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Two elite AHL franchises and hockey towns will finish the AHL season when the Hershey Bears and Manitoba Moose meet in the Calder Cup final. Game 1 of the series goes on Saturday night in Winnipeg in front of what could be a sold-out MTS Centre crowd...

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Vancouver prospect Luc Bourdon was killed in a motorcycle accident near Shippagan, N.B. on Thursday.Bourdon, 21, played 41 games with Manitoba this season, his first full pro season. Bourdon's first pro goal came on this past Oct. 13 in just his seco...

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CKAC Radio in Montr al is reporting that Vancouver prospect Luc Bourdon was killed in a motorcycle accident in New Brunswick on Thursday.Bourdon, 21, played 41 games with Manitoba this season, his first full pro season. Bourdon's first pro goal came...

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The NHL propaganda machine is operating at full speed, predicting that the upcoming Detroit-Pittsburgh Stanley Cup final is poised to be the best final ever. Best final ever! EVER! Like, totally.Then again, with a five-day break between playoff se...

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Who will stand up to the Syracuse Crunch?No sense in opponents whining about the Crunch's no-holds-barred tactics. Syracuse is proving, at least so far, that nasty, gritty hockey can still be a winning recipe, even in 2008.Syracuse showed in the firs...

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The playoffs are as good a time as any to start fresh and dish some different content.In the coming weeks, this space will be providing game reports, features and opinions as it hits the AHL's highways.Canadian clubs hold only two of the AHL's 16 pla...

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Sun Media's Ken Wiebe, who covers the Manitoba Moose for the Winnipeg Sun, penned several strong pieces on the AHL this past Sunday.In case you missed them, here they are:Life in the A -- AHL fights stigma of being minor league while producing many o...

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The AHL rises out of its early-season slumber tonight when the Manitoba Moose entertain the Grand Rapids Griffins in Winnipeg to lead into a 10-game offering on Friday.Here is a look around the AHL:AHLGoalies Carey Price (you may remember him from Ha...

topics: canucks, manitoba moose

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The AHL rises out of its early-season slumber tonight when the Manitoba Moose entertain the Grand Rapids Griffins in Winnipeg to lead into a 10-game offering on Friday.Here is a look around the AHL:AHLGoalies Carey Price (you may remember him from Ha...

topics: canucks, manitoba moose

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The AHL is mostly quiet on this Tuesday as teams retreat back to the drawing board and dig into practice before getting the season's second weekend underway. Just two more sleeps remain for the Manitoba Moose until their season opener against Grand R...

topics: canucks, manitoba moose