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Hockey Night in Canada's Kelly Hrudey breaks down the playoff action in his popular segment, Behind the Mask.
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May 22, 2007
Former NHL goaltender and current Anaheim Ducks colour commentator Brian Hayward sits down with Kelly and Scott to discuss Francois Beauchemin's evolution and Teemu Selanne's equipment obsession.
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May 17, 2007
Detroit Red Wings great and Team Canada general manager Steve Yzerman joins Kelly and Scott to talk about Canada's gold-medal winning performance at the world hockey championship.
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May 13, 2007
The Red Wings receive an inspiring visit from Vladimir Konstantinov
and Todd Bertuzzi doesn't look physically ready to be an impact player again after his back surgery.
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May 3, 2007
Roberto Luongo continues to look sharp but with much less traffic in front in Game 5 and Vancouver head coach Alain Vigneault doesn't seem to have much confidence in the Sedins.
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May 1, 2007
Francois Beauchemin is facing increased responsibility for the Anaheim
Ducks and Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks needs to improve
his puckhandling.
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April 29, 2007
The Vancouver Canucks need to try and take advantage of an aggressive
J.S. Giguere and Chris Pronger of the Anaheim Ducks doesn't look
nearly as engaged as usual.
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April 27, 2007
The Anaheim Ducks seemed to lack focus to start Game 2 and Alex
Burrows of the Vancouver Canucks has an inclination towards agitation.
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April 25, 2007
Anaheim's Jean-Sebastien Giguere is unspectacular thanks to his solid positioning and Willie Mitchell is a player all young defencemen should try and emulate.
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April 22, 2007
Detroit's Kyle Quincey and Calgary's Brent Krahn face increased playoff pressure and Kelly shows the right and wrong way to clear the crease as a defenceman.
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April 22, 2007
Craig Simpson joins Kelly and Ron to talk about hockey sense and Martin Brodeur's smarts in and around the crease.
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April 21, 2007
Iginla knows the value of setting an early physical tone, Detroit's crease crashing is concerning and Lightning head coach John Tortorella is a man of few but strong words.
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April 20, 2007
Martin St. Louis and Shane O'Brien have a couple of early power
play moments to forget for Tampa Bay and New Jersey head coach Lou
Lamoriello deserves credit for his communication skills with his
players.
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April 18, 2007
Antoine Vermette shows how you should protect the puck in late-game situations and the Devils support each other so well with short passes.
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April 17, 2007
No team is better at beating the trap than Detroit and persistence
could be the key to wearing down Calgary's Dion Phaneuf.
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April 16, 2007
Smart forechecking and tenacious stickwork set Martin St. Louis and Zach Parise apart from their teammates.
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April 15, 2007
Dallas' speed is hard to defend against but Vancouver is playing smart positionally while Alexandre Burrows and Ladislav Nagy show a contrast in courage.
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April 15, 2007
Calgary's poor defensive play coupled with careless penalties are proving costly and Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk is becoming a more complete player.
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April 14, 2007
Tampa Bay's skill level throughout its lineup presents a tough challenge
for New Jersey and Joe Corvo needs to get it on net for Ottawa.
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April 13, 2007
Kelly looks back at his record-setting, 73-save effort in the Easter
Epic of 1987 and examines some borderline penalty call from the
Dallas-Vancouver series.
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April 12, 2007
Canucks goaltender Roberto Luongo's early body language indicated some nerves, while Dallas netminder Marty Turco has improved his puck handling.
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About Kelly
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Kelly Hrudey became a full-time analyst with HNIC during the 1998-99 NHL season, after providing stellar commentary during the previous four playoff seasons alongside Ron MacLean. And during the 1999 NHL playoffs, Hrudey's segment Behind the Mask became a regular feature on Hockey Night in Canada. During his 15-year NHL goaltending career, Hrudey compiled a record of 271-265-88, with a goals-against average of 3.43 and 16 shutouts.
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