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Yearbook 2011-12
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Return of the Jets
It’s a tale of two cities – one a seller in 1995 and the other a buyer in 2011. They are both Winnipeg. The announcement of the NHL’s return to the Manitoba capital, giving Canada a seventh franchise for the 2011-12 season, came 5,510 dark days after the Winnipeg Jets were punted from the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1996. The hit to civic pride and to community confidence was no small thing when the team, sold to American businessmen Richard Burke and Steven Gluckstern, packed up and moved to Phoenix 15 years ago. The second-guessers still have a field day with it, but that outcome was unavoidable despite the groundswell of everyman support in the critical hours that preceded the lame-duck season of 1995-96. Kids and families broke open their piggybanks. Good ol’…
HITS
1. LUKE SCHENN TOR 251 2. MATT GREENE LA 243 3. BRENT SEABROOK CHI 227 4. STEPHANE ROBIDAS DAL 216 5. TIM GLEASON CAR 215 6. SHEA WEBER NSH 211 7. DOUGLAS MURRAY SJ 203 8. THEO PECKHAM EDM 196 9. DAN GIRARDI NYR 195 10. BROOKS ORPIK PIT 194…
Lonely Star State
Pacific Division, Western Conference DURING A SPORTS YEAR where the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA title and the Texas Rangers made it to the World Series, the Dallas Stars have never been less relevant. The team has missed the playoffs for three straight seasons, ranked 23rd in league attendance and has been seeking a new owner since a group of faceless lenders took over for Hicks Sports Group in 2009. But Joe Nieuwendyk believes in this team’s future and that he can still shape positivity out of the dark place where the Stars sit. “It has been a challenge, but the one thing I’ll say is we never used it as an excuse,” said the third-year GM. “I think we feel that the 20 guys we put on the ice can win…
Bright Skies
While running some errands a few days after his team was eliminated from the Eastern Conference final, Lightning coach Guy Boucher, admittedly still emotional over the loss to the Bruins in seven games, got a pick-me-up. “I heard it on the street and I kind of liked it,” Boucher recalled. “He said, ‘Don’t be disappointed. The team is on track and we’re on the map now “I liked the fact that we’re on the map now and I think that’s exactly what it is. The positive thing is we have created a culture and now we have to build on that culture.” Indeed, there is much building left to do for a team that has completed just the first year of what GM Steve Yzerman has called a long-term plan. But there is…
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