Edmonton Sun
SNOW DAYS
Complaints about snow removal have skyrocketed in 2026 with calls to the city’s 311 service nearly tripled from last year. Numbers from the city show 33,350 calls related to snow removal were fielded from Dec. 1 to Jan. 21. More than 15,000 of those...
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SHORT, SHARP SHOCK
If the stars had aligned the way they were supposed to Thursday night, it would have been Tristan Jarry versus Stuart Skinner — an emotional showdown between Edmonton’s new goalie and their embattled old one. It didn’t happen, but Skinner still scored...
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GREEN DEAL?
President Donald Trump clearly didn’t like Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech in Davos and issued a rebuke during his own speech Wednesday morning. Carney spoke to the World Economic Forum Tuesday and left without seeing or speaking to...
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‘NOT FORGOTTEN’
A cold case for now 43 years, the unsolved Edmonton disappearance of six-year-old Tania Murrell still haunts those who loved her and investigators who hope to find her all these decades later. She was abducted around 11 a.m. while walking home from...
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WORKHORSE
Connor Ingram didn’t ask, he TOLD the Edmonton Oilers he was staying. Short of putting a horse’s head in Stan Bowman’s bed, Godfather style, he made them an offer they couldn’t refuse. With the organization humming and hawing about what to do with...
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NO MORE MR. NICE GUYS
BERLIN — The eight European countries targeted by U.S. President Donald Trump for a 10% tariff for opposing American control of Greenland blasted the move Sunday, warning that his threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward...
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CLEAR MESS
Anger over current road conditions is escalating and city workers are saying they’re being harassed by residents as they remove snow from Edmonton neighbourhoods. CUPE 30 president Erik Lewis, the union that represents city employees, said workers...
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Random off-day thoughts as the Edmonton Oilers continue their win-two, lose-one march up the Pacific Division standings. ■ If you’re general manager Stan Bowman, the threeheaded goaltending situation isn’t that big of a problem. In fact, there are no...
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McDavid extends points streak to 19 games as Oilers fend off late push by Blackhawks
It was the Edmonton Oilers Dad’s Trip all right. Just ask the Chicago Blackhawks. They were calling Connor Ingram their daddy by the middle of the second period. On a night when the Oilers a little too sloppy in their own end of the ice and struggled...
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EYES IN THE SKY
Overhead cameras from an Alberta RCMP helicopter monitor a prolific offender as he navigates a stolen car. He’s armed. Fascinating to watch from a giant screen in K-Division’s Real-Time Operations Centre in Edmonton, it’s the ultimate Game Boy —...
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‘Enriching environment’
One of Edmonton’s most famous geriatric residents, Lucy the elephant, has been given a clean bill of health after undergoing two physical checkups. The annual assessments occurred last fall, shortly after Lucy’s 50th birthday on July 1, 2025, the...
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SHOW OF FORCE
With Edmonton 9-1-1 in its last 11 games against Nashville, and with Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl combining for 91 career points in 53 career games against the Preds, they are as close as it gets to free points for the Edmonton Oilers. Even...
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CLOCK IS TICKING
It’s game on. Not just for the Edmonton Oilers against the Nashville Predators Tuesday night, but for Connor Ingram’s battle with Calvin Pickard, not to mention the clock. Tristan Jarry’s return date keeps getting pushed back — first it was right...
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WHAT’S NEXT?
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Sunday that the United States would not govern Venezuela day-to-day other than enforcing an existing “oil quarantine” on the country, a turnaround after President Donald Trump announced a day...
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COMPLETE CONTROL
MINNEAPOLIS — Three years after Connor Bedard’s overtime heroics lifted Canada past Slovakia in the world junior quarterfinals, there was no similar drama from the rematch at 3M Arena in Minnesota. Instead, Canada leveraged a fivegoal first period to...
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SOAR OR CRASH ’N’ BURN?
If 2025 taught us anything about politics, it’s that you shouldn’t be too sure about yourself — things can change. That’s something that Liberals who feel like they’re riding high right now and Conservatives who are feeling in the doldrums should...
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YOUNG GUNS
\As of Christmas Eve day, there had been 30 confirmed homicides in Edmonton, many of the cases involving those in their 20s or younger. At least a third of the cases occurred in the city’s core and within three kilometres from the Edmonton Law Courts...
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QUICK PICKS
It was a Revenge of the Nerds kind of night as some of the Edmonton Oilers most maligned and seldom-used pieces were front and centre in beating the Winnipeg Jets. A goal from the fourth line, another one from the second power play unit and a...
