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DOMINATOR OF THE DOT
MANNY MALHOTRA AGE 31 BORN MISSISSAUGA, ONT. HT 6-2 WT 220 TEAM VANCOUVER NHL SEASONS 12 DRAFT 7TH, 1998 Manny Malhotra has no problem talking about the things that make him the best faceoff man in the NHL. Because if the Canucks’ pivot has learned anything in his 12 years on the draw, it’s that the secrets to his ongoing success won’t help anyone else beat him on one. “That was one of the biggest things I learned from Craig Mac-Tavish early in my career (with the Rangers),” Malhotra said. “As much as he tried to teach me, he said it’s all about personal preference and learning what works for you. It’s about developing a book not just on other players, but a book on yourself.” For Malhotra, that means getting low to the ice, both with his center of…
YOUNG FINS FLOURISHED
SAN JOSE SHARKS | 2003-04 The Sharks have been teetering on the edge of glory for many years now. A perennial regular season powerhouse, the team has experienced only minimal playoff success. The 2003-04 version of the Teal and Black may not have been loaded with stars and offensive power, but they were young and gelled at the right time. It was a season that saw the emergence of a new generation in San Jose. The team was led in goal-scoring by 24-year-old Patrick Marleau and 23-year-old Jonathan Cheechoo. Both players found the net 28 times and Marleau led the Sharks in points with 57. A 25-year-old Marco Sturm also had a productive season, netting 21 goals and 41 points. Brad Stuart, 24, led the rearguards, posting a career-high 39 points. The Sharks…
THE CHIEF BLACKHAWK
JONATHAN TOEWS AGE 23 BORN WINNIPEG, MAN. HT 6-2 WT 210 TEAM CHICAGO NHL SEASONS 4 DRAFT 3RD, 2006 It’s the type of nickname you’d never give yourself and one you’d hope won’t stick from someone else. But still in the early years of his career, Chicago Blackhawks center Jonathan Toews is already saddled with ‘Captain Serious.’ Despite wearing the ‘C’ in Chicago, Toews is fair game for chirpers in the dressing room, more so because of his normally reserved air. Dave Bolland calls him the worst Call of Duty player on the team, while Toews points out wryly he’s got better things to do than play video games. Best friend and wingman Patrick Kane mischeviously claims Toews even holds their greatest triumph together against him – Kane’s overtime goal against Philadelphia that claimed Chicago’s first Stanley Cup…
BRO STREET BULLIES
PHILADELPHIA FLYERS | 1974-75 When Fred Shero wrote the famous “Win today and we walk together forever’’ line on his office message board the morning of May 19, 1974, little did the coach know his Flyers team would not only win a Stanley Cup that day, but another the following year. Corny as it might sound, it was a family. It was the last all-Canadian team to win a Stanley Cup and without that camaraderie, that esprit de corps, the rare feat of back-to-back crowns might not have happened. Shero, always a proponent of challenging a player’s intellect rather than his physical talents, worked harder than ever at the mind game. He watched film of the Soviet Red Army team, how it played as a cohesive unit and instituted those same principles. “Toughness…
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