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Victor Hedman visits the Mt. Vernon fourth-grade class and your weekly links from around the NHL and the rest of the sport of hockey.

Lightning players are once again shaving their heads to raise funds for pediatric cancer; Gary Shelton goes awkward in his support for rookie Dustin Tokarski; Concussion epidemic? All this and more in our weekly links post.

In the latest in the European Hockey for Dummies series, we examine the cream of the crop: Russia's Kontinental Hockey League. Can this league become the long awaited pan-European professional circuit?

Sergei Fedorov has reportedly signed to play in the KHL.

THE GREAT OUTDOORSIn a world where few sports fans care about hockey, one team scheduled a pond hockey game in an attempt make their franchise relevant again. It's time to break out your Griswold...

Robert L Note: Here a very interesting interview with Habs forward Sergie Kostitsyn from Russian Prospects. He touches on quite a lot of subjects, including Alexander Radulov's signing to the KHL,...