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Hopefully this isn't against the rules.....if it is...I apologize and understand if this is removed. I posted a (10) card Braden Holtby RC lot on eBay yesterday. It has 3 factory autographed cards and the other 7 are all serial numbered.

Dmitri Orlov's KHL team has announced his departure from Russia. His destination is Hershey, Pennsylvania and the next step on the road to his NHL dream. Before leaving his hometown of Novokuznetsk, his Metallurg club asked him a few questions. An exit interview, if you will, and his answers are very charming. Welcome, Dima! May all your dreams come true.

At last night's watch party in Cedar Park for Game Six of the Calder Cup Finals, the Austin Statesman talked to our friend Stephen of Hundred Degree Hockey and others about the Stars first season in Central Texas. It's a nice piece on the success of hockey in the area; Check it out and keep an eye out for Stephen.

Welcome aboard, Delly. Show 'em how it's done.

"The Manitoba Moose announced today they have signed goaltenders John Murray and Daren Machesney to American Hockey League Contracts." I guess they liked what they saw of him on the Hershey bench during the Calder Cup Finals.

Good stuff from Stack the Pads on the goaltending in Hershey this past season.

In an odd twist, the Phantoms will open the playoffs at home tonight, despite the fact that they are the number four seed playing the number one seed, Hershey. The Bears' home, GIANT Center, is hosting Disney On Ice this weekend and cannot hold games one or two, so the Phantoms get a bit of an advantage. Hershey still holds home ice edge, though. They will host games three, four, five, and seven. If anybody is heading to the Spectrum tonight and wants to write a recap of the game for BSH, shoot me an email.

Well deserved, I should think.

If Neuvirth is actually injured, then it could happen...