Whenever I'm watching a nationally televised baseball game they, without a doubt, compare some stat from someone in the game against a similar stat from someone who killed Japs in World War II. Without fail when you're watching the Yankees and Red Sox (again) on FOX this Saturday afternoon they will put Honus Wagner's and Robinson Cano's pictures side by side and under them it will say "Stolen bases before turning 27 years old", 210 and 208 respectively, and "Japs killed before turning 27 years old", 210 and 1 respectively. Just because baseball has traditionally been a sport obsessed with its own history and statistics in general doesn't mean that it's the only sport that has a rich history and a ton of stats. And that's why I'm going to tell you the story of one of The War's, and hockey's, unsung heroes

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Yup, nerdy me was sitting around thinking I had nothing to write about... then along came Philabright to save the day again

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As the weeks wind down to the start of training camp and the 2009-10 NHL season, the Flyers are likely to be mentioned as one of the top contenders to emerge from the Eastern Conference come playoff time. I've always found it to be an exercise in futility to make any sort of predictions at this stage -- there's simply too much that changes and too many variables over the course of the regular

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(wasted draft pick Rick Kozak lugs the mail as Wiener Stevenson of the Colorado Eagles chases him up the ice, in a game in the CHL last season, at night, maybe on the weekend, but also maybe not.) He’s the Flyers 3rd round pick from 2003, you asshole.

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