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World Championship – Ilya Kovalchuk: “We need to win now like never before”RussianHockeyFans.com May 4, 2010 RussianHockeyFans.com offers you a translation.Many thought that you won’t play for the national team. It is very risky as you don’t have a contract for the next season in the NHL. Besides your wife gave a birth to your

Matthew Sekeres Chicago Globe and Mail May 4, 2010 Vancouver Canucks prospect Sergei Shirokov does not intend to play in Russia next season, according to both the NHL team and the player himself. A report on a Russian website, picked up by Canadian and U.S. media outlets, says the 24-year-old winger is headed back to

Canucks recall fourEvan Oberg, Guillaume Desbiens, Mario Bliznak, and Sergei Shirokov are recalled from the Manitoba Moose.NHL.com May 4, 2010 Shirokov, 24, played in 76 games with Manitoba this season and was second on the team in scoring, registering 45 points (22-23-45) and 32 penalty minutes. In six playoff games with Manitoba this year, he

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Finland 4 – Czech Rep 1 : Three-Goal Third For FinnsGoironpigs.com Three unanswered goals in the third period carried the day for FINLAND in the 4-1 victory over the CZECH REPUBLIC at the LG Hockey Games tournament from the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. The Czechs took an early lead five and a half minutes

The Sports Dish Exclusive: All-NHL First Round TeamThe Sports Dish April 28, 2010 Right Wing- Mikael Samuelsson, Vancouver Canucks (7 G, 4 AST, 11PTS) When your team is facing a Goalie as good as Jonathon Quick, it’s tough to score when you do not have an offense as good as Vancouver’s and a player as

Top 10 Secondary Players in Round 1Dave Poleck The Hockey Writers April 28, 2010 1. Mikael Samuelsson (7 goals, 4 assists) Samuelsson led the Canucks in goals and points and used his deadly wrist shot to expose Jonathan Quick’s weak glove all series long. In Samuelsson’s last three Finals’ runs with Detroit, he had 11

Early look and prediction at Hawks-CanucksJesse Rogers ESPN Chicago April 28, 2010 Offense: Vancouver had the most potent attack in the Western Conference, but the Blackhawks weren’t far behind. Both teams have secondary scoring, but it didn’t surface as much for the Hawks in Round 1 as it will need to in Round 2. Players

Ken Wiebe Winnipeg Sun April 28, 2010 Sergei Shirokov has no plans to abandon his dream. There are sure to be lucrative offers for the skilled forward to return to Russia and play in the Kontinental Hockey League, but Shirokov is still planning on being in North America next fall. “Next year I’ll go back

Puck Daddy chats with Ottawa’s Anton Volchenkov‏ about free agency, his Norris winner and why Senators lost to PenguinsDmitri Chesnokov Puck Daddy, Yahoo! Sports April 27, 2010 Anton Volchenkov of the Ottawa Senators is a defenseman, and the Norris Trophy is the award given to the best player at his position. If Volchenkov had to