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IS IT ALREADY TOO LATE?
Milton Sanford Mayer was an American journalist, a Quaker, with Jewish heritage. But that isn’t the important thing. The important thing is what he wrote in one of his many books, titled They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-45. After the war,...
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FAST START
There were two wins in the first six games, followed by four wins in the next 10 games. There was a 9-1 loss to Colorado and an 8-3 homeice humbling against Dallas. There was goaltending concern, followed by a goalie trade, followed by more...
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OILERS SMOTHER, FRUSTRATE FLAMES
OILERS 5 FLAMES 1 AT ROGERS PLACE Battle? What battle? You could see it in their eyes from the press box: The Calgary Flames wanted to be anywhere but faceto-face with the Edmonton Oilers. By the midway mark of Tuesday’s beating at Rogers Place,...
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BACK IN THE SHOW
It was a hairy ending for Connor Ingram in a close-shave 4-3 win over the Vegas Golden Knights, but under Ingram’s goalie mask, and through his big beard there was a large exhale because he was back in the NHL. His new teammates and his family friend...
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HAPPY BLUE YEAR!
OTTAWA — Federal public servants are expected to learn about job cuts in their departments when they return from their holiday break. Departments such as Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Environment and Climate Change and Employment and Social...
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MIND THE GAP
It’s like unwrapping a brand new toy under the tree, only to have it break the third time you play with it. Although, to be fair, the Edmonton Oilers’ newest piece wasn’t exactly new. They had asked for something that has been around the block, seen...
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UP & DOWN
If there’s any such thing as a crushing win, the Edmonton Oilers suffered one Thursday night in Boston. On the scoreboard, it was a solid victory against a tough opponent, providing more evidence that the Oilers are launching another mid-season...
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CRASH COURSE
RCMP asked drivers to stay off highways if possible Wednesday and to be prepared for longer commutes as a winter storm reduced visibility and created hazardous driving conditions across the province. RCMP Cpl. Troy Savinkoff said police heard reports...
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GRAND NIGHT
You can sometimes forget, when the best player in the world is on your team, what a luxury it is to have what many believe is the second-best player in the world riding shotgun. But it never takes long for Leon Draisaitl to keep reminding...
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‘IMMINENT?’
That’s the moment. You wake up on Sunday morning and pick up your phone, and there’s a photo of someone you know, covered in blood. His head, his face, his T-shirt — he’s covered in it. He’s on the ground, on the grass, and there’s some cars behind...
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WIN IN T.O.
Goalie? What new goalie? By the five-minute mark of the third period Saturday, with Edmonton’s offence firing bullets and the Toronto Maple Leafs having spent most of the night bleeding out, Oilers goaltending was an afterthought. And that’s a good...
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SO LONG, STU
Stuart Skinner is out in Edmonton, while the Oilers are going with Tristan Jarry in net. The netminder swap was part of a blockbuster deal announced Friday involving the Pittsburgh Penguins, who will also get defenceman Brett Kulak, along with a 2029...
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ASSISTING CAPTAIN
It was one of those games that, based on the balance of play, could have gone to either team. Unfortunately for the Detroit Red Wings, it was also one of those games where only one of the teams had a Connor McDavid. And that was the end of it. Fresh...
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1,000 IN SIGHT
Since his first full NHL season in 2015, only one player has earned more points than Leon Draisaitl. And if you don’t know who that is, you haven’t been paying attention to the Edmonton Oilers. Now in his 11th year with the club, Draisaitl is closing...
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BUFFALOED
Sometimes people are paying attention. Like with Edmonton Oil King’ defenceman Ethan MacKenzie, who had never been on Hockey Canada’s radar until he found out earlier this week he was going to the U20 selection camp in Niagara Falls for the world...
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FISCAL FAILURE
Ward tastawiyiniwak Coun. Karen Principe and Ward pihêsiwin Coun. Mike Elliott. I want you to remember those names. They are the only two city councillors with enough respect for taxpayers to have voted against last week’s city budget, the one with a...
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BIG SWING
As a product of the mammoth Disney marketing machine, Orlando is often proclaimed as “the happiest place on Earth.” If happiness is defined by overcrowded, sprawling amusement parks, perhaps it is. But will the central Florida city bring more joy to...
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LIFE WITH GRIEF
Around their last Christmas together, Gibson Glavin remembers tobogganing down a large steep hill and keeping close to his eight-yearold son Brendan to make sure he didn’t get hurt. After a couple turns, a determined Brendan told him, "me do it.”...
