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Burnside: Auston Matthews embarking on grand hockey experiment

ESPN.com | August 21, 2015

Related Topics: Marc Crawford, USA Hockey, Jack Eichel, Elite Ice Hockey League, Jonathan Toews

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Auston Matthews to play for Zurich Lions

Auston Matthews to play for Zurich Lions Auston Matthews, a 2016 NHL draft prospect, discusses why he decided to play for the Zurich Lions for the 2015-16 season.

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Marc Crawford has dozed through some of the early-morning bus trip from Zurich through the Swiss Alps but is looking forward to new scenery as the Zurich Lions' team bus heads into the French Alps near Grenoble.

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