as it sounds.
20. Alexander Mogilny 5 – Russian Criminals 3
21. Random thoughts from John Buccigross.
22. Need grooming tips? Ask Alexander Ovechkin.
23. 10 Players you may see in the NHL before the season is over.
24. The Sharks are quick to point to Nabokov when asked to explain their success.
25. Dan Barnes with an interesting article noting the lack of good goalies coming out of Russia.