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LUCK OF THE DRAW
There may still be 188 days until the first game, but the real fun of the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicked off Friday afternoon. After years of waiting, Canada finally found out its path to the World Cup final and who it will play host to — kind...
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GUNS OUT
It took a little over two months, but the Edmonton Oilers are finally giving everyone a reason to believe. After a go-nowhere march consisting of one step forward, two steps back, the Edmonton Oilers broke into a full-on sprint Thursday night, running...
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STUCK IN NEUTRAL
It hasn’t exactly been one step forward, two steps back for the Edmonton Oilers this year. But in their quest to make a thirdstraight run at the Stanley Cup Finals, things have gone nothing but sideways for a team that can’t seem to shake the .500...
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STONEWALLED
They didn’t get embarrassed. After recent humiliating defeats against Central Division power teams, not getting destroyed is the best that The Department of Moral Victories can come up with in the wake of Edmonton’s 1-0 loss to the Minnesota...
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WILD TIME
Duck! Here comes another Western Conference power team challenging the Edmonton Oilers to show what they’re really made of. Ordinarily, an opportunity to prove who’s who on the NHL’s pecking order is a challenge Oilers fans fully embrace. But maybe...
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WON’T BACK DOWN
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is vowing to keep up the fight against Ottawa as she admits many of her United Conservative Party members still need to be convinced her recent pipeline pact is indeed a victory. The milestone deal with Ottawa...
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BLEAK FRIDAY
Happy Black Friday. As far as the Edmonton Oilers are concerned, the term might have an entirely different meaning today. All NHL fans know about the chilling statistic that gets revived every year at this time, the one about most playoff spots being...
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DEAL DONE
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney have signed a deal putting in motion a plan to develop a new privately funded oil pipeline through northern B.C. and address most of the federal environmental laws the province has taken...
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‘ROCK BOTTOM’
Send them back out on the road. Please. And against the Eastern Conference again, if possible. Because the Edmonton Oilers have turned into a walking disaster at home against the two best teams in the West. In their last three games inside Rogers...
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HUGE HAUL
In a sweep of arrests, the Edmonton Police Service, RCMP, ALERT and Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU) B.C. have jointly put a massive crimp in expansion plans for a known Eastern Canadian criminal enterprise of “one-percenters” — the...
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Edmonton Oilers provide reason for road trip with two
Over a quarter of the way through a season that hasn’t gone at all according to plan, the Edmonton Oilers are a lot like outer space — a cold mystery that everyone searches for signs of life. We haven’t seen any from a team whose longest winning...
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PIPELINE PROMPT
CALGARY — Alberta’s vaccine uptake for COVID and influenza vaccines are at their lowest, compared to the same time period in past three and five years, according to the province’s immunization dashboard. Experts attribute the decline to poor...
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GREEN MEANIES
Turns out Pierre Poilievre isn’t the only political leader dealing with drama in their caucus. It seems Mark Carney and the Liberals have their own share. Carney is dealing with disgruntled environmentalist MPs, including some that might leave the...
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HER LAST VOYAGE
On the morning of Nov. 9, 1975, the U.S. Weather Service noted an area of low pressure developing over the Great Plains, centred in Kansas. It would likely amount to nothing, yet another fall storm in the Upper Midwest and along the Great Lakes. At...
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THREADS OF EVIDENCE
As the sirens wailed and the police helicopter buzzed, Samatar Mohiadin opened the rear passenger door of the Ford Focus and jumped. He sprinted into the night, hopping a fence into the backyard of a suburban Edmonton home, then another. He crawled...
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SHAKE IT OFF
So what is the Edmonton Oilers’ identity as we’re into the second month of the NHL season, apart from being one of the two fastest teams based on skating speeds along with Saturday’s opponent here, the Colorado Avalanche? So far they’ve got wheels...
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CELL-OUTS
Liberals have no idea how many criminals they’ve given citizenship to, even as number of foreign inmates rises in federal slammers
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HAIL TO THE CHIEF
From speaker after speaker, a clear theme emerged about new Edmonton police Chief Warren Driechel. While he’s now the 24th top cop in the city’s history, his heart comes from the streets. The narrative was painted with about as much subtlety as an...
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BLAZES INVESTIGATED
Damages from the streak of south Edmonton infill housing construction arsons is estimated to be $8 million, city leaders said Tuesday as Mayor Andrew Knack extended his sympathies to those affected by the “unconscionable violence.” “Destroying...
