NHL

Friday night in downtown Albany the Albany Devils faced  an opponent who was also desperate for points in the eastern conference, but for far different reasons.

The Bruins are battling for top spot in the conference and home ice throughout the upcoming Calder Cup playoffs

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It has been a busy 32 hours for the New York Rangers as it has been for every team in the NHL. Unlike other sports, the NHL trade deadline always brings action, deals, and fireworks.

The Fireworks for the Rangers not only included burning up the phone lines and making two trades, but then going out and thrashing the Pittsburgh Penguins Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, 6-1

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Oh, these tricky hockey players and their silly antics. This prank is actually pretty funny. Other pranks in sports? Not so much.

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Man, you talk about a player getting knocked out cold.  Matt Martin knocks Tom Kostopoulos into next week.

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It was only a few weeks back when NY Rangers defensemen Marc Staal had a deflected puck hit him right in the eye. The debate heated up about making visors mandatory. Staal wasn't wearing one. But Sid Crosby was and the shield didn't prevent the NHL's poster boy from getting hit in the face, by a deflected puck off the stick of the teammate Brooks Orpik

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6 proved to be enough. Too much in fact. So desperate were the Devils for a win vs Hershey Friday night that captain Jay Leach called the game a "must win" and win the Devils did, beating back Hershey 5-3 a the Times Union Center

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The NHL trading deadline this year, thanks to the lockout that interrupted the start of the season, has been pushed back till April 3rd. Obviously the Pittsburgh Penguins don't care about deadlines

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In a road trip that might define their season the Albany Devils finish off a 6 game roadie by losing 4-2 in Bridgeport Sunday night and finish the trip losing the last 5 games.

The Devils after winning the opener on the 6 gamer in Rochester, the Devils found themselves in 9th place overall in the east

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A precious 2 points slipped through the hockey gloves of the Albany Devils Saturday night in Syracuse. Stymied by the net minding of Crunch Goaltender Riku Helenius the Crunch defeated the Devils 3-1

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Despite defections,players being kicked off the team, suspensions, and injury, UCLA head coach Ben Howland got the UCLA Bruins into the NCAA's tournament. They lost their 1st round game in ugly fashion to Minnesota 83-63 and now the rumors are that Ben Howland will be fired, perhaps today by UCLA

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History tells you that defense wins championships. This is true in most sports most of the time. Nothing is absolute of course but this blue print is usually on the mark. However you do have to score to win and for the New York rangers, a team with Stanley Cup hopes scoring has been a major problem this year

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Trying desperately to get back into the playoff mix the Albany Devils could breath a sigh of relief for 1 day before dropping back out of the top 8 mix the next day. Here is a recap of the Devils 3 games in 3 days weekend

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