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During the NHL’s second season, pressure filters through arena corridors, locker rooms, and onto the ice throughout the two-and-a-half month chase to be champion of the hockey world. Every player who suits up for one of the 16 teams that have earned their way into the annual spring tournament internally feels the change in intensity and meaning as the games transform from competitive contests into immensely intense battles. It takes everyone on a team to win the Stanley Cup (arguably, the most difficult chalice to attain in professional sports). From the No. 1 center down through the seventh defenseman, everyone’s role is an important piece to complete the championship puzzle. There are those, however, who are looked to by teammates, analysts, executives, coaches, and fans ...

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Article written by Justin Soss