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Example 3 – extracting AHL Playoff results

In this example, we will be extracting data from American Hockey League (AHL) Playoff results, which are available from http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/ml-poffs.cgi:

AHL Playoff results

The preceding URL contains the Playoff results for the AHL. This page presents information about the results in tabular format. The portion of the page source that shows relevant information is shown in the following screenshot:

Page source from http://www.flyershistory.com/cgi-bin/ml-poffs.cgi

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