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...that Jason Spezza (pictured), a centre for the Dallas Stars, was a child model?
...that a pest is a player who attempts to distract, annoy, or anger an opponent in order to reduce the latter's effectiveness or to induce him to commit a penalty?
...that Frank Finnigan's jersey number 8 was retired by the Ottawa Senators when they entered the league in 1992, as he was the last surviving member of the original Senators when the team was granted a franchise by the NHL?
...that defenceman Wade Belak almost set a Toronto Maple Leafs record by going 143 games without scoring a goal?
...that New Jersey Devils head coach Claude Julien was fired with only three games left in the 2006–07 season?

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