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What's in an NHL team name? Bucci knows ...

By John Buccigross
ESPN.com

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

I wish Penn State's football coach was named Joe Faterno. That way, his nickname wouldn't be JOPA, it would be JOFA. And when I think JOFA, I think Loob. Those three sentences were necessary for this column: "When I think of ___, I think of ___." Just hair-trigger thoughts when I see an NHL team's name. It's one of the things one does while waiting for the Stanley Cup finals. Please don't grade me. This has the value of the dead raccoon that's been on the curb of my street since Friday. It's ...

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