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There's only one game in the NHL tonight, but it is a big one for the Big D as the Stars look to eliminate the visiting Colorado Avalanche.

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...

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EDMONTON 鈥� Oilers goalie Calvin Pickard wasn't sure he'd ever play an NHL playoff game. At 32 years of age and without a starting role, his chances were limited, but the netminder wasn't about to give up. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e always believing, you鈥檙e hoping.

MOOSE JAW, Sask. 鈥� Brayden Schuurman's goal at 2:20 of overtime lifted the Moose Jaw Warriors to a 4-3 win over the visiting Portland Winterhawks on Tuesday in the Western Hockey League Championship Final.

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FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA 鈥� Thousands of residents in four neighbourhoods in the southern end of Fort McMurray were ordered out Tuesday as a wildfire threatened the Alberta city, bringing back memories of a devastating fire eight years earlier.