{"id":580,"date":"2009-03-14T23:36:09","date_gmt":"2009-03-15T04:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/blogs\/from_the_press_box\/toddmilewski\/20090314\/first-time-for-everything.html"},"modified":"2009-03-14T23:36:09","modified_gmt":"2009-03-15T04:36:09","slug":"first-time-for-everything-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2009\/03\/14\/first-time-for-everything-2\/","title":{"rendered":"First time for everything"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No overtimes in the first round of the WCHA playoffs? It seems like a rarity, but it happens.<\/p>\n<p>No Game 3s? 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