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Another defining moment for Flames?2

CALGARY — For Canada's neophyte NHL teams — which is to say any without the long and storied history of either the Montreal Canadiens or the Toronto Maple Leafs — Game 7s have a way of defining the face and future of the franchise. Take the Calgary Flames for example. 21/04/08 4:52 PM 2

'We can win without' Alfredsson24

PITTSBURGH — As participants in the past 11 Stanley Cup playoffs, adversity is hardly new to the Ottawa Senators. But never has Ottawa faced the prospect of trying to win a series without its captain and all-round best player, Daniel Alfredsson. 10/04/08 8:49 PM 24

Roberts remains Senators' nightmare11

PITTSBURGH — It took 68 seconds for the worst nightmare of the Ottawa Senators' fans to take shape in the form of Gary Roberts. The crusty Pittsburgh Penguins left winger, quickly approaching his 42nd birthday, has a long history with Ottawa's NHL playoff collapses. He played a central role in three triumphs by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2001, 2002 and 2004 — losses bitterly burned into the memories of all diehard Senators fans. 09/04/08 11:55 PM 11

Montreal aware of Julien's resume10

MONTREAL — If the Montreal Canadiens start to feel a little too confident about their first-round playoff matchup against a team they dominated this season, the Boston Bruins, all they have to do is steal a glance at the bald, plump man behind the opposition's bench. Bruins head coach Claude Julien stands as a reminder of how an NHL playoff upset can be pulled off. 08/04/08 10:11 PM 10

Canucks face uphill challenge2

VANCOUVER — When Vancouver Canucks general manager Dave Nonis says missing the NHL playoffs is never an acceptable result in this marketplace, he is in lockstep with the fan base and ensures the lofty expectations that greeted the 2007-08 season will survive into next fall. 08/04/08 9:47 PM 2

Hair we go, it's playoff time7

Welcome to the fourth season. There are actually five in hockey, by a measure once offered up by no less than Wayne Gretzky. There is the exhibition season, which means nothing. There is the regular season, which runs quietly until the trade deadline. Then comes the stretch season, which ended rather dramatically last weekend. Now begins the playoff season, leading up to the Stanley Cup final, which Gretzky always considered a separate season. As season No. 08/04/08 8:46 PM 7

Sharks set to make a playoff splash6

If not chairs, the air is likely to be filled with zingers and wisecracks when Don Cherry, Pierre McGuire and Mike Milbury are in the room. The three hockey commentators were together not in a room, but on a conference call yesterday to promote the NHL playoffs, and it was never dull. One of the first players to get smacked down was Marian Hossa, the underachieving forward picked up by the Pittsburgh Penguins at the trade deadline. 07/04/08 7:33 PM 6

Fletcher sets the agenda6

Cliff Fletcher made two promises yesterday as the Toronto Maple Leafs put the wreckage of the 2007-08 NHL season behind them: The team will get better, and there will be a new man in charge when the puck is dropped next fall. As for details, well, as Fletcher said a rancher told him in the 1980s, when Fletcher was trying to turn the Calgary Flames into a match for the Edmonton Oilers, "the corral is full of horses, but you can only bring one into the barn at a time. 07/04/08 7:10 PM 6

Toronto's postmortem begins in earnest58

When the cold eye of blame is cast on the Toronto Maple Leafs for this NHL season, it is clear everyone from the chairman of the board down to the last player on the roster has to share the responsibility. John Ferguson, the general manager who made too many mistakes in putting together the team, already paid his price with his job. Head coach Paul Maurice, who has one year left on his contract, will probably pay the same price, if not this week, then after the new GM is hired. 06/04/08 9:45 PM 58

Habs prepare for playoffs11

MONTREAL — Coach Guy Carbonneau's smile of satisfaction spoke volumes about what his Montreal Canadiens accomplished this season. A 3-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday gave the Canadiens a final regular-season record of 47-25-10, good for 104 points, their highest total since Carbonneau was a player in 1988-89. 06/04/08 2:40 PM 11

Canadiens warm-up for playoffs with win over lowly Leafs74

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens faithful exhibited their appreciation with an earsplitting ovation in final minute of the Habs regular-season finale, but nobody was more gratified than Canadiens coach Guy Carbonneau. "It has been a dream year," said Carbonneau, after his team sent the Toronto Maple Leafs to another long summer with a 3-1 victory. "In our room, we believed we could make the playoffs. 05/04/08 10:47 PM 74

Sens inch closer to playoff berth153

TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators exited the Air Canada Centre with injuries to Daniel Alfredsson and Mike Fisher and upset at their going-nowhere provincial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Senators drubbed the Leafs 8-2 last night to inch closer to a playoff berth, but they were angry that Leafs forward Mark Bell took out Alfredsson in the first period with a questionable blindside hit. 04/04/08 1:02 AM 153

Alfredsson knocked down, Sens rise up68

TORONTO — Hold that spot in infamy beside the 1986 Boston Red Sox, 1992 Houston Oilers, 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers, 1964 Philadelphia Phillies, Greg Norman circa 1996 and the Ottawa Senators in various years, but especially 2004. This season's edition of the Senators is not quite ready to take a seat beside the most notorious chokers in sport. 03/04/08 10:30 PM 68

Leafs relish role of spoiler26

It will seem like old times tonight when the Ottawa Senators limp into the Air Canada Centre to face the host Toronto Maple Leafs. For the first time in almost four years, the Leafs are in position to end the Senators' hockey season. And don't think it doesn't mean a lot to the Leafs' players. "Hopefully, we can do a job and knock them out," centre Matt Stajan said. 02/04/08 9:03 PM 26

Deja vu?23

OTTAWA — "Room service," the photographer said with a chuckle. "Room service." "Room service." It was, indeed, just like ordering up. It seemed they were delivering everything you could possibly ask for this afternoon at Scotiabank Place. Telling images. Irony. Coincidence. Juxtaposition. 02/04/08 8:30 PM 23