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INFILL ON FIRE Home destroyed on Saskatchewan Drive the latest blaze at construction site
A single-family home under construction in south Edmonton burned down Sunday night, the sixth fire involving infill projects in weeks, with four cases ruled arson. Edmonton Fire and Rescue Services (EFRS) was on the ground at the 7139 Saskatchewan Dr....
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THE OLD BAWL GAME
The moments that sting, the ones that will last and linger forever for Blue Jays players, are almost impossible to believe when stacked one upon the other. With victory so near, and the franchise’s first World Series title seemingly in the palm of...
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FISHIN’ FOR IDEAS
With the election behind it, Edmonton’s city council is looking ahead to making good on campaign promises. The well-being of the city’s coffers are front and centre. Newly re-elected Coun. Aaron Paquette is doing a talk at the Westin Hotel on Nov. 4...
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HOLD ON TIGHT
TORONTO — To get this close to the peak, so close that a city, a country and a packed and pumping downtown Toronto stadium was craving for a party, nothing has come easily for the hard-working Toronto Blue Jays. So would you really have expected...
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WASTE 101
OTTAWA — While Canadians struggle with the cost of living, the Canadian government is doling out millions of dollars for some seemingly absurd research grants. According to documents uncovered by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the over $1 billion...
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TREY MENDOUS
When Trey Yesavage started his 2025 season, Blue Jays manager John Schneider hadn’t even had a conversation with the young pitcher. That’s how far the 22-year-old was away from the big leagues, four rungs down the minor league ladder and light years...
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UNION PLANS TO FIGHT
The union representing striking Alberta teachers is vowing to launch a legal challenge of the government’s back-to-work bill that was passed through the province’s legislature in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Bill 2, the Back to School Act, was...
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‘A SAD DAY’
The Alberta government is ordering thousands of striking teachers back to work and imposing a fouryear collective contract via new legislation backed by the use of the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to shield it from legal challenges. Finance...
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TO THE MAX
This is where hope and guessing, guile and trust come in for the Toronto Blue Jays. Smack in the middle of the World Series. Trusting Max Scherzer to start Game 3 at Dodger Stadium. Believing it’s the right thing to do. Believing he’s the right guy to...
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WHO SAID IT’D BE EASY?
Before he signed the biggest and most important contract of his career, Kevin Gausman did his research. The Blue Jays ace wanted to pitch for a contender and he wanted it bad. On Saturday night at the Rogers Centre, Gausman got that opportunity and...
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GRAND OLD TIME!
TORONTO — It was a night 32 years in the making, the first World Series game played in Toronto since those glorious championship teams, and by the time it was over the home team delivered in every imaginable way. Most importantly for a frenzied home...
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WILD RIDE
They didn’t deserve it, but life and hockey aren’t always fair. So, on a night when the Edmonton Oilers were, by far, the second best team on the ice against the Montreal Canadiens, they somehow came away with two points. The Canadiens skated circles...
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‘SOME CLOSURE’
Police have a suspect, now they need to find the body of an elderly Edmonton widow, missing for 35 years. They believe Ruth Clarke, 83, was killed and thrown down an abandoned rural well somewhere north of St. Albert in November 1990. Now they have to...
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ROADIE ENDS ON HIGH NOTE
For the Edmonton Oilers, stumbling through their road trip with a dormant power play and an invisible offence, seeing the Ottawa Senators across the ice was like starving cats coming face to face with a room full of mice. The Senators came in 31st in...
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ON TOP OF THE WORLD
George Springer didn’t quite call his shot, one of the most magnificent home runs in Blue Jays history and the one blast that rocketed them to the World Series for the first time since 1993. But he was ready for his moment, hobbled leg and...
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DEAL BREAKER
As Mark Carney heads to Asia this week, he’ll be fighting a poor perception of Canada, that we’re an unreliable trading partner. It’s not the Americans saying this at the moment, though they would agree. It’s not the Brits who might nod their heads,...
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JUMPED IN JERSEY
Hey, look, no hands! The famous last words of an eight-year-old before he face plants on his bicycle is the prefect way to describe the Edmonton Oilers these days as they stumble their way through a five-game eastern road trip that is quickly heading...
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‘IT’S NOT OK’
Samuel Bird’s body was found near a farmer’s field west of Edmonton in the wee hours of Thursday morning, beside a row of trees that had been its resting place for more than four months. As Det. Jared Buhler approached the scene, lit by the dim glow...
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WRONG ISLAND
Two days after their goaltender bailed them out of a sure loss in Madison Square Garden, the Edmonton Oilers had no guardian angel to save them on Long Island. This time they got what they deserved. A well-earned 4-2 defeat at the hands of the...
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