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The NBA is grounded and college basketball doesn't start hopping until January, which leaves sports fans on ice for the next few months. Skate over to these sites to immerse yourself in hockey's past and present. Who knows? You might even start looking forward to all-NHL, all-the-time sports pages and highlight shows.

www.hhof.com
Catch up on a century or so of history at the Hockey Hall of Fame's site. The Toronto museum offers cybertours of its current and permanent exhibits, a photo gallery and bios of the Hall's 368 enshrinees.

www.canoe.com/hockey/home.html
Slam! Sports (big surprise: it's a Canadian site) provides the most comprehensive hockey coverage on the Web, with standings, stats and insider info, plus hard-to-find news on minor leagues and major junior leagues.

www.zamboni.com
The Zamboni company's site explains exactly what the "hottest machine on ice does and how Zamboni technology has evolved since the vehicle was devised by a California ice-rink owner in the 1940s.

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sites we'd like to see

www.mmbbgrhmbruhghruh.com
On-line transcript of Thomas Hearns's post-comeback-fight press conference.

www.AnythingButLockout.org
Chat room for hoops junkies forced to get their fix from the ABL.