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November 2023
In the November issue of The Hockey News: we celebrate the Boston Bruins centennial by counting down their top 100 players, reliving 20 memorable moments, and we ask six legends to tell us "what it means to be a B?" Also, we find out why Brad Marchand is the perfect fit for the Bruins captaincy, and we travel to Switzerland with Nico Hischier to get a glimpse into where the Devils star was born and raised.
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A NEW ERA OF ORANGE
EVERYONE CONNECTED to the team was holding their collective breath. This was going to be their moment of truth. Would the Philadelphia Flyers, a team steeped in tradition and historical success, actually use a high first-round draft pick on a prospect they knew would not be playing in the NHL for several years? Could they go against their usual conventional wisdom of selecting a player who figured to help them quite soon, the way 2015 first-rounders Ivan Provorov and Travis Konecny did when they joined the NHL in 2016-17 as 19-year-olds? This scene unfolded on June 28, the first night of the 2023 NHL draft at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, and new GM Daniel Briere had a big decision to make. Should he go for a prototypical Flyer such as, say, the…
GREATER INDEED
SINCE I’M BASED IN Toronto, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing some of the best players on the planet skate locally over the years – and this is before they’d even reached the NHL. In putting together this issue, I got to thinking about the OHL Cup, which is the major end-of-year tournament for U-16 teams across Ontario and a couple of teams from the U.S. that fall under the OHL’s territory. The tournament is always a great place to see the next stars of the OHL (and, occasionally, other circuits, since some of the kids end up going to the NCAA) and, consequently, the NHL’s next stars. I remember seeing Connor McDavid, Sam Bennett and Josh Ho-Sang all on the same Toronto Marlboros squad (they lost to Robby Fabbri and the…
OTTAWA SENATORS
IT TOOK a while, but when the Ottawa Senators finally made their first pick at the 2023 draft, calling Hoyt Stanley’s name gave the Sens a prospect who embodies everything the organization values in a player. At 6-foot-2 and 187 pounds, Stanley – who was drafted in the fourth round (108th overall) – brings size and mobility. But it wasn’t always that way. “I think I was 5-foot-7 in bantam that year preparing for the WHL draft,” he said. “But then, that summer, the COVID summer, I grew almost four inches and put on about 40 pounds. Ever since then, it’s just been about adding on muscle in the gym and filling out my frame.” That may be the most intriguing thing about Stanley. He’s just scratching the surface of what his…
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GREATER INDEED
SINCE I’M BASED IN Toronto, I’ve had the pleasure of seeing some of the best players on the planet skate locally over the years – and this is before they’d even reached the NHL. In putting together this issue, I got to thinking about the OHL Cup, which is the major end-of-year tournament for U-16 teams across Ontario and a couple of teams from the U.S. that fall under the OHL’s territory. The tournament is always a great place to see the next stars of the OHL (and, occasionally, other circuits, since some of the kids end up going to the NCAA) and, consequently, the NHL’s next stars. I remember seeing Connor McDavid, Sam Bennett and Josh Ho-Sang all on the same Toronto Marlboros squad (they lost to Robby Fabbri and the…
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
WHEN YOU’RE a junior-aged defenseman with size and skill, those attributes will take you far. But Isaac Belliveau kicked another characteristic into high gear that could prove to be the determining factor in how successful his pro career becomes. After the Penguins drafted him in the fifth round (154th overall) in 2021, Belliveau made it his mission to add strength to his 6-foot-2, 185-pound frame. “He’s been working on getting stronger and fitter,” said Tom Kostopoulos, Pittsburgh’s director of player development. “You can tell the hard work has been paying off. He’s winning more battles in the corner and net front while working on his stick details. He’s becoming harder to play against defensively while also finding different ways to create offense.” Offense was the name of Belliveau’s game when he entered…
OTTAWA SENATORS
IT TOOK a while, but when the Ottawa Senators finally made their first pick at the 2023 draft, calling Hoyt Stanley’s name gave the Sens a prospect who embodies everything the organization values in a player. At 6-foot-2 and 187 pounds, Stanley – who was drafted in the fourth round (108th overall) – brings size and mobility. But it wasn’t always that way. “I think I was 5-foot-7 in bantam that year preparing for the WHL draft,” he said. “But then, that summer, the COVID summer, I grew almost four inches and put on about 40 pounds. Ever since then, it’s just been about adding on muscle in the gym and filling out my frame.” That may be the most intriguing thing about Stanley. He’s just scratching the surface of what his…