1.   Although they concur on that point, the US and Canada are not so agreeable once the puck drops.

2.   And so the puck dropped Tuesday night, and the desperate Sabres commenced an all-night massage.

3.   Before the puck dropped, Keith Tkachuk called the Swedes the most underrated team in the field.

4.   Both clubs, however, will have emotional motors revved up once the puck drops tonight.

5.   But once the puck drops Sunday, the words will mean nothing.

6.   But the puck dropped in the second period, and everything changed.

7.   But when the puck drops in the gold-medal game, it will be midnight on the East Coast.

8.   Even before the first puck drops Friday in second phase of the Olympic hockey tournament, the psychological gamesmanship is escalating.

9.   Everyone said the puck dropped a few inches.

10.   No one knows whether the Flames will still be in Calgary when the puck drops in October.