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The first round of the 2013 NHL playoffs starts this week, as 16 teams begin their quest for the Stanley Cup. The Pittsburgh Penguins were the best team in the Eastern Conference, but seven other squads believe they can reach the finals...

The first round of the 2013 NHL playoffs starts Tuesday night, as 16 NHL teams vie to become the one to drink from the Stanley Cup in June. The top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks were the league's best team in the regular season and are favored to win the West...

Pennsylvania hockey fans' allegiances are geographically divided. Most fans in the western half of the state root for the Pittsburgh Penguins, while fans in the east cheer for the Philadelphia Flyers. The teams' heated rivalry is one of the best in the NHL, but one fan took the battle too far this weekend in State College, Pa...

Chicago Blackhawks' fans are always into the game, from the national anthem to the final horn.

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Mike Fisher is a fan favorite in the town of Nashville. He's also a favorite around these offices because the guy plays hockey for a living, he's a philanthropist and is married to the gorgeous Carrie Underwood. We have this jealous admiration for him where we keep wishing slightly bad things to happen like a really painful hangnail or spotty cell phone service. We've got issues.

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The National Hockey League and its players' union reached a tentative agreement to end the league's 113-day lockout on Sunday.

The NHL Lockout has cost hockey fans, and players, over 400 games, but could it soon be over?

Executives at Molson Coors, the oldest and largest beer company in Canada, are not very happy with this whole NHL lockout thing. The brewing giant says the lockout is to blame for a sobering decline in beer sales.

Remember hockey? The NHL lockout is looking as ugly as, if not uglier than, last year's NBA lockout. We are now in day 53 of it—is there any hope?