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Sharks play on despite county's virus concerns
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Thursday, 05 March 2020 16:49
The San Jose Sharks are playing their home game against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night despite a recommendation from Santa Clara County to "cancel mass gatherings" as the coronavirus spreads in the region.County officials said the number of known coronavirus cases in Santa Clara has risen to 20 people. As part of the county public health department's new guidance…
Canes' Pesce (shoulder) to miss rest of season
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Thursday, 05 March 2020 14:11
Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Brett Pesce had surgery on his right shoulder and will miss the remainder of the 2019-20 season, the team announced Thursday.The Hurricanes said Pesce's expected recovery time is four to six months.The 25-year-old Pesce had four goals and 14 assists in 61 games with the Hurricanes this season.Pesce was injured on Feb. 22 against the Toronto Maple…
Flyers' van Riemsdyk to miss 4-6 weeks (hand)
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Thursday, 05 March 2020 14:31
The Philadelphia Flyers say veteran forward James van Riemsdyk is expected to miss four to six weeks after breaking his hand in Wednesday's win against the Capitals.The winger took a shot to the hand from Capitals defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler during the first period of the game and immediately went to the locker room and did not return.Van Riemsdyk has 19…
NHL Power Rankings: 1-31 poll, plus every team's X factor in the final month
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Wednesday, 04 March 2020 12:37
It's hard to believe, but we're staring down the final month of the 2019-20 NHL regular season. For this week's ESPN power rankings, we identified the X factor for each team down the stretch.How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1-31, and those results are tabulated to the list featured here. Teams are rated through…
Kraken? Sockeyes? Sasquatch? Sonics? What Seattle's NHL team should be called
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Wednesday, 04 March 2020 14:45
Seattle's NHL expansion franchise doesn't start playing in the league until 2021-22, but we might only need to wait a little bit longer before we can stop referring to it as "Seattle's NHL expansion franchise."Remember when the Vegas Golden Knights were going to be the Desert Knights? Or the Red Hawks? The same sort of speculation has swirled around Seattle's…
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