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Five Reasons I Love Hockey

Found September 02, 2009 on Every Facet of the Game:
PLAYERS: Jaromir Jagr,  Petr Sykora
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins,  New York Rangers,  Ottawa Senators,  New Jersey Devils,  Detroit Red Wings

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In the hockey world, there is no month more unholy than that of August. September brings us camp and exhibition games. The season runs from October to April. The playoffs carry us through May. The Cup is handed out in June. And the first of July is free agency frenzy. But August? August brings us nothing. But the good people over at Puck Daddy did something to alleviate that feeling of hockeylessness this August. For the entire month they had a daily list of "5 Reasons I Love Hockey" by everyone from James Mirtle to ESPN's Dave Dameshek to The Hockey Show's Carrie Milbank. And while I'm not really "a list guy", in fact in the hundred odd EFotG posts there has never been "a list", I just couldn't let it get by me. So I thought, honestly, what are the five reasons I love hockey? Amazingly none of The Cutting Edge trilogy made the cut. Pittsburgh in the Spring of '91 I've been watching professional sports from birth. It's...
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