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Bruins Win Sparks Interest; Sports Retailers Rejoice

By 8 o'clock one recent morning, the line at Total Sports Repair was 20 deep.

Arriving to oversee the annual tent sale at his Salem, N.H., shop, owner Brendan Sheehy Jr. did a double take. "It was like we were selling the iPhone 5 or something,'' he said.

But it wasn't the latest coveted tech gadget that kept Sheehy's registers ringing for four days. Business was brisk because of something old school -- hockey skates, sticks, pads, and gloves.

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