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November 2, 2009
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BAYDA TO THE MAX
For the first time since he turned pro in 2002, left winger Ryan Bayda spent the entire 2008-09 season in the NHL. The speedy Bayda played 70 games for Carolina and another 15 in the playoffs as the surprising Hurricanes reached the Eastern Conference final. Bayda, 28, wasn’t re-signed by the Canes and wound up in camp with the team that ended their season, the defending Stanley Cup-champion Pittsburgh Penguins, on a tryout. A two-way deal ultimately landed him back in the AHL with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, following previous stops in Albany, Manitoba and Lowell. He had 36 goals and 71 points in 76 games over his past two AHL seasons, with 40 points in 179 career NHL games. “When he comes down here, he doesn’t change his game,” said coach Todd Reirden. “He just has…
Phoenix
GLUE GUY It’s fitting for a team that has proudly worn the “pack mentality” mantle ever since coach Dave Tippett introduced the phrase into the Coyotes’ lexicon in training camp that there’s no one player who is the social magnet. Vets invite younger players to their houses for meals and Halloween and Christmas parties rotate yearly. “There’s four or five guys who do a good job making sure everybody’s entertained and having a good time,” said Dogs captain Shane Doan. “If there’s anything they need, or their wives need, let them know my wife’s name…for the most part, everyone who comes in, there’s someone they know on the team and they’re comfortable.”…
Starting from 5
5 FIVE Minnesota’s Owen Nolan is a No. 1 overall draft pick known more for goals, but his 1,755 PIMs are 76th all-time. 4 FOUR Philadelphia winger Ian Laperriere surprises with 1,804 sin-bin minutes, good for 68th-most in NHL history. 3 THREE St. Louis star Keith Tkachuk was 41st all-time with 2,165 penalty minutes (and 62nd overall in career points). 2 TWO ‘May Day! May Day!’ was a familiar refrain in Buffalo in the heyday of current Red Wing Brad May, who has 2,187 PIMs. 1 ONE Rangers tough guy Donald Brashear had spent 2,578 minutes in the penalty box – 15th-most in NHL history.…
ANOTHER HEADACHE
THE MODERN HIGH-RISE buildings that dot Moscow’s skyline are indicative of how far the Russian capital has advanced from the dark, dreary days of communism. Foreign players in the Kontinental League just wish services at its arenas were as state-of-the-art. Hall of Famer Mike Gartner was just 15 and playing for the Canadian national-champion Barrie Co-ops midget team in Moscow when concrete ramps at the Sokolniki Arena collapsed, killing 20 people in March of 1975. Now Martin Kariya, younger brother of St. Louis Blues star Paul Kariya, is feeling lucky he didn’t sustain further damage when he was carried off the ice on a flimsy tarp after sustaining a concussion in a game between his team Dynamo Riga and Moscow Spartak at the very same arena. It had been less than a year…
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