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Carcillo to have Monday hearing; Perreault out through AS break; RIP Bob Wilson (Puck Headlines)

Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media.

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• The AHL’s Manchester Monarchs wore these gorgeous throwbacks on Saturday night, honoring their parent club. [Monarchs]

• Daniel Carcillo waived his right to an in-person hearing for his cross-check on Mathieu Perreault Friday night. He’ll do it by phone on Monday with the Department of Player Safety. [NHL]

• Perreault will be out for the Jets through the All-Star break. [Arctic Ice Hockey]

• Dustin Byfuglien, Tomas Tatar and Kyle Okposo are your NHL Three Stars of the Week. [NHL]

• This weekend’s All-Star festivities will be a coming out party for Columbus as a hockey town. [NHL.com]

• “The Sabres clearly don’t care. Their brand is shot anyway. They can’t even pull off a retirement ceremony for perhaps their most legendary player without drawing groans and laughter from around hockey. Hope the front office watched the tape of Rob Blake’s ceremony late Saturday in Los Angeles to learn something. If Dominik Hasek wanted things short, they still could have been sweet.” [Buffalo News]

• Here’s why Max Pacioretty is the best scorer in the NHL no one talks about. [Eye on Hockey]

• Longtime Boston Bruins radio play-by-play man Bob Wilson passed away over the weekend. He was 85. [WCVB]

• A blood clot will likely end Cody McCormick’s season with the Buffalo Sabres. [Olean Times Herald]

• A Q&A with Ryan Whitney, who talks about life in the KHL and what’s wrong with the Edmonton Oilers. [Grocery Twigs]

• New Jersey police have decided not to file criminal charges against former NHLer Jim Dowd, who was accused of kicking a player on the high school team he coaches. [CBS New York]

• An amateur hockey association in Vancouver is mulling the idea of banning spectators for a weekend after recent harrassment of its officials. [CBC]

• These 10 players have been impressive in the shootout this season. [Dobber Hockey]

• Rob Blake wore a ton of solid NHL jerseys during his career, including the infamous Burger King. [Third String Goalie]

• The St. Louis Blues recently honored USA U-18 World Championships hero Jincy Dunne. [Bleedin’ Blue]

• Daniel Pietta has inked a 10-year deal with the Krefeld Pinguine of the German DEL. The forward will be 38 when the deal ends and it’s believed to be the longest ever by any athlete in a European team sport. [IIHF]

• Nick Leddy talks about his time playing cawlidge hawkey at the University of Minnesota. [The Hockey Writers]

• Travis Konecny is turning heads with the Ottawa 67’s in his draft year. [Buzzing the Net]

• Referee Tim Peel was OK after taking a puck up high during Saturday’s Kings-Ducks game. [Scouting the Refs]

• Finally, here’s a lovely stick save by Ak Bars netminder Anders Nilsson:

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