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Found February 22, 2013 on The Pensblog: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Matt Niskanen,  Sergei Zubov,  Cal Clutterbuck
TEAMS: Pittsburgh Penguins,  Dallas Stars,  Minnesota Wild
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Awful Announcing took a look at the NHL/ESPN relationship, including some bizarre statements from some ESPN suit. The Pens have the best TV ratings of any NHL team in the States. Steve Lepore over at PTM takes a look at the big numbers from the Pens/Flyers game. Read More... Matt Niskanen recently compared Letang to Sergei Zubov. Zubov's stats in first 380 career games: 64G, 258A, 322P Letang's stats in first 364 career games: 42G, 141A, 183P Taylor Hall did this to Cal Clutterbuck Thursday night: From @djdugan183:
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