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  • NHL Stars of the Week – Crosby Dazzles for Top Honors

    NHL Stars of the Week – Crosby Dazzles for Top Honors

    Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of October 7th through 16th.

    First Star – Sidney Crosby (C – PIT)

    • Sidney Crosby would kick start the season with two goals and four assists for six points in two games played for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Crosby would open the season with a goal and two assists in a 6-2 victory over Arizona on Oct. 13th, and then on Oct. 15th against Tampa Bay he would record another one goal and two assist game in another 6-2 victory. Crosby is entering his 18th season with the Penguins, which is the most in franchise history.
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    Second Star – Connor McDavid (C – EDM)

    • Connor McDavid would strike for four goals and an assist for five points in two games played for the Edmonton Oilers. He would kick start his season on Oct. 12th with a hat trick and an assist to spark the Oilers to a 5-3 comeback victory over Vancouver. The hat trick would mark the first of the NHL season. Then on Oct. 15th McDavid would tally one goal in a 4-3 loss to Calgary.
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    Third Star – Jake Oettinger (G – DAL)

    • Jake Oettinger would go a perfect 2-0-0 for the Dallas Stars to start the season as he would record a 1.00 goals against average and a .968 save percentage in two games against the Nashville Predators. On Oct. 13th he would make 31 saves in a 4-1 victory, and then on Oct. 15th Oettinger would make 29 saves in a 5-1 victory.
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  • NHL Three Stars of the Week for Nov. 11th – 17th

    NHL Three Stars of the Week for Nov. 11th – 17th

    Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of November 11th through 17th.

     

    First Star – Connor McDavid (C, Edmonton Oilers)

    • McDavid would lead all skaters with 10 points (3 goals and 7 assists) in three games played for the Oilers. On November 12th, McDavid would open up his week with an assist against San Jose, then on November 14th he would record his sixth career hat trick, along with three assists for a career high of six points against Colorado. Then on November 16th, McDavid would record three assists against Dallas to close the week.

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    Second Star – Nathan MacKinnon (C, Colorado Avalanche)

    • MacKinnon ranked second in goals (4) in three games for the Avalanche last week. To start his week MacKinnon would factor in all four goals (2 goals and 2 assists) in the Avalanche’s 4-0 victory on November 12th against Winnipeg. Then on November 16th he would record 2 goals and an assist against Vancouver to end the week.

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    Third Star – Keith Yandle (D, Florida Panthers)

    • Yandle would record multiple point games in all three games he appeared in for the Panthers and would lead all defensemen with 8 points (1 goal and 7 assists) for the week. On November 12th, Yandle would open his week with a three point (1 goal and 2 assists) against Boston. Then on November 14th against Winnipeg he would record two assists, and on November 16th against the New York Rangers, Yandle would record three assists to close out the week.

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  • NHL Announces Three Stars of the Week for 10/7-10/13

    NHL Announces Three Stars of the Week for 10/7-10/13

    Today the National Hockey League announced their Three Stars of the Week for the week of October 7th through 13th.

     

    First Star – Connor McDavid (C, Edmonton Oilers)

    • McDavid lead the NHL with five powerplay points (2g, 3a) in three contests that saw him combine for a total of two goals and five assist for seven points, and would help the Oilers win their first five games of the season for the third time in franchise history. McDavid would record a three assist game against the New York Islanders on October 8th, then would collect two points (1g, 1a) against the New Jersey Devils on October 10th, and would score the game winning goal against the New York Rangers on October 12th.

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    Second Star – Patrik Laine (RW, Winnipeg Jets)

    • Laine led the NHL in points with eight (2g, 6a) in four games as the Jets picked up three wins out of four games. Laine would record his first career three assist game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on October 8th, then would have a four point game (2g, 2a) against the Minnesota Wild on October 10th. Laine would also have an assist in the Jets loss to the Penguins on October 13th.

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    Third Star – Sidney Crosby (C, Pittsburgh Penguins)

    • Crosby would compile seven points (3g, 4a) for the Penguins in four games as they closed the week with a three game winning streak. Crosby scored once against the Jets on October 8th, then registered two points (1g, 1a) on October 10th against the Anaheim Ducks and again on October 12th against the Wild. Crosby would notch two more assists on October 13th against the Jets to finish the week.

