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- ↑ "Doyle, Ratcliff in blockbuster trade". NLL.com. December 15, 2009. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
- ↑ "Prout traded back to Colorado". NLL.com. March 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
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