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As the NHL Playoffs rumble on, here are a collection of news stories and links from around the NHL.

Georgia Bulldogs fans will be converging on Athens on Saturday for the annual G-Day college football spring scrimmage. Dawg Sports walks you through the festivities, fundraisers, and fan functions from a busy weekend in Bulldog Nation.

In an update to my report on Sunday about the death of Doug Furnas, more details have emerged thanks to Dave Meltzer talking to his coroner and Greg Oliver to his widow. Like so many muscular powerhouses before him, who all used steroids during their careers, he died of a heart attack caused by atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease.

I'm afraid to report that there was another death of a middle aged wrestler on Friday night. Former WWE star Doug Furnas passed away in his sleep, after battling Parkinson's disease for many years.

Steve Ott and Peter Laviolette have a run in during last night's first intermission and other news and notes from around the NHL.

Texas A&M Coach Billy Kennedy Diagnosed with Early Stages of Parkinson's Disease.