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Anger and anxiety in Newfoundland after abrupt end to Growlers hockey team

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The sudden end of the Newfoundland Growlers has left sports fans crushed and business owners anxious in a capital city spurned before by professional hockey teams. Niall Hickey is co-owner of the Newfoundland Embassy, a lively pub in downtown St. John’s, N.L., that was reliably packed before and after Growlers games, no matter how the team played. He said Wednesday that he was still in disbelief about the announcement the day before that the ECHL was terminating the Growlers’