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Jon Cooper has had one heck of a season with the Norfolk Admirals, but did you know he wasn't the first coach to be offered the Norfolk job?

Both Islanders' Russian Kirill prospects were on the move, as Kirill Petrov returned to Kazan in the KHL while Kirill Kabanov was selected by Montreal in the QMJHL dispersal draft.

The 2011 European Hockey playoff season keeps rolling with the talented Salavat Yulaev Ufa winning at home to open their KHL Eastern Conference Final, while Lulea gets the bounces to go their way in a second straight OT win over Skelleftea. Plus, the OHL playoffs begin and one semifinal in Slovakia is going the full seven games.

The Montreal Canadiens top players Under 25 start to get to the real exciting players. Eyes On the Prize continues the countdown at #5, through to #2.

DpD wraps his annual trip north as Panthers go 1-2

On the heels of watching the Panthers (and goalie Scott Clemmensen) basically steal a game in Toronto, it was time to embark on the longest drive of our trip.  It was a little more then five...

Northern trip begins in Toronto