First Draft

Like Skating Into A Buzz Saw

Now this is some freaking amazing hockey. Two goals in the final minute of the NCAA Frozen Four championship game. Boston went on to win:

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Happy Obama Photo: Hockey Edition

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Since The Political World Discovered Hockey Last Week

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Happy Father's Day, Dad

Four months, ten days until it starts again, but who's counting?

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Both Teams At Full Strength

That's debatable!*

WASHINGTON - Democratic Party officials agreed Saturday to seat Michigan and Florida delegates with half-votes, ruling on a long-running dispute that has threatened the party's chances in November and maintaining Barack Obama's front-runner status as he moves closer to the nomination.

The decision was a blow to Hillary Rodham Clinton as she was on the verge of watching Obama make history as the first black Democratic presidential nominee.

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The resolution increased the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination to 2,118, leaving Obama 66 delegates short but still within striking distance after the three final primaries are held in the next three days.

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* Wisconsin hockey joke. How long until October 25?

Everything I Know About Politics I Learned From Watching Hockey

To the Crack Den's point.

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Sunday Hockey Post

Ugh.

Sunday Hockey Post: Boys, Boys, Boys

ZOMG freshman.

So the poster for this year's team shows a few of the players with the headline: They Trust One Another. They Care for One Another. They Play for One Another.

(And by night they fight crime!

Hockey superheroes!)

Game ramblings within.

Marry Me, Brian

For Badger hockey has begun and it is good:

Still using his Wisconsin goalie pads, glove, blocker and goalie mask with the trademark moose on the back, Elliott turned away 27 of 28 Thrashers' shots to earn his first career victory.

Here is a excerpt from the Associated Press recap posted on the Ottawa Senators home page:

Elliott did his part to keep the winning streak going, though he wasn't even expecting to play. He's only on the roster because No. 1 goalie Ray Emery is recovering from offseason wrist surgery.

"It was a surprise," said Elliott, the 291st overall pick in the 2003 entry draft. "You're nervous. You're playing in the NHL. It's a game you have to be prepared for, and I was prepared."

The Ontario native, who played college hockey at Wisconsin, watched the first four games while Martin Gerber posted a 1.73 goals-against average. But, with the first of back-to-back games, Elliott got the call.

"From age seven, this has been my goal," he said.

The actually-still-in-college Badgers did okay at the McFadden invitational, though if Connelly doesn't get his head together ... Still, it's early. They can lose to Our Lady of the Rosary Welding School (tm my dad) these first couple of weekends if it helps them kick the shit out of the Gophers this winter.

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