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Richard Chere The Star Ledger March 12, 2010 Pandolfo will replace Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond up front while Anssi Salmela takes rookie Mark Fraser’s spot on defense. Additional Reading: http://www.nj.com/devils/index.ssf/2010/03/jay_pandolfo_anssi_salmela_bac.html

Stars Top 20 prospects, Spring 2010Mike Farkas Hockeysfuture.com March 11, 2010 5. (12) Perttu Lindgren, C – 7.0D, Texas Stars (AHL)3rd round (75th overall) in 2005 – Age: 22 Another player who has spent some time on both sides of the pond is Perttu Lindgren. He has returned from a loan to Lukko Rauma (SM-Liiga)

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Jason Botchford The Province March 12, 2010 2 KES-ROWS You couldn’t help but wonder if somewhere Team Sweden head coach Bengt Ake Gustafsson was watching Mikael Samuelsson’s elsson’s dynamic performance and muttering the name Mattias Weinhandl under his breath during the past few games. Gustafsson chose to go with Weinhandl over Samuelsson at the Olympics

Devs eye shutting down Crosby, PensMark Everson The New York Post March 12, 2010 That defense, widely regarded as the team’s weak link, will be tested again tonight when Olympic champ Sidney Crosby and the Stanley Cup champion Penguins visit Newark, seeking their first victory in five tries against the Devils this season…. Colin White,

Bruce Garrioch Slam! Sports March 12, 2010 The Senators’ stay-at-home defenceman went into the game against the Flames needing one blocked shot for 1,000 in his career. Volchenkov blocked No. 999 against the Oilers in Tuesday’s 4-1 win. The NHL started counting the statistic following the 2005-06 season. Pretty impressive numbers. “(Volchenkov’s) a pretty special

Dave Lozo, NHL.com March 11, 2010 That’s not to say he’s been a non-entity with the Devils. He has 8 points in 10 games and 3 goals in his last six contests. And when he’s not scoring, he’s clearly receiving the attention of defenses and freeing up opportunities for others. If the Devils consistently can

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IHF “Salavat superior again: KHL regular season winners want to erase last year’s failure”, March 10, 2010 They captured the KHL regular season title for the second year in a row. But it’s not the time for celebration. There’s much work to do. Memories of last year’s failure immediately pop up in people’s mind. Salavat

Check out this great article by Sylvain St-Laurent of Cybetrpress.ca regarding Anton Volchenkov’s block shots record and how block shots have become a legitimate statistical category in the hockey world. Please note that the excerpt below is an English translation of Mr. St-Laurent’s original work. Statisticians of the National Hockey League have begun to recognize