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Fans fill the approximately 9,100 seats at the John Labatt Centre to watch their hometown junior hockey club, the London Knights, play against the visiting Oshawa Generals in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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Cassie Brock, 13, laughs as her cousin, Kylie Brock, 9, left, reaches out to high five London Knights defenseman Tommy Hughes as he walks through the home players' tunnel at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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London Knights assistant captain Scott Harrington communicates with his teammates on the bench during their junior hockey game against the Oshawa Generals at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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London Knights winger Seth Griffith bumps fists with captain Jarred Tinordi after a Knights goal during their junior hockey game against the Oshawa Generals at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. Tinordi's father, Mark, is a former player of the Washington Capitals. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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London Knights forward Max Domi talks with a teammate while resting on the bench during their junior hockey game against the Oshawa Generals at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. Max is the son of former Toronto Maple Leafe enforcer Tie Domi. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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London Knights head coach Mark Hunter, left, along with nephew and assistant coach Dylan Hunter, right, watch their team play from the bench during their junior hockey game against the Oshawa Generals at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. Mark took over the role after his brother and Dylan's father, Dale Hunter, became head coach of the Washington Capitals. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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London Knights head coach Mark Hunter, right, glances up at the scoreboard from the bench during their junior hockey game against the Oshawa Generals at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. Mark took over the role after his brother, Dale Hunter, became head coach of the Washington Capitals. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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London Knights head coach Mark Hunter watches his team play from the bench during their junior hockey game against the Oshawa Generals at the John Labatt Centre in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. Mark took over the role after his brother, Dale Hunter, became head coach of the Washington Capitals. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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John Wood, right, hands his ticket to an attendant as he and friend Mel Murray, behind, enter the John Labatt Centre to watch the hometown London Knights play hockey against the visiting Oshawa Generals in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. The hockey fans have been season ticket holders of the junior hockey club for the past 8 years. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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London Knights hockey fan Dylan Medd, right, sits with his arm around his wife, Angie Brereton, while drinking a beer and watching sports at Kingwest Bar and Grill before walking across the street for a game in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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London Knights hockey fans Shauna Percival, left, and her husband Kevin, right, laugh as they eat dinner with friends at J. Dee's Market Grill before walking across the street for a game in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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London Knights hockey fan Lila Grube, right, talks with Bill Gloin as the pair eat dinner at J. Dee's Market Grill before walking across the street for a game in London, Ontario, Canada on Friday March 2, 2012. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)

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Maryland women's basketball team celebrates after defeating Louisville 72-68 in an NCAA tournament second-round game, Monday, March 19, 2012, in College Park, Md. Maryland won 72-68. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

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New Washington Capitals hockey head coach Dale Hunter walks out of the locker room for team practice in Arlington, Va., Monday, Nov. 28, 2011. The former Capitals captain takes over for Bruce Boudreau, who was fired. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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Dale Hunter was the fastest coach in Ontario Hockey League history to reach 400 victories, doing so in 599 games with the London Knights, before he agreed in November 2011 to take over as coach of the Capitals. Hunter decided not to return for the 2012-13 season.(Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Flyers winger Eric Wellwood has six points and a plus-9 rating in 15 games this season. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Washington Nationals outfielder Michael Morse sits on the bench moments before the start of a spring training baseball game against the Atlanta Braves on March 6, 2012, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Morse was scratched off the starting line up because he felt discomfort in his back while warming up. The Nationals won 5-2. (Associated Press)

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Nene averaged 14.5 points and 7.6 rebounds in 11 games with the Washington Wizards. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Washington Wizards' Trevor Booker, center, reacts after hitting a 3-pointer against the New Jersey Nets in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, March 21, 2012, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Local busker Brian Grillis plays his trumpet as fans trickle into the John Labatt Centre to watch their hometown junior hockey club, the London Knights, play against the visiting Ottawa 67's, in London, Ontario, Canada on Saturday March 3, 2012. Grillis has become a staple for arriving fans, missing only a handful of games since the team started playing at the downtown arena in 2002. (Craig Glover/Special to The Washington Times)