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This feature edition of The Martial Chronicles, John S. Nash's fascinating series chronicling the origins of MMA, features a look back at the hand-to-hand combat in the trenches and battlefields of WWI.

There were some interesting disciplinary decisions from Brendan Shanahan on Monday, and he may have spared both sides in the Dallas Stars-Edmonton Oilers game and other news and notes from around NHL.