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January 3, 2011
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Draft DIVIDENDS
R. Hamrlik 1,258 I. Laperriere 1,083 K. Maltby 1,072 S. Gonchar 1,020 J. Smith 1,008 S. Yelle 991 C. Stillman 980 A. Aucoin 957 M. Straka 954 M. Norstrom 903 46 Roman Hamrlik was on pace for 46 points, his highest total since 2000-01…
CROSSWORD
ANSWERS AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT ISSUE AND AT THN.com/xword ACROSS 1 Home of college hockey’s Black Bears 8 The Spitfires are holders of this Cup 9 Delay 10 He’s THN’s editor in chief 11 Owen ___ Attack 14 Position in seven-man hockey 15 Leaf GM ___ Burke 20 ___ Arena was Caps’ old barn in Landover 21 Pest 22 Former netminder ___ Weekes 23 The Patty ___ Award goes to the NCAA’s top female player 24 Sarnia’s OHL team DOWN 2 Nik ___ is now with Atlanta, pictured 3 Michael ___ got 83 points in 2006-07 4 State with NHL hockey since 1993 5 Detroit is the ‘___ City’ 6 Lidstrom and Libett 7 Smith who briefly coached the Leafs 12 One showing great promise 13 Player very skilled at puckhandling 16 Jacques Plante was dubbed ‘Jake the ___’ 17 Food item popular at arenas 18 Host nation for the 1998 Olympics 19 Behaved badly: ___…
Miraculous Morrow
Thirty years later, it’s still hard for Ken Morrow to believe in miracles. In a packed arena in Lake Placid on Feb. 22, 1980, Morrow and 19 other amateurs comprising the U.S. Olympic team stunned the powerhouse Soviets 4-3 in what has become known as the Miracle on Ice. Now 54, the laid-back Flint, Mich., native said he didn’t grasp how momentous the victory was at the time. “I still pinch myself,” Morrow said. Morrow was a steady, shutdown defenseman on Herb Brooks’ squad. Playing in the Olympics was a dream come true for the 6-foot-4 defender who had grown up close enough to the Canadian border to watch Hockey Night in Canada. When he was six, he began playing on his backyard rink with big brother, Greg. Morrow honed his skills and…
Skill Trumps Ethnic Bonus
When the Atlanta Thrashers opened the season with what’s believed to be a record five black players on their roster, it was interpreted in some quarters as an attempt to reach out to the city’s sizeable African-American community. After all, the 1.4 million who live in the Atlanta area make up about 35 percent of the population, one that has gone largely untapped by the Thrashers. Over the summer, Atlanta traded for Dustin Byfuglien and picked up Nigel Dawes on waivers to add to an organization that already had Evander Kane, Johnny Oduya and Anthony Stewart. Dawes has since been relegated to the minors. But Thrashers GM Rick Dudley said the result is nothing more than random chance. “I don’t think there’s an organization, a coach, a GM who gives a damn what color…
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