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Hockey for the fun of it

By David Albright
ESPN.com

Tuesday, February 10, 2004

BOSTON -- Four days. Four arenas. Four games. And four leagues that focused on playing hockey instead of debating the definition of cost certainty. While the NHL took its four-day break from playing what passes for the best hockey in the world, I decided to take my own four-day break from the St. Paul spin cycle to go find hockey players who play the sport without demanding escalator clauses in contracts that already average seven figures. After checking out the hockey calendar and a road atla ...

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