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DON’T DISCOUNT SALE
HEADING INTO THE 14TH round of the shootout, Czechia coach Patrik Augusta had a decision to make. The bronze medal was on the line against Sweden, and goals in the skills competition had been sparse. His captain, Eduard Sale, had just scored to keep Czechia’s hopes alive, and after a Swedish miss, one more Czech goal would do it. Augusta’s assistant coach, former NHLer Robert Reichel, had some experience here – it was Reichel’s shootout goal that stood as the eventual winner against Canada at the 1998 Olympics. So, for the fifth time in the shootout, they went with Sale, who lifted a backhander past Swedish goalie Marcus Gidlof to win the game. So, why go with Sale again? “I wanted him to be the hero,” Augusta said. “I thought he could…
ABOUT SCHMIDT
IT MAY NOT BE the top priority on a scout’s list of attributes as they assess the talent that will be available in the 2025 draft in June, but if an NHL team is looking for a player who can hold his own with corporate types on the links someday, speedy Vancouver Giants right winger Cameron Schmidt certainly fits the bill. “I’m a pretty good golfer,” Schmidt said. “I can usually shoot in the 70s, which is pretty solid.” Indeed. Since hockey players spend so much time cooped up indoors, it’s no wonder they relish the opportunity to get out on the course. With a touch like that, Schmidt could find himself teeing off with the likes of Joe Pavelski, Matthew Tkachuk and other famous faces at the American Century Championship in…
THE NEXT BIG THING
FROM THE TIME HE saw a group of kids playing on a frozen pond when he was three, Alexander Carmanov has been in love with the game. The way Carmanov tells it, he was walking in the park with his parents and pointed at the boys on the ice and said, “Hockey! Hockey! Hockey!” and he’s been playing ever since. Now, it’d be really something if the most intriguing thing about the 16-year-old Carmanov were that he’s from Moldova, a tiny former Soviet republic tucked between Ukraine to the east and Romania to the west. After all, the country has only two indoor rinks and has never produced a player for the NHL or the KHL. It might even be fairly interesting if the hook were he’s playing for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Knights…
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BEHIND THE MASK
AS THE GAP BETWEEN goalie gear and legitimate artistic expression continues to shrink, it only makes sense that the lines between equipment and fine craftsmanship continue to blur. For proof, look no further than Andrei Vasilevskiy’s latest headwear, designed by Sylabrush’s Sylvie Marsolais. Throughout his time with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the two-time Stanley Cup champion has leaned on similar iconography: the ‘Big Cat’ always has his lion, and that remains on his new lid. However, gone is the photorealistic, lightning-eyed king of the jungle in favor of an homage to Gzhel pottery. Painted in clean and distinct blue and white, as were the renowned Russian ceramics of the 1800s, Vasilevskiy’s mask ties together his signature style with a nod to old-world art.…
SEW THE SEEDS
LUCAS BECKMAN’S ATTRACTION to life between the pipes was, literally, as easy as ABC. It was around the time he was learning the ins and outs of the alphabet that he took the initial steps toward a career in the crease. “When I first started playing organized hockey at around four or five, we took turns playing in net based on the alphabetical order of our names,” Beckman said. “I was always really excited when it was my turn. I could barely raise my arms, but I loved it.” These days, the 17-year-old Beckman raises his arms frequently for a Baie-Comeau club that’s experienced more than its share of winning over the past couple of seasons. And he doesn’t have to cycle through the alphabet for his turn to tend the twine.…
BACKUP PLAN
IN A CITY WHERE you’re only as good – or as bad – as your latest performance, everything was simpatico in The Center of the Hockey Universe™ for one night. The local heroes/bums earned full marks for a dominating victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Oct. 21 in the only game on the NHL schedule that night. That group included the man in the Toronto Maple Leafs’ net. The callers into the post-game show were happy, in large part due to a 5-on-3 penalty kill when Anthony Stolarz started by saving a laser from Brandon Hagel, then reached back and snatched the puck off the goal line on the Jake Guentzel rebound. Stolarz termed it “desperation mode.” Stolarz was talking about one of the almost 3,000 saves he has made during…
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