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Blackhawks practice with giant puck

By  Rob Ogden
   
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The NHL has finally come up with a solution to people complaining about not being able to follow the puck.

Kidding, of course. But the huge puck might be more popular than the glowing puck was in the ’90s.

The glow puck was dubbed “the greatest technology breakthrough in the history of sports” yet somehow didn’t survive past Y2K.

The Blackhawks (2-1) will face Philadelphia in Chicago on Thursday.

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