21.   Let the pro hockey players take their crowds of thousands for granted.

22.   Like Sutter, McVie has a soft spot in his heart for Manitobans who supported pro hockey in Winnipeg for nearly a quarter-century.

23.   Not in pro hockey.

24.   Pro football, pro basketball and pro hockey each operate as one league, not two.

25.   Pro hockey, this is Atlanta.

26.   Pro basketball and pro hockey playoffs involve just about everybody, and tend to go on forever.

27.   Pro hockey?

28.   So pro hockey is over for Trent McCleary.

29.   Smith said he had amassed a debt with Silman because he had previously made bets on pro hockey and football games.

30.   Still, Maine has a proven record of sending players on to pro hockey.