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Good morning and welcome to the YB Box Score, what we're reading while setting up a second TV so we can watch the playoffs in both the NBA and the NHL this weekend.
Happy birthday today to Hunter Pence, Baron Davis and Sergei Gonchar. On this date in 1997 the Hartford Whalers played their last game.
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QUIZ: Name every Art Ross Trophy winner in NHL history.
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Around the league
The playoffs are already chippy enough without the stats people piling on
The advanced stat community can confirm that losing Game 1 2-1 negatively impacts a teams chances of winning a series https://t.co/0vgxuEKdhM
— HSAC (@Harvard_Sports) April 13, 2017
Have a good Thursday, everyone. One day of the NHL playoffs down, two more days until the NBA playoffs tipoff. Pass the Tums, we're going to need them.
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