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Latvians woke up to go to work on Monday morning, only to find they didn't have to. Their parliament had met at midnight to declare a holiday after the national ice hockey team chalked up its best-ever result at the world championship.

Sports betting evolved into a vocation for the 70-year-old Cokin, who made book in Rhode Island and bolted to Vegas in 1981.

Bedard’s exploding fame this past season made his junior team in Regina, Saskatchewan, one of the centers of the hockey universe. The enormous attention was both thrilling and overwhelming for team employees. “There was no playbook for this,” CEO Gord Pritchard said.

DALLAS -- Before every playoff game at American Airlines Center, there has been a narration to introduce pregame festivities. The one prior to Thursday’s Game 4 pointed to the obvious for the Stars.

The whistle blew for a power play with 57 seconds left in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday and Aaron Ekblad, from his place on the Florida Panthers’ bench, thought the same thing Panthers fans — and, probably, NHL fans — across the world certainly were thinking, too.

With the seconds draining, with the moment calling, Matthew Tkachuck moved unhurried with the puck, even as everything accelerated before him. Bodies piled up. Defenders twisted to reach him.

SUNRISE, Fla. — Aaron Ekblad can admit it now: He thought his Florida Panthers were toast.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Arizona Coyotes are a team in crisis — and there’s speculation Sacramento could be an eventual option for the embattled National Hockey League club.

What a ridiculous domino effect we'll look back on for years.

The NHL was already facing a tumultuous offseason with one franchise for sale, multiple regime changes ongoing, and a half-dozen teams seeking new head coaches.