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Blackhawks vs. Red Wings Game 1: Andrew Shaw forgets to use the brakes

Shaw elbowed Jakub Kindl while trying to slow down.

by Patrick Iversen
USA TODAY Sports

Remember when you were just learning how to skate and the only way you knew how to stop your momentum was to crash violently into the boards?

Andrew Shaw never got past that stage of hockey development.

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