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  • Three Stars and NHL Rookie of the Month (March 1-March 31) Announcements

    Three Stars and NHL Rookie of the Month (March 1-March 31) Announcements

    The National Hockey League yesterday announced the Three Stars of the Week and earlier today the Three Stars of the Month as well as the NHL Rookie of the Month was announced.

     

    First, TXHT will take a look at the announcements made for the Three Stars of the Week (week ending March 31)


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    The First Star of the Week went to Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.

     

    Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky would be named the First Star of the Week thanks to a four wins on the week with two shutouts and would extend the Blue Jackets win streak to five games.

     


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    The Second Star of the Week went to Detroit Red Wings F Tyler Bertuzzi.

     

    Tyler Bertuzzi shared the League lead with three goals and seven assists in four outings to power the Red Wings to a perfect week and their fifth consecutive victory overall.

    During the week, Bertuzzi would become the first Detroit player to record three consecutive three-point games since 1992-93.  Steve Yzerman achieved that feat twice during the 1992-93 season.


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    The Third Star of the Week would go to Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper.

     

    Arizona Coyotes goaltender Darcy Kuemper would achieve a record of 2-0-1 to keep the Coyotes in the hunt for a wild card spot and earn two shutouts over the week.

    Over the season, Kuemper has achieved a career high 26 wins in 53 appearances and ranks  in the top 10 in the NHL in goals-against average (6th place with a GAA of 2.34) and save percentage (9th place with a SV% of .924).


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    Second, the National Hockey League earlier today announced the Three Stars of the Month (March 1-March 31).

     


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    The First Star of the Month would go to Edmonton Oilers C Connor McDavid.

     


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    McDavid would have 20 assists over a 14 game span during the month of March and lead the Oilers to a record of 7-5-2 for the month.  McDavid would also have 11 multi-point games over the course of March.

     

    The Edmonton captain also scored seven times, including his seventh career
    overtime goal March 16 at ARI and 40th goal of 2018-19 March 28 vs. DAL.  McDavid also ranks second in the NHL with a career-high 74 assists and 115 points in 75 total contests this season as well as sharing the League lead with nine game-winning goals.

     

    The Second Star of the Month would go to Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.


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    Bobrovsky topped the NHL in wins, tied with nine and had four shutouts in 13 appearances.  In those 13 appearances for the month, Bobrovsky would compile a
    1.74 goals-against average and .940 save percentage to give the Blue Jackets a 9-6-1 March record and to the first Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference.

     

    The Third Star of the Month would go to Boston Bruins D Brad Marchand.


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    Marchand placed third in the NHL with nine goals and 14 assists in 15 games to propel the Bruins to a 9-6-0 March and help the Bruins clinch their third consecutive playoff berth.

     

    Marchand would register three points in four games (March 7 vs. the Florida Panthers, March 12 at the Columbus Blue Jackets, March 21 at the New Jersey Devils, and March 27 at home against the New York Rangers.

     

    Finally, the NHL also announced the Rookie of the Month for the month of March.

     

    St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington named as the NHL’s Rookie of the Month

     


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    The NHL earlier today would announce that St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington would be named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for the month of March.  This would also be the second consecutive month in which Binnington would earn Rookie of the Month honours.

    Binnington would compile a record of 6-3-0 with a GAA (goals against average) of 2.37 and a save percentage of .912.

    Binnington allowed three or fewer goals in eight of his nine appearances to spark the Blues (43-28-8, 94 points) to their seventh playoff berth in eight seasons and would help get the Blues from the bottom of the NHL standings on January 2nd to second place in the Central Division standings as of the completion of yesterday’s games.

    Binnington has also compiled a record of 22-5-1 since he made his first NHL career start on January 7th.

    Binnington joins Vancouver Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson as the only two rookies to earn Rookie of the Month honours twice during the 2018-19 campaign.

     

    One final note to close out this article…

    Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his “31 Thoughts” blog post for the week.

    One big highlight on this week’s “31 Thoughts” blog post is the news with the CWHL shuttering operations on May 1 and what the NHL needs to do to make a viable partnership with the NWHL.

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  • NHL Three Stars of the Week announced (March 11th-March 17th, 2019)

    NHL Three Stars of the Week announced (March 11th-March 17th, 2019)

    The NHL announced the Three Stars of the Week earlier today for the week ending March 17th, 2019.

