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AVALANCHE 3, KINGS 1JON QUICK'S STICK 1, DANIEL WINNIK'S LEG 0 Ron Hextall gave Jon Quick the greatest birthday present of all. Inspiration. Whatever you do... don't piss Jon Quick off on his birthday. Jon Quick's got a long way to go to top Ron Hextall in terms of being interviewed... ...naked. Well at least there was one bright spot in this awful, awful game.   h/t to HarleyMae for the videos and to Bbry for the head ups on the Matt Greene interview.
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