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1396:PIM
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1251:NHL
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1036:NHL
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735:NHL
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512:OHA
414:PIM
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255:1968
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1356:127
1347:147
1341:863
1338:435
1335:428
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1266:12
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1137:32
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1051:18
1008:15
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922:23
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836:23
793:14
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601:NHL
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570:30
567:111
527:24
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1641:79
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1426:2
1384:GP
1353:63
1350:64
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1297:15
1278:11
1269:15
1263:53
1260:29
1257:24
1254:68
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1220:53
1217:28
1214:25
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1195:4
1183:13
1177:68
1174:36
1171:32
1168:71
1152:4
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1140:11
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1131:45
1128:29
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1091:73
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1054:17
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1023:2
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1002:36
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996:73
980:6
977:22
974:12
971:10
968:20
962:73
959:36
956:37
953:65
937:—
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916:36
913:27
910:72
894:5
891:11
882:14
876:87
873:44
870:43
867:76
851:4
848:14
839:13
833:60
830:32
827:28
824:64
808:6
796:10
790:40
787:15
784:25
781:69
765:2
753:10
750:8
747:29
744:11
741:18
738:65
722:—
707:0
675:0
663:12
657:17
654:10
648:55
632:—
617:0
582:27
576:19
573:17
564:48
561:63
558:53
542:6
530:10
524:64
521:27
518:37
515:36
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484:8
481:31
478:16
475:15
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431:37
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1440:2
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1315:—
1312:—
1306:7
1303:5
1300:2
1275:4
1272:7
1235:—
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1189:6
1186:3
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1106:7
1103:2
1100:5
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579:8
539:7
536:4
533:3
496:8
493:4
490:4
487:6
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446:—
443:—
440:—
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405:G
388:A
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