     

    Stars of the Week, Greiss, Perlini, McDavid
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    The First Star of the Week went to New York Islanders goaltender Thomas Greiss.


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    Greiss topped the NHL with 116 saves on 121 attempts and would have a 3-1-0 record, with a 1.25 goals-against average as well as a .959 save percentage and one shutout to lift the Islanders (42-23-7, 91 points) back into first place in the Metropolitan Division.

    Greiss, 22-12-2 record through 40 total appearances this season, is among the top five goaltenders in goals-against average (4th; 2.21), save percentage (4th; .928) and shutouts (t-5th; 5).

     

    The Second Star of the Week went to Chicago Blackhawks LW Brendan Perlini.

     


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    Perlini, with five goals (5-2—7 in 3 GP), tied all scorers for the week and he would go on  to help the Blackhawks extend their win streak to five games and Chicago is now within five points of the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

     

    Perlini registered his first career hat trick against his former team in a 7-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes last Monday night.  Perlini would go on to have his second consecutive three point performance two nights later when the Blackhawks would defeat Toronto last Wednesday night.  Perlini would go on to add his fifth goal of the week with his goal last Saturday (March 16th) against the Montreal Canadiens.

     

     

    The Third Star of the Week went to Edmonton Oilers C Connor McDavid.


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    Connor McDavid would go on to lead all NHL skaters with three goals and six assists last week in four games played.

    Over the week, McDavid would also cross the 100-point mark in the season for the third consecutive season.  In doing so, he would join an exclusive class of players to hit that mark in three straight seasons.

    Throughout the week, McDavid would also continue his multi-point streak to eight contests and in those eight contests, he has three goals and 15 assists, good for 18 points.

     

  • January 3rd, 2019 — News and Notes

    January 3rd, 2019 — News and Notes

    Today is Thursday, January 3rd, 2019, and these are your news and notes.

     

    There were six games on tap last night.

     

    Calgary 5, DETROIT 3

     

     

    Calgary’s Johnny Gaudreau would have one goal and three assists and with that he became the third different player to have at least four points in consecutive team games in the Flames win over the Red Wings.

     

    Pittsburgh 7, NY RANGERS 2

     

    For the Pittsburgh Penguins, Center Sidney Crosby would have his fifth consecutive multi-point game with one goal and one assist.  With the Penguins win, they would extend the longest active win streak in the NHL at seven contests.

     

     

    Vancouver 4, OTTAWA 3 (OT)

    Vancouver Canucks rookie Elias Pettersson would register a hat trick in the Canucks 4-3 win at Ottawa.  Pettersson would seal the hat trick at the 1:38 mark in the overtime frame.

    Pettersson would also net his seventh game-winner on the season and set a new Canucks single-season record for game winners by a rookie.

     

     

    DALLAS 5, New Jersey 4

    Dallas’ Tyler Seguin would go on to have a two goal performance as the Dallas Stars would go on to defeat the New Jersey Devils by the score of 5-4 in Dallas, Texas last night.

     

    Also for the Stars, Dallas D Miro Heiskanen would have himself a two goal performance as well and would set a new franchise mark for most points as a teenage defenceman in the long and storied history of the Dallas Stars/Minnesota North Stars.

     

    San Jose 5, COLORADO 4

    The San Jose Sharks would go on to defeat the Colorado Avalanche last night by the score of 5-4.  Brent Burns and Joe Pavelski each recorded four points and became the first set of Sharks teammates to have a four point night since October 27, 2010.

     

    Edmonton 3, ARIZONA 1

    Edmonton’s Connor McDavid recorded the fastest instance of an Oiler reaching the 60-point mark since Mark Messier achieved the same mark in the 1989-90 season.

     

    In NHL news…

    -The NHL All-Star game rosters were announced last night as well as the NHL All-Star Last Men In ballot.

    You can check out both of those articles at the following links.

     

    2019 NHL All Star Teams are Announced

    NHL All Star Last Men In Nominees Announced

     

    -The NHL announced the Three Stars of the Month for December yesterday afternoon.

     

    The First Star went to Tampa Bay Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov.

