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ECHL - Gulf Coast Swords. DVA Sports

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• 2007-11-26T21:51:42Z Straykat99 (Talk | contribs) (870 bytes) (Fair Use Rationale)
• 2007-05-01T01:13:43Z Cydebot (Talk | contribs) (124 bytes) (Robot - Renaming non-free template "sports-logo" per [[Wikipedia:Non-free content/templates]].)
• 2006-11-17T03:32:55Z Straykat99 (Talk | contribs)
• 2006-11-17T03:26:22Z Straykat99 (Talk | contribs) (ECHL - Gulf Coast Swords. DVA Sports)