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There might be no National Hockey League (NHL) players at these Beijing Winter Olympic Games, but the supporters will not mind as Slovakia causes a huge upset by beating the USA, on penalties, at the quarter-final stage.

PITTSBURGH — Early Tuesday afternoon, outside of the visiting dressing room at PPG Paints Arena, four guys inside one of hockey’s fiercest rivalries engaged in a similar conversation to ones that many Pittsburghers have had over the last couple of days.

Everett Fitzhugh and JT Brown have long known this day was coming at some vague point in the future. And now that's it's actually here, they are embracing the NHL history they will make Thursday night.

PITTSBURGH — Early Tuesday afternoon, outside of the visiting dressing room at PPG Paints Arena, four guys inside one of hockey’s fiercest rivalries engaged in a similar conversation to ones that many Pittsburghers have had over the last couple of days.

It was destined to be for Sidney Crosby.

Explain it? Andrew Brunette gave a small nod and earnest voice to the question of how the Florida Panthers got here — meaning, first place in the Eastern Conference, on the short list of the Stanley Cup contenders and such an all-around good story the franchise that’s never been on…

Marc-Andre Fleury, Calvin de Haan and Dylan Strome headline a long list of Hawks players who could be moved by March 21.

A new low for the Canadiens with no end in sight.

The Michigan sophomore notched two goals in two games for Team USA, an NHL-less squad with 15 current collegians that is dreaming of the country’s first men’s hockey podium finish since 2010.

Just because the NHL isn’t at the Olympics doesn’t mean we can’t bring the Olympics to the NHL.

KANATA, Ontario — Matt Murray was rock solid against his old team, resembling the goalie who got the Penguins back to the top of the NHL in 2016 and 2017.