     

    The Second Star went to Calgary Flames Johnny Gaudreau

    Finally, the Third Star would go to Edmonton Oilers Connor McDavid

     

    -Also yesterday, the NHL announced that Vancouver Canucks Elias Pettersson has been named the NHL’s Rookie of the Month for the month of December.

     

    -Monday afternoon the NHL announced the Three Stars of the week (week ending December 30th)

     

    -During the NHL’s Winter Classic on Tuesday afternoon, the NHL announced the 2019 Heritage Classic, 2020 NHL Winter Classic, 2020 NHL All-Star Game, and the 2020 NHL Stadium Series details.

     

    The 2019 NHL Heritage Classic will take place on October 26th, 2019 in Regina, Saskatchewan and will feature the Winnipeg Jets hosting the Calgary Flames at Mosaic Stadium.  This will be the second Heritage Classic for both teams.

     

    On January 1st, 2020, the NHL’s annual Winter Classic will head south for the first time ever.  The Dallas Stars will host the 2020 Winter Classic at the historic Cotton Bowl  in Dallas, Texas.  The opponent for next year’s Winter Classic will be announced at a later date.

     

    The 2020 NHL All-Star Game festivities will take place January 24-26, 2020 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri.  This will be the first time that the St. Louis Blues have hosted the NHL All-Star Game since 1988.

     

     

    Finally to conclude the key events for the 2019-2020 season, the Colorado Avalanche will host the 2020 NHL Stadium Series at the Air Force Academy with an opponent to be named later.  The 2020 NHL Stadium Series will take place on February 15th, 2020 at Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

     

     

    -Elliotte Friedman of Hockey Night in Canada released his “31 Thoughts” article yesterday and you can check out that article at the following page.

     

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    Today there are eight games on the schedule and it kicks off with the Minnesota Wild at the Toronto Maple Leafs and that game starts today at 2 p.m., ET.

  • 2019 NHL All Star Teams are Announced

    2019 NHL All Star Teams are Announced

    The National Hockey League has announced the 2019 All Star Game rosters. Here is how the rosters are looking for each Division:

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    For the Atlantic Division, they will be captained by Toronto Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews, who will be joined by his Leafs teammate John Tavares. Also the Tampa Bay Lightning have two representatives with Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov. Both David Pastrnak of the Boston Bruins and Thomas Chabot of the Ottawa Senators are both making their first All Star Game appearances.

     

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    Colorado Avalanche forward Nathan MacKinnon will captain the Central Division and will be joined by teammate Mikko Rantanen. Both the Winnipeg Jets and Nashville Predators also have two representatives with Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler, and Roman Josi and Pekka Rinne respectively. Dallas Stars defensive stalwart Miro Heiskanen, along with Scheifele and Rantanen will all be making their first All Star appearances.

     

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    Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers will captain the Pacific Division as voted by the fans. McDavid will be joined by three members of the host San Jose Sharks Joe Pavelski, Brent Burns, and Erik Karlsson. While Karlsson will be making his first All Star appearance as a Shark, both Clayton Keller of the Arizona Coyotes and rookie sensation Elias Pettersson of the Vancouver Canucks will both be making their first All Star appearances.

     

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    For the Metropolitan Division, while fan selected captain Alex Ovechkin will not be participating, the Washington Capitals will represented by goaltender Braden Holtby, and defenseman John Carlson. The Columbus Blue Jackets would also have two representatives with forward Cam Atkinson, and defenseman Seth Jones. Along with Carlson, Sebastian Aho of the Carolina Hurricanes, and Mathew Barzal of the New York Islanders will all be making their first All Star appearances.

     

    Each roster will have one more player added that will be voted on by the fans in the 2019 NHL All Star Last Men In fan vote. The players eligible for this vote will be unveiled during the first intermission of the Pittsburgh Penguins and New York Rangers game on NBC Sports Network, and the Canucks and Senators game on Sportsnet.

  • November 21st, 2018 — News and Notes

    November 21st, 2018 — News and Notes

    Today is Wednesday, November 21st, 2018, and these are your news and notes.

     

    The lone contest of the day pitted the Edmonton Oilers at the San Jose Sharks.

     

    Edmonton would go on to win the contest 4-3 in overtime.

     

    Edmonton’s Connor McDavid would score his 100th career NHL goal in his 230th NHL game in the win.

