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January 3, 2011
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Battered Mouth
During his two decades playing in the NHL, star center Jeremy Roenick was renowned for his colorful quotes, but also for the gruesome injuries he suffered. The 40-year-old recently talked about the five worst injuries of his career: No. 5 The Stupidest Injury I’ve Ever Had. It was 1990 and I had a stupid injury – a real stupid injury that had nothing to do with the game, but it took place at the game. I was sitting on the bench in Vancouver and what I used to always do was take my gloves off and wipe my stick down and dry my hands. I took them off and wiped my hands down and unfortunately I put my hand on the bench for some reason and Steve Larmer jumped over the boards…
A Big ‘Oops’
Braydon Coburn has strength in numbers in the Philadelphia Flyers dressing room. And when it comes to the 2004 World Junior Championship, he needs all the strength he can get. After all, misery loves company. The defenseman was on the most unfortunate end of arguably the biggest gaffe in World Junior Championship history. Current Flyer teammates Mike Richards and Jeff Carter were also Canadian juniors on that fateful day in Helsinki. On the other side of the Flyers dressing room is Matt Carle, a defenseman on the American junior team that added a ton of gasoline to the Canada-USA rivalry by winning 4-3 in the Final to take its first-ever WJC gold medal. The Canadians entered the third period with a 3-1 lead, one that was almost extended when Ryan Getzlaf was stopped…
On the Path To the Big Time
The St. Louis Blues were fully aware of the risks involved when they decided to trade up six spots and draft defenseman Ian Cole 18th overall in the 2007 NHL draft. After selecting Erik Johnson with the first overall pick the previous year, Blues management firmly believed the opportunity to obtain another highly skilled defenseman would help solidify their depth at that position for years to come. The potential reward was simply too much to pass up. Just three years later, the Blues’ decision in drafting the Ann Arbor, Mich., native appears to have been the right one. Cole made the most of his first training camp with the team in September and his competitiveness and natural ability forced St. Louis to keep him around until the final roster moves were announced. Despite…
Boom and Bust
When Toronto Maple Leafs left winger Clarke MacArthur talked to THN for this story, he was in the midst of a goal drought that eventually would stretch to 14 games. “When times are tough, you just have to dig in,” MacArthur said. “If you work hard, your chances will come – maybe not every night, but maybe you’ll get a bunch in one game. It all evens out, I think.” Two days after that interview, MacArthur ended his scoring skid – with not one, but two goals against the powerful Washington Capitals. And therein is the beauty of playing in the world’s top hockey league: the majority of NHL players are in the same boat – they’re either trying to dig in their spurs and hang on to the bucking, unpredictable bull…
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