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Late brawls will spark hatred

By By Jim Wilkie
NHL Insider

Friday, May 14, 2004

Say what you like about the last-minute scrums and near-line brawls that marked both Game 3s Thursday night in the conference finals. But by cranking up the hatred between the teams, the rivalries and intensity will also be heating up the next time the combatants meet. A day after the head coaches lobbed bombs at each other over yapping from the bench and in media sessions, the Flyers and Lightning combined for 62 minutes in penalties with five seconds remaining in the game that was already dec ...

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