     

    Leon Draisaitl’s overtime goal would be his sixth, moving him into sole possession for second place all-time for regular-season overtime goals as an Oiler.

     

     

    San Jose’s Joonas Donskoi would score in the opening minute of the contest, making it the 28th such goal in the first minute of a game during the 2018-19 campaign.

     

     

    Joe Thornton would also register an assist in the contest, his 1,033th career assist.  he is now tied with Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux for 11th place on the League’s all-time list.

     

     

    Edmonton overcame three deficits to seal the win in the regular season for the 24th time and the first since the 2016-17 with a 6-3 win over the Colorado Avalanche on November 23, 2016.

     

     

    Finally, Oilers G Mikko Koskinen made 22 saves in the contest to move to 5-2-0 on the season.

     

    There is a full slate of games today with 14 on the schedule before no contests tomorrow.

     

     

    In NHL news today…

     

    With Edmonton’s win over San Jose last night, it marked the first win for new Oilers head coach, Ken Hitchcock.

    Colorado Avalanche F Mikko Rantanen has been fined $2,000 for diving/embellishment.

     

    The Anaheim Ducks and the city of Anaheim reached an agreement yesterday for the team to stay put in Anaheim through 2048.

     

    Per part of this agreement, the team name will remain the Anaheim Ducks.

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    Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his weekly “31 Thoughts” article today.

     

    https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1065309490705100800

     

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  • News and Notes: October 17th, 2018

     

    Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, these are your news and notes for Wednesday, October 17th, 2018.

     

    There were eight contests in the NHL yesterday…

    • Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers went on to defeat the Winnipeg Jets 5-4 in overtime.Connor McDavid scored twice in the contest and in doing so, McDavid continued a streak of attributing to all of the Oilers goals thus far on the season. McDavid became the first player in NHL history to record a point on all nine of the team’s goals to begin the season. The NHL record for most points by a player at any point is 15, a mark set by Jaromir Jagr in the 1999-2000 season.
    • Kyle Palmieri would score for New Jersey and became the first player in League history to score the opening goal for his team in four straight games to open up the season. Only one player has started off with five and that mark belongs to Johnny Bucyk during the 1965-66 season.

      New Jersey would go on to win the contest 3-0 over the Dallas Stars.

      Keith Kinkaid would go on to register 24 saves to lead the Devils to a 4-0-0 record on the season thus far. This is the fourth time in franchise history that the Devils have won at least their first four games to start off the season. The last time they started off 4-0-0 was during the 1995-96 season.

    • Vegas Golden Knights G Marc-Andre Fleury won his 407th game to move into a tie for tenth place with Glenn Hall on the all-time list for wins by a goaltender.

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      Vegas would defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1.

      With this victory, Vegas surpassed the Montreal Canadiens for the second most wins all time within the first 100 regular season games at 53 wins in 89 total games played. The original Ottawa Senators had more wins (63) within 100 games. The Golden Knights play their 100th regular season game on November 11th against the Boston Bruins.

    • Sebastian Aho and the Carolina Hurricanes fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2. Aho extended his point-scoring streak to seven games and became the sixth player to record at least a point in each of the team’s first seven games to begin a season.

     

    Yesterday’s results:

    • New Jersey 3, Dallas 0
    • NY Rangers 3, Colorado 2 (SO)
    • Philadelphia 6, Florida 5 (SO)
    • Vancouver 3, Pittsburgh 2 (OT)
    • Tampa Bay 4, Carolina 2
    • Minnesota 2, Arizona 1
    • Edmonton 5, Winnipeg 4 (OT)
    • Vegas 4, Buffalo 1

     

    In NHL action today, there are four contests on tap.

    TXHT has your preview of the contest between the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals here.

     

    In NHL news…

    • The Ottawa Senators confirmed that Brady Tkachuk will be out of action for at least a month with a torn ligament in his leg.
    • Washington Capitals F Tom Wilson will have his appeal hearing for his 20-game suspension tomorrow in New York.
    • Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada’s Elliotte Friedman released his weekly “31 Thoughts” article today.

     

    In the NWHL…

    • NWHL Commissoner Dani Rylan says that a single Women’s hockey league is “inevitable”. A merger was also discussed over the summer between the NWHL and the CWHL.

     

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