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DALLAS – Dominant in the regular season, superb again in the post-season, the Detroit Red Wings are headed back to the Stanley Cup finals.With gusto, too.

DALLAS – So much for the demise of the Detroit Red Wings. Not only are they headed back to the Stanley Cup final, they’re again looking like the club that dominated the regular season and most of the playoffs.

KITCHENER, Ont. – Shawn Matthias scored the winner and added a short-handed goal to pace the Belleville Bulls to a 6-3 win over the Gatineau Olympiques at the Memorial Cup on Monday.

DALLAS – Detroit Red Wings defenceman Chris Chelios missed Game 6 of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Stars on Monday night because of a lingering leg injury.

DALLAS – Detroit Red Wings defenceman Chris Chelios missed Game 6 of the Western Conference finals against the Dallas Stars on Monday night because of a lingering leg injury.

PHILADELPHIA – Make it 25 years and counting without a championship in Philadelphia.The Flyers were the latest team to skate away without a title, making the city’s big four sports teams 0-for-25 since the 76ers last won a championship in 1983 and celebrated with a parade down Broad Street.

QUEBEC – Let the countdown to the Games begin.The dry run ended in disappointing fashion with Canada’s loss in the gold medal final at the IIHF World Hockey Championship, but there’s plenty to be taken from here and applied to preparation for the Olympic hockey tournament in Vancouver two years down the road.

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins are in the Stanley Cup final just two years removed from a last-place finish in the NHL’s Eastern Conference.

QUEBEC – The first ever IIHF World Hockey Championship to be played in Canada ended in silver for the host country after a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Russia on Sunday in the gold-medal game.

QUEBEC – Losing to Russia left Dany Heatley in no mood to celebrate being named most valuable player at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.”Not right now,” the Ottawa Senators winger said after Russia downed Canada 5-4 in overtime in the final on Sunday at the Pepsi Colisee.

QUEBEC – The first ever IIHF World Hockey Championship to be played in Canada ended in silver for the host country after a heartbreaking 5-4 loss to Russia on Sunday in the gold-medal game.

PITTSBURGH – Don Cherry again ripped the NHL over the automatic penalty given to players who shoot the puck over the glass, a call that helped cost Canada gold at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.

DALLAS – The Detroit Red Wings aren’t really going to blow this – are they?Just a few days ago, the Red Wings were still in a span of being undefeated for almost a month, owning the NHL’s longest post-season winning streak in 15 years and doing it with flair.

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins are going to play for the Stanley Cup.
A pair of goals from Ryan Malone led the way in a 6-0 rout of the Philadelphia Flyers that closed out the Eastern Conference final 4-1.

PITTSBURGH – Well, that didn’t take long.Less than three years after he was drafted with the label of franchise saviour, Sid The Kid has carried his Pittsburgh Penguins into the Stanley Cup final.

PITTSBURGH – Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen returned for Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals against Pittsburgh on Sunday after sitting out the first four games with a blood clot in his left ankle.

QUEBEC – It’s overtime heartbreak for Canada at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.Ilya Kovalchuk scored on a power play at 2:42 of the extra period to give Russia a 5-4 win in the gold-medal match at Quebec City.

QUEBEC – The Russians got the sweetest revenge possible at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.Ilya Kovalchuk scored his second goal of the game in overtime Sunday as Russia beat Canada 5-4 to capture the country’s first gold medal at the event since 1993.

QUEBEC – The top hockey story of the past 100 years belongs to the Americans.The 1980 Miracle on Ice victory at the Olympics was named the best hockey moment of the century at the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Gala Dinner on Saturday night.

QUEBEC – There probably aren’t too many Canadians that will agree with this choice – the top hockey story of the past 100 years belongs to the Americans.