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Happy Birthday, Gordie Howe; Tampa readying for playoffs; preventing tanking (Puck Headlines)

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Photo via Bill Roose
Photo via Bill Roose

• Gordie Howe at a pre-birthday dinner with his family in Lubbock, Texas.  [Bill Roose]

• It’s Gordie Howe 87th birthday. This is truly a milestone considering all that Mr. Hockey has gone through this year. [Detroit Free Press]

• An inside look at the Gordie Howe hat trick. Despite the (fight, assist, goal) stat having his name, he only accomplished it twice in his career. [Third String Goalie]

• Tampa Bay looks for playoff redemption with a team worthy of a deep run. [Yahoo]

• Getting rid of the NHL Draft in order to prevent tanking is not a great idea. [Spector Hockey]

• How do you prevent tankage in the NHL? A solution as to how to stop these issues,via PhD candidate Adam Gold: "I respectfully propose that draft order should be determined based on how teams perform after becoming mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.” [Sportsnet]

• The United States Women’s national team beats Russia 9-2 in the Women’s World Championship to improve to 3-0-0. [USA Hockey]

• Five hopes for women’s professional hockey and how it can succeed. [High Heels and Hockey Sticks]

• There could be some good news for Patrick Kane in his recovery from a broken clavicle. As in he could return sooner than the 12 week timeframe. [Chicago Sun-Times]

• Meet ESPN Brazil’s Ari Aguiar, who calls Ottawa Senators games from Brazil. [Ottawa Citizen]

• How good is draft prospect Lawson Crouse? Comparing him to others in this uber-talented draft year. [Jets Nation]

• An awesome looking Josh Ho-Sang spin-o-rama pass? Yes, please! [Buzzing the Net]

• Rethinking how we look at the Vezina Trophy and who should have won. [InGoal]

• A lawsuit could end sports leagues ‘all or nothing’ TV packages and how games are watched in the NHL across a broad spectrum. [Salt Lake Tribune]

• A Winnipeg youth center gave out a “Cry Baby Award” as sort of a joke? Some don't think it's that funny. [CBC]

• Ottawa lost two winnable games, and because of that the Senators are now on the outside looking in of the playoffs. [6th Sens]

• An insurance company agrees to postpone litigation saying NHL officials: “concealed the long-term effects of concussions and failed to warn players of the risks.” [TSN]

• The Royal Half continues its Bark Madness with the championship between Gustl Kopitar and Reggie Doughty. [Royal Half]

• Devils defenseman Adam Larsson is starting to trend upwards. What does that mean for the young Devils defenseman’s future? [Dobber Sports]

• What should the Arizona Coyotes do if they get the No. 3 overall pick in the NHL draft? [Five for Howling]

• A live blog a thon of the Coyotes and the Sabres 'Worst Game Ever' in Tank Wars. [Macleans]

• Is the Dallas Stars’ late season run meaningless? The answer is somewhat complicated. But there are glimmers of hope for the Stars moving forward. [Defending Big D]

• A hockey game that never finished because it was Sunday? [Greatest Hockey Legends]

• The Oilers need a goaltender. Who will Craig MacTavish go after? Some interesting options here including ... Devan Dubnyk perhaps? [Lowetide]

• Alex Ovechkin’s goal scoring is both historically dominant, fun to watch. And we should all enjoy what he does and how he does it. [SB Nation]

• Free agent collegiate forward Austin Czarnik signs with the Boston Bruins. Czarnik had nine goals and 36 assists in 40 games for Miami. [SB Nation College Hockey]

• The Thunder Bay Event Center has been scrapped of federal funding. This could hurt Winnipeg's ability to put its farm team there. [FOHS Farm Report]

• Breaking down some of the bigger goaltending bloopers. Are they really bloopers? Are goaltenders playing the goals correctly? [Upper Body Inquiry]

• Finally, Kobe Walker of Lloydminster ... sick snipe

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