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Blues re-sign Chorney

Defenseman Taylor Chorney and the St. Louis Blues have agreed to terms on a new one-year, two-way contract. Chorney, an unrestricted free agent, has played in two games with the Blues over the past two seasons.

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Mum's the word on Hossa amid NHL's injury culture

Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville didn't want to talk about the injury that forced him to scratch forward Marian Hossa from the Stanley Cup finals against the Boston Bruins.

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Bruins praise defenseman Seidenberg, who had game-high 6 blocked shots, 4 hits in Game 3

Six-foot-9 Zdeno Chara casts a big shadow, and Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg's contributions are sometimes lost in it.
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Blackhawks' Hossa injury remains mysterious

The mysterious circumstances behind Marian Hossa's injury that sidelined the Blackhawks winger for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final remain. So much so, that teammate Dave Bolland wasn't even sure if he had seen Hossa around.
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Blackhawks need to save face on faceoffs

In the thimble-wide hallway to the dressing room at TD Garden on Tuesday, Michal Handzus rode a stationary bicycle. Though his presence was requested to discuss the state of the Stanley Cup Final against the Bruins, the Blackhawks veteran center did not appear after his workout.
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Patrice Bergeron does it all for Bruins

After labeling Bruins center Patrice Bergeron "the perfect guy," Brad Marchand thought for a moment about his teammate's faults and then shook his head.
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Blackhawks counting on each other

The sun still came up over the Blackhawks' team hotel in Boston the day after they fell behind 2-1 in the Stanley Cup Final.
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David Haugh: Blackhawks in a state of denial

Hoping for fresh legs and minds for Must-Win Wednesday, Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville canceled practice Tuesday so his team could review videotape of the 2-0 loss in Game 3.
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In Chicago and across the NHL landscape, game slowly build minority fanbase

When the Chicago Blackhawks take to the ice, Michelle Secor is dressed in her team paraphernalia and closely watching every faceoff, power play and goal, she said.
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Red Wings re-sign Datsyuk for three years

Pavel Datsyuk shook hands on a three-year extension on Tuesday morning, agreeing to stay with the Detroit Red Wings through 2016-17.
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Jerry Brewer: NHL to Seattle? Woulda, coulda, shoulda

We're back to that